Jathi Ratnalu

Story:

Anudeep K. V. is the writer and director of the 2021 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film Jathi Ratnalu. With Naveen Polishetty, Priyadarshi, Rahul Ramakrishna, and Faria Abdullah in leading parts, Nag Ashwin, under Swapna Cinema, is the film’s producer. Murali Sharma, Brahmanandam, and Naresh are in supporting roles. The story revolves around three carefree individuals who move to the city in search of a better life but end themselves behind bars for a crime they didn’t commit.

The movie opened in theaters on March 11, 2021. Critics gave it favorable reviews, and movie went on to become a box office hit.

Srikanth works in his father Govindu’s ladies emporium in Jogipet; however, he aspires to get an IT job to earn respect from fellow villagers. He challenges his father that he would get a job in two months and leaves to Hyderabad. His unemployed friends, Sekhar and Ravi, tag along with him. They struggle to find a house for rent in the city but finally manage to move into an affluent apartment in Jubilee Hills. Srikanth falls for his neighbor Chitti, and she too likes him.

Meanwhile, Jana Balam Party makes a public announcement that all the ministerial positions will be given only to the deserving candidates, who must have some kind of experience in the field. Chanakya, who has insider info about the upcoming Indo-Asian Games in the city, manages to get sports ministry over his rival Ramachandra. Chanakya, who also lives in the same apartment as Srikanth and his friends, hosts his birthday party. Srikanth gets a job after attending several interviews, and the trio attends the party without an invitation. That night, Chanakya, who is shot in his abdomen, falls unconscious in their flat. A drunk Ravi pronounces him dead because he checked the right side of his body instead of the left side. While attempting to dispose of the body, they are caught red-handed by the police, who arrest them in the belief that they have a criminal history. Chanakya, however, is alive, and to their surprise, he names them as the perpetrators. They are taken to the court to be tried. Chitti, a lawyer by profession who has no knowledge on the law, tries to prove their innocence, but the judge, unconvinced, postpones the judgment and sends them to jail.