Ghaati

Ghaati

Sheelavathi, a bus conductor, and Desi Raju (Vikram Prabhu), a medical lab technician, are childhood sweethearts. They live a simple life but dream of freeing their community from the clutches of the cannabis trade and the crushing debt it imposes. The region's drug empire is controlled by Kaastala Naidu (Ravindra Vijay) and his younger brother, Kundhul Naidu (Chaitanya Rao Madadi) - ruthless domineering brothers who are the primary exploiters of the Ghaatis. Driven by the desire for quick, large-scale wealth to clear Desi Raju's debts and help their people, Sheelavathi persuades Desi Raju to use his scientific knowledge. They devise a plan to process and smuggle a more potent and discreet form of the drug—liquid cannabis (or cannabis oil)—thereby bypassing the Naidu brothers' direct control over the traditional leaf smuggling route. This strain is cryptically linked to Sheelavathi's namesake. The couple's covert operation is hugely successful, quickly bringing in crores and upsetting the power dynamics of the Naidu cartel. The Naidu brothers, initially posing as potential business partners, realise the threat Sheelavathi and Desi Raju's new enterprise poses to their monopoly, especially as they themselves are trying to secure the liquid-based cannabis trade.

Director

Krish

Release

18 Apr 2025

Run time

155 min

Language

Telugu