Sir, everyone thinks an illegal gas line leak caused it.
Why aren't you taking any action against the illegal gas lines?
They're saying a big shot is behind this.
If it's true, will you file a case against him?
Regardless of the reason, the explosion is a fact.
Four children died in this incident, and several others were injured.
- Naidu must be arrested! - Please!
We'll investigate this in detail.
We'll inquire with eyewitnesses,
and apprehend the perpetrators within 24 hours.
Please be mindful of the situation and cooperate with medical and police teams.
Naidu must be arrested!
- Please. Stop. - Naidu must be arrested!
- Listen.
Naidu must be arrested!
This is all caused by your father's shady business. He is a wicked man.
- Stop, please listen. - Naidu, down, down!
I'm not aware of my father's business. I always serve the public.
I am not connected to my father's business or politics in any way.
You're still a daughter of that house.
Bharathi works with me at an NGO.
For a while, she has helped many poor people in her own way.
Consider her a member of our NGO.
Please listen to what she has to say first.
I thank you all for valuing Chakrapani's word, even if not mine.
I will do everything I can to help those killed and injured in the accident.
Our NGO will extend full support in every possible way.
Remove the barricade!
The probe is ongoing. No evidence has been found yet.
I publicly declared that I would arrest the accused within 24 hours.
But what if no evidence is found?
Ask on the streets, no one will tell you.
Take ten people to the station and handle the inquiry our way.
- What, did you get it? - Sir.
- Hey. - Sir.
Go and see who they are.
Get it going! Fast, get it moving!
Sir!
Tell me who did it.
No one told us to do it. We did this out of anger against Naidu.
Sir, we planned to pin everything on Mr. Naidu and escape.
That's all. We really know nothing, sir.
Get extra beds. If possible, get extra bed sheets too.
Arrange for cylinders in the child ward as well.
I've deposited four lakhs into the NGO account.
Listen, move them to the ward tonight if you can. Make it quick.
- Bharathi, I'll manage it all. Take rest. - Go on.
You've been working here since last night.
It's nothing, sir. Have you got everything?
- Go and get some rest. - Here, put this inside as well.
Sir, this isn't a business. It's public service.
I should bow to the mother who gave birth to a person like you. Take care.
I don't know who to suspect and who to spare.
Do you think it might have happened by mistake, Kottayya?
There's no need to think too much about this. Pothana must have done it.
That fish has been jumping around a lot lately.
No matter how much it jumps, it's still in our net. Forget him.
What you said is true, but I don't know if you're aware of something.
That fish, swimming slowly, went to Vijayapuram.
There, it caught a whale named Pratap Varma,
keeping it moving right in your waters.
Hey, whoever comes must move in my waters, so he's also in our net.
Pratap Varma cannot stir up people and play politics.
Or is it possible that Thangavelu from Chennapatnam
did this because we demanded a higher percentage?
He does business at sea, not on land in Isakapatnam.
Right!
He's not our neighbor, not from the next district, not even from next state.
So who could have done it?
Thinking Naidu has grown old and has lost strength,
someone is walking behind me in my footsteps,
yet somewhere they are underestimating me, Kottayya.
We must show him how tough Naidu really is. Let's do it.
NAIDU
How is he?
His left hand took a massive hit and is badly damaged. We couldn't reattach it.
Doctor, what happened to that boy?
The boy has lost his hand, ma'am.
Pedda!
Pedda.
- Company management... - Down! Down!
- Gas company... - Shut it down.
- Company management... - Down! Down!
- Gas company... - Shut it down.
- Company management... - Down! Down!
- Gas company... - Shut it down.
Hello?
Be on the line.
People from Kobbarithota are protesting near the gas office.
Call the police and tell them to drive everyone away. Do I need to say this too?
Bharathi is also among the crowd.
Management has to answer us! Answer us!
Answer us! Answer us!
- Gas company management... - Down! Down!
- Gas company... - Shut it down.
- Gas company management... - Down! Down!
Take Soori and go to the gas station. What happens there isn't my concern.
Bharathi must break away from that rabble.
- Go. - Okay.
- Gas company management... - Down! Down!
- Gas company... - Shut it down.
- Gas company management... - Down! Down!
- Gas company... - Shut it down.
- Gas company... - Shut it down!
- Gas company... - Shut it down! Shut it down!
What's all this commotion about?
This gas company caused a leak in our area.
The culprits behind this need to be arrested.
Two people are already in custody and have confessed to the crime.
We will submit it to court tomorrow.
This company is not connected to the leak or the blast.
Stop the commotion here and everyone go home.
Did you arrest them, or did they turn themselves in?
Did they confess on their own, or were they coerced into it?
Even the police don't have answers to some questions.
We will strive to bring justice to the public.
People seek justice, and courts demand evidence.
