Raju Gadu

Raju is a kleptomaniac i.e., an impulse to steal without his knowledge, his father Narayana detects it in childhood and takes him to Dr. Saima who has pledged to cure it by inventing a new medicine but is unsuccessful. Due to the disease, Raju has constant breakups with girls, a college girl Vennela warns him not to love any girl, otherwise, she is going to disclose the truth. Thereafter, Raju gets acquainted with beautiful Tanvi, when he starts covering his disease with various funny reasons, thereby winning her love. After a few hilarious incidents, Tanvi's parents accept their alliance. Now there is a twist in the story, Tanvi's grandfather Suryanarayana is the top-tier in the village who hates thieves and punishes them by severing their hands. After entering their village, frightened Raju makes everyone believe that his father has kleptomania. Meanwhile, a terrorist group is in search of Raju as he has stolen their bomb which was to blast for a contract of 100 crores. Meanwhile, Anji the past servant of Suryanarayana has been ostracized from the village for the theft of temple ornaments. After 25 years, Anji returns as a millionaire to take revenge against Suryanarayana. So, he makes a ploy by again making the theft of ornaments and indicting Suryanarayana. Here, to protect Suryanarayana's honor, Raju takes the blame and admits the reality regarding his disease when he has been insulted badly and Tanvi starts hating him. Eventually, Anji shakes hands with the terrorists, strikes a deal coincidentally, and provides the bomb in Raju's towel. At last, Raju nabs the real culprits proving Anji as a miscreant when everyone understands his virtue and requests his pardon. On the other side, Raju at present steals the triggering device of the terrorists and accidentally activates it by which the entire gang dies in the blast. Finally, in the post-credits, Raju again steals the wedding chain, at the time of his marriage and everybody laughs at him.

Music composed by Gopi Sundar. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.

Srivathsan Nandadur of The Hindu wrote: "Sanjana Reddy’s directorial debut Rajugadu comes with a ‘been there done that’ trope of milking a protagonist’s condition to go on a comic spree. " Nandadur felt that the story lacked a major conflict point.[4] A reviewer from Sify stated that the film failed miserably and added, "It is sad to see even young female directors are treading the path of formulaic stories and screenplays that was paved by outdated male film makers."[5]

Vyas in his review for The Hans India rated the film 2.5 of 5 and wrote: "The film lacks strong scenes and excellent characterizations. The climax is a disappointment too. Though the intention of the film is good, it was not translated well."[6] The Times of India critic Neeshita Nyayapati rated the film 1/5 and called it "stiled and boring."[7]

• Raju Gadu at IMDb