Sindhooram (1997)

Fast-paced and fiery, this multi-layered crime drama revolves around Bulliraju (Brahmaji), a hot-blooded young man who has a strong sense of justice. He is in training to become a police constable and belongs to a small village in an area that is infested with naxalites.

Chanti (Ravi Teja), Bairagi, Satipandu and others are wayward youth who reside in the same village. They spend their time playing cards, drinking and teasing girls. They are all friends with Buliraju. Few of them are also naxals and pass information of the goings on of the village to Naxalites who live in the nearby forest. The Naxals use this information to fight injustice.

Baby (Sanghavi) and Lakshmi are girls in the same village. Baby is in love with Buliraju and Lakshmi is in love with Chanti. Also in the village are various other characters such as Land lords, Police men, doctors, farmers and day laborers.

Buliraju returns in the middle of his police training to find that the local policemen act more like the henchmen of the wealthy and powerful, rather than defenders of the people and justice. When Satipandu is suspected of being a closet Naxal and is picked up by the police, Buliraju too is picked up as he tries to defend his friend.

The sub inspector shoots and kills Satipandu and later in an altercation, Buliraju accidentally shoots the SI. Buliraju is thus branded a Naxal and eventually becomes the leader of the group,despite having no interest in Communism/Maoism or Vigilantism.

Buliraju brings a different approach to naxalism, as he is more focused on delivering justice to the people rather than spread a communist/Maoist ideology. In a way he turns the Naxal gang into a vigilante gang. To the police however, they are all the same, as they have taken the law into their own hands.

He becomes a symbol of law and order in the 30 surrounding villages and is seen as a form of alternate government. Buliraju's training officer (Bhanu Chander) is designated the task of wiping Naxalism from the area. He sees Buliraju as an outlaw who joined police training to learn their secrets. He vows to bring Buliraju to justice.

One day, Bairagi is betrayed by an illegal arms dealer and is captured. Buliraju kidnaps the local minister (chalapati) in an effort to get Bairagi back. Buliraju's gang is already decimated by various forces such as poisoned water, police encounters, weather and the elements of the forest.

They fight on despite the fact that they are running out of ammunition. The police is on their trail for the kidnapping of the minister. Eventually the police catches up to them and a violent confrontation ensues, leading to heavy casualties on both sides.