What the police need is harmony.
To achieve all that, you should stop this commotion.
We're protesting against those who hurt us! How's that a commotion, sir?
You're speaking without understanding what I said.
Protests staged like this at the company premises will lead to arrests.
So we should be scared if you arrest us?
- Police tyranny... - It must end!
- Police brutality... - It must end!
- Police... - Down! Down!
- Bharathi! - Bharathi!
It must end.
- Police... - Down! Down!
- Come, let's go. - I said let go of me.
Don't you get what I'm saying?
- Hey. Are you mad? - Let go of me.
- Come, Bharathi. - Let go of me.
- Hey. Open the gate. - Bharathi. Come on!
Soori. Let go of me!
- Yes. Dad. - What's the situation?
- All good? - All good here.
- Where's the girl? - She's with me.
Do one thing. Send Soori here, and take the girl home safely.
Okay.
Soori, head out.
Still angry?
Do you also believe that your father was the one who caused that blast?
Your father wouldn't like you protesting with them at all.
Don't push his patience too far. It's dangerous for both of us.
You can do whatever work you like in that NGO.
Spend money however you like.
I'll make sure no one interferes with your happiness.
Listen, Bharathi. Trust me.
I've got you.
I trust you, Sekhar. Will you do something for me?
Tell me. I'll do it right away.
Just as you've emboldened me, go and lend the same courage to my father.
Do you know who they are?
Do you know what they said after the arrest?
They say they caused the leak out of anger against Naidu.
And you're out on the streets protesting, demanding Naidu's arrest.
The very poor people you've been shouting your voice hoarse for...
two of them have turned themselves in, claiming Naidu had nothing to do with it.
Now tell me,
if you keep making mistakes, the police are supposed to protect you?
Tell me.
First, fix your own damn weaknesses.
Then take on the powerful ones.
- Giri. - Sir.
Take him in.
Kottayya, go to Pratap Varma's house tomorrow,
invite him for dinner, and bring him along yourself.
Sure.
When he's just waiting for a chance to stab you in the back,
how can you invite him home?
As a child, I used to sit outside in the cool breeze
and light the lamp with a matchstick.
The wind blew, and the lamp went out.
I lit it again, and the wind blew again, and the lamp went out again.
In anger, I tried again and again, but it kept being blown out.
I put my anger aside and reflected in silence.
Then I realized.
What, that you can't light a lamp in the wind?
That the wind's strength outweighs our efforts.
I didn't light the lamp this time.
With the same matchstick, I set fire to the nearby hut.
The wind blew hard, but the fire didn't die.
The same wind that had put out the lamp stood by my effort.
It burned down all the surrounding huts.
The wind kept coming in gusts.
For two days, the fire didn't go out.
After many years, that same wind blew again.
It is blowing against me in this Isakapatnam.
I'll give it serious thought today.
I'll light the match tomorrow.
Did you find out who's behind the blast?
I spoke to our boys, Mr. Sekhar. Still no information.
Shame on you. You don't even know what's going on in your ward.
You couldn't even handle an auto driver protesting in your area.
You couldn't even handle your locals near the hospital.
What good is this corporator post to you, then?
Do you know why I still kept you as a corporator despite all your mistakes?
So you'll back me when the time comes.
You don't realize how big this pipeline blast is.
Do you know how Naidu and Kottayya will use this as leverage?
In the next election, none of those I named will get a ticket.
My father looks at me as if I'm a fool.
If you ever asked my father who matters more, his own son or Naidu,
he'd clearly choose Naidu.
I've been nodding like a fool to whatever Naidu did
and whatever Kottayya says, pretending to be close to Bharathi.
What do you think it was all for?
For Naidu's seat.
What should I do now, Mr. Sekhar?
First, figure out what's happening in your area.
I'll tell you what to do next.
To do anything else, the only option I have in that house is Bharathi.
- Who are you, and what's your connection? - I'm a government lawyer.
- I work privately for Ms. Bharathi. - Okay.
- Hey. - Sir.
Take signatures from those arrested
- in yesterday's protest and release them. - Okay, sir.
- How's Chinna doing? - Okay. He's fine.
Wait, Ammaji.
Hey, Peddanna, how dare you grab my brother's collar?
For two years, I wore out my shoes running around asking them to care about our area.
You brought it down to collar-grabbing.
Why do you even need the corporator seat?
If it's money you're after, go beg on the temple steps outside.
You two brothers, keep this in mind.
Swearing by Goddess Gangamma, this time no matter who stands in my way,
I'll become the corporator of the Kobbarithota area.
Come, Ammaji.
Here you go, madam.
Did you come on your own, or were you sent by Naidu?
Look, I'm just like any other girl.
I show love with a kiss and anger with a blow.
The one who understands that is a real man and a husband.
