1: Nenokkadine

1: Nenokkadine

Year: 2014

Runtime: 176 mins

Language: Telugu

Director: Sukumar

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A rock musician struggling with schizophrenia believes his parents were murdered and embarks on a quest to find the men responsible. With the help of a journalist, he investigates the events, uncovering secrets about his family's past and confronting his own fractured reality. The journey tests his sanity and forces him to confront painful truths about his origins.

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Gautham's troubled childhood and missing parents

In his childhood, Gautham believes he is an orphan and cannot recall his parents’ names or faces. He is described as a schizophrenic musician with missing 25% of his grey matter, haunted by vivid memories and hallucinations. These early beliefs plant the seeds for his later search for truth.

Childhood Childhood home
2

Concert sighting and chase

At a packed concert, Gautham spots one of the men he suspects and gives chase through the crowd. Sameera, a journalist in attendance, films the confrontation, capturing the moment on camera. The chase blurs the lines between reality and illusion, signaling a battle of perception.

Evening Concert venue
3

Surrender and televised release

Gautham claims to have killed three men—Belfast, Pune, and Hyderabad—and surrenders to the police. Sameera’s televised video helps secure his release, turning the incident into a media spectacle. The notion of a fourth, real killer remains unsettled.

Immediately after concert Hyderabad
4

The fourth person requirement

A psychiatrist explains that treatment can proceed only if Gautham conjures a fourth, real person beyond the three he imagines. The diagnosis forces him to confront whether the threat is external or a product of his mind. This medical hurdle nudges him toward renewed travel to escape his ghosts.

After release Clinic / Psychiatrist's office
5

Goa journey and stalker rumors

Gautham travels to Goa seeking quiet, while Sameera follows, hinting at two stalkers: a real fan and an imaginary journalist. The tension grows as reality and manipulation blur together. Goa becomes a fresh battleground for his fragile sanity.

Goa stay begins Goa, India
6

Isle crisis and doubt over the fourth figure

On a secluded island, Gautham saves Sameera from a murderous mob and begins to doubt the existence of the fourth figure. He starts treating Sameera as a troubled journalist rather than a potential ally. The moment intensifies his internal conflict between trust and paranoia.

During Goa stay Secluded island
7

Hyderabad return and renewed pursuit

Back in Hyderabad, Sameera leaves for the city while Gautham follows, convinced danger still stalks them both. A renewed pursuit heightens the sense that someone is manipulating events. He wrestles with his feelings and his fears as the chase continues.

After Goa Hyderabad
8

Lobby confrontation reveals a real stalker

In the lobby of Sameera’s office building, Gautham confronts the mysterious stalker and shoots, convinced he is hallucinating. He soon learns the stalker is real—Antonio Rosarius, a Goa-based crime boss tied to his parents’ deaths. This misfire deepens the danger and reveals a larger conspiracy.

Hyderabad Sameera's office building lobby
9

Taxi driver twist and the parents’ murder

Gautham captures an aged taxi driver who had been stalking him and discovers Rosarius, with an NRI in London, killed his parents. The taxi driver turns out to be the third killer, and the father had entrusted a bag to him for Gautham. The revelation reframes the murder mystery as a covert network.

Revelation moment Hyderabad
10

Bag clues push a London journey

Inside the bag lie a Rubik’s Cube, a key, and a British coin, spurring a move to London with Sameera and Gulab Singh. The clues widen the mystery beyond India and hint at a broader conspiracy connected to Gautham’s past. The cube becomes a symbolic key to deeper truths.

Post-revelation London, UK
11

London clues and the rice sample

In London, a near-fatal confrontation escalates as the cube points to a safe deposit box containing a preserved rice sample. The discovery ties the case to a larger agricultural scheme and the so-called second green revolution. Rosarius’s conspirators intensify their pursuit as the mystery deepens.

London sequence London, safe deposit box
12

Belfast chase and network unravels

A fan pursues vengeance in Belfast, threatening to expose the past murders. The chase forces a confrontation that begins to unravel Rosarius’s web and pushes toward exposing the mastermind behind the killings. Gautham’s resolve hardens as the truth edges closer.

Climax chase Belfast
13

Final confrontation and memory surfaces

The businessman reveals his and Gautham’s father’s partnership in the murder plot, and Gautham kills the businessman rather than reveal more. On the way to the airport, memory returns as he passes his childhood school and hears a rhyme his mother taught him. The past and present begin to fuse into a coherent identity.

Final confrontation Hyderabad / en route to airport
14

Golden Rice and a transformed future

Gautham returns to his dilapidated villa, finds a photo of Chandrasekhar and Kalyani, and decides to present Golden Rice as the second green revolution at a global convention. He stands in a field of golden rice, a complete man who has faced his past and claims new power. The closing image offers a hopeful future for the crop and the man.

Ending Global convention venue

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