Karthikeya

It is commonly said that Basha was a watershed movie for the South Indian film industry. Post Rajnikanth's monster hit, a plethora of films starring big heroes had but one plot - a hero living in a far-away city as a common man, an interval crescendo hinting at a flashback, said flashback showing the hero as a demi-god forced to leave his native place, and a climax with the hero returning to settle scores.

Telugu films have a second era: the Srinu Vytla - Kona Venkat - Gopi Mohan phase. These movies all have a uniform theme - the hero falling in love with the sister/daughter of....