The human emotions in Thaggedele make it stand out as a crime thriller: Srinivas Raju

Director Srinivas Raju is excited to helm his first project in Telugu, Thaggedele, which stars Naveen Chandra, Divya Pillai and Ananya Raj in the lead roles. “While most murder mysteries focus on just the forensics, my film will have a touch of drama,” explains the director, adding, “I wrote this story because I wanted to explore the themes of love, lust and vengeance. The film will showcasehow these emotions can sometimes overlap.”

Helmed by Bhadra Productions, the Srinivas Raju directorial is hitting screens in Telugu on November 4 and in Kannada as Hubli Dhaba on November 11. The film also brings to the forefront the Dandupalya gangfrom his famous franchise. “While the focus is on Naveen’s character Shekar, I wanted to loop in the film to the Dandupalya universe too. The film is predominantly Telugu, but we also wanted to release it in Kannada because of my previous films there. There are plans to release the film in Tamil and Malayalam also in the future,” he says.


What’s more, this happens to be Srinivas’10th project, a milestone in his career. “I’ve been looking to do a straight Telugu film for a while now so I’m really happy I got to do that with this story and with Naveen Chandra,” he says, signing off.