India, June 4 -- At just two films old, Buchi Babu Sana is truly his master's disciple. When Sukumar made Rangasthalam (2018) and the Pushpa (2021, 2024) films, beyond the heroism and the commercial trappings, lay a story of men fighting for dignity in a world that never viewed them as equals. With the Ram Charan-starrer Peddi, Buchi asks the question of what happens to a man who isn't even given the dignity of any kind of identity in the first place.

Peddi (Ram Charan) is known as a aata coolie (player for wages) in Vizianagaram. Every time Vizianagaram competes with Bobbili in cricket, they bid for him because having him on the team is a sure win. For Peddi, it doesn't matter either way because he hails from a nameless village that has...