Hey, speak up, man. I get angry too, not just you.
All that rage just for one slap?
You dragged me by the hand like an animal.
I get angry too. Come on, speak up.
If I hadn't dragged you out, they would've put you in the police jeep too!
Do you need all of this?
Your father made billions. Wasn't that enough?
Who did he earn it for? For you, right?
Instead of enjoying what you have, why all these NGOs, police stations and protests?
Do you need all this?
Fine, calm down. Okay. I'll stop all this after marriage.
Don't say anything now, please.
It's the only thing missing.
Your father might lose his mind over your reckless antics and kill both of us.
Then you'll know.
Are you that scared of my father?
Yes.
What a coward.
Mr. Pratap Varma,
you were born with masculinity marked on you. You're lucky, sir.
It is not wrong for a man to desire a woman.
But it shouldn't turn into lustful obsession.
Too much of it, and you're no longer in control,
others will be pulling the strings. Watch out.
Anyway, that's what celebrations are like.
I heard your pipeline leak plan even made Naidu sweat.
Good grief, I didn't plan anything. I came here thinking you had handled it.
Why would I do it without telling you?
I'm the same, sir. Would I do anything without telling you?
Hey, why are you laughing? Go inside.
Pothana, Naidu seems to be planning something big.
Brother! We're in trouble. Kottayya is here.
Why has that bastard come here, man?
Hey, Pothana, why are you scared?
You're my man now, sit fearlessly.
If we slip here, he'll count every breath from there.
First, find out why he's here and send him out quickly.
Come on, let's go. Come on.
Greetings.
Kottayya.
You're the one who handles everything for Naidu, both his right and left hand.
Yes, I'm fine even being seen as a dog in Naidu's house.
I don't mind.
What is that house's dog doing here?
Naidu told me to bring you home for a meal.
Why? Does he want to poison me to death?
Look, If he wants to kill you,
he might hold a knife to your throat, but he'd never use poison.
The scum hiding behind you know this very well.
- Why the feast? - You'll know if you come.
Many people think even stepping into Naidu's house is a privilege.
And you've been invited there for dinner. Shall we go?
Come on.
Thank you for honoring my request and coming home right away.
- I wasn't expecting your call. - Let's talk while we eat.
Come. Please sit.
- Ask Bharathi to come in. - Okay, sir.
Hey, Sekhar, sit down.
Pratap Varma...
There's nothing political here. Just eat as a family.
He's Kottayya.
Naidu, he knows me very well.
Come here. He's Pratap Varma.
He came from Vijayapuram.
My daughter, Bharathi. She is pursuing her graduation.
She runs an NGO that does social service and related work.
Serve him.
Sit down. Come on, sit down.
May I know the reason for inviting me and treating me so warmly?
You seem like a straightforward man, just like me, Pratap Varma.
I don't know if I should ask this out of the blue.
I'm speaking my mind. I want to make you my son-in-law.
Will you marry my daughter, Bharathi?
You should become my son-in-law. I'll entrust Isakapatnam to you.
This is so sudden...
I don't know what to say.
I made this decision after a lot of thought.
I need some time to think.
No rush. We'll move ahead only if you're okay with it.
Bharathi, serve the chicken.
If you need anything in Isakapatnam, just let Naidu know.
The work will be done in seconds.
Before coming here, I had many questions.
Your behavior turned them all into misconceptions.
Once again, for your dinner...
- Hey, Sekhar. - Soori, come.
I don't know if I should ask this out of the blue.
I'm speaking my mind. I want to make you my son-in-law.
Will you marry my daughter, Bharathi?
- Hey, see what it is. - Okay, sir.
Hey!
Varma, step out of the car. Soori.
Varma, please come. Come on.
He just kept on running.
What's this? You should've asked me before deciding on my marriage.
I already made a mistake by leaving some decisions to you.
Naidu, I'm not here to judge your decision.
But is it right to marry her off to someone that old?
It's fine. No problem.
The older a person is, the more life experience they have.
I don't care about anyone's decisions, Kottayya.
If the wind turns against me, you know what I'll do.
- Please listen to-- - Just this once, listen to me, Kottayya.
You've pampered her all these days.
Tell her not to create trouble now.
Hey, Sekhar, what happened?
The car was ambushed with bombs, and the driver died on the spot.
Varma, you're not hurt, right?
Why would anyone attack a guest at our home with a bomb?
In such a short window of time?
- Did you run into any of our enemies? - No!
- Yes, there is. - Who?
Pothana. When Kottayya came to the house, he was already there.
Go tear that son of a bitch apart.
- Hey, come on, let's go. - Mr. Naidu, one thing.
When we know who the enemy is, there's no need to panic.
We should give a unified response to both your enemies and mine.
I'll marry your daughter.