Goodachari

Goodachari

Year: 2018

Runtime: 147 mins

Language: Telugu

Director: Sashi Kiran Tikka

Echo Score: 88

Budget: $60M

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Gopi, raised by his uncle Sathya, dreams of becoming a secret agent like his father, a former RAW operative. Sathya, however, wants to protect him from the dangers that led to his father’s death. Gopi’s aspirations lead him down a path filled with unexpected challenges and decisions that could change his life forever.

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Gopi, a RAW field operative nicknamed 116, grows up under the care of his uncle Sathya (played by Prakash Raj) after his father Raghuveer is killed on a classified mission. Sathya fakes their deaths and raises Gopi as Arjun Kumar, nurturing a dream to join RAW and serve the country, but his 174 applications yield no response. When the 175th submission arrives, Arjun’s stated lineage helps him get noticed, and he is recruited by the RAW’s covert unit known as Trinetra. The initial handshake is tense: Sathya hesitates to let his nephew walk into danger, fearing for his life, yet Arjun’s resolve to honor his father’s memory finally wins him over.

On the eve of his training, the agency assigns Damodar as the briefing chief to the new recruits, who explains the existential threat of Al-Mujahideen, a terrorist outfit active across multiple countries, led by the enigmatic Rana. The recruits are drilled in infiltration, reconnaissance, sabotage, and assassination, and Arjun earns a covert operative designation within Trinetra. At the same time, a personal life begins to unfold for him: Sameera Rao (portrayed by Sobhita Dhulipala) becomes his partner and a grounded voice in the chaos. Sameera—a Harvard-educated psychologist from a close-knit family—keeps a subtle secret of her own, revealing during a moment of candor that she once called her uncle her father after the loss of her own parents. When Arjun finally opens up, he shares his true identity with Sameera, laying bare the double life he is about to lead.

As the mission unfolds, Arjun spots an Al-Mujahideen operative, Hamza (played by Kanzi Koirala), near the Trinetra office and tracks him through a tense chase that yields a crucial clue, code 1112. The team reads the clue as a looming attack on 11 December, but the target remains unclear, keeping everyone on high alert. During a graduation ceremony, Acharya (the founder of Trinetra) attends as chief guest, and the atmosphere shifts between celebration and looming danger. A seemingly small gesture—Sameera suggesting a bottle of Jameson Irish Whiskey for Damodar—sets off a chain of events that shatters the calm: Arjun is designated a top field spy, given the agency number 116, and the station’s key players—Nadia Qureshi (overseeing operations) and Shaam (the technical lead)—become his trusted circle. The mission, however, spirals out of control when a catastrophic convoy attack claims the lives of Basha and Acharya, and the whiskey is found to be poisoned. The nation’s authorities quickly frame Arjun as the mastermind, and an arrest warrant is issued as he fights to prove otherwise.

The plot thickens as Arjun escapes a brutal Al-Mujahideen assault and heads to Rajahmundry, where Sathya helps him peel back the layers of betrayal. Nadia and Shaam intensify their pursuit, and a private bank locker reveals Arjun’s long-hidden past. Leena Rajan (played by Madhu Shalini) comes to believe in Arjun’s innocence and assists him in tracing a sleeper cell that points toward Rana’s broader network. Arjun’s investigation leads him to Chittagong, Bangladesh, where Sameera’s true identity and connections to Al-Mujahideen become more complex than anyone expected. He enlists Leena’s help to infiltrate the terrorists’ camp, where training videos and propaganda CDs reveal the chilling brainwashing tactic used to recruit and manipulate impressionable minds.

The discovery shocks Arjun: Rana is not merely the mastermind but Raghuveer—the very father he believed dead—who has been living under a new identity as the terrorist leader. The revelation is a gut punch: Sathya had learned Raghuveer’s survival and engineered a cover story to shield Gopi from a dangerous truth. In a high-stakes confrontation, Rana—who reveals his long game of manipulating RAW intelligence—tries to force Arjun into a trap, but the RAW network closes in. A brutal firefight ensues, Rana is killed by Gopi in a final showdown, and Raghuveer’s secret life is exposed to the world. In the aftermath, Shaam is revealed as the mole within Trinetra and meets a swift end at the hands of Trinetra commandos, who execute him to prevent further leaks.

In the emotional aftermath, Nadia urges Arjun to accept responsibility and continue his work for the nation. The emotional weight of Sameera’s letters—found in a bank locker and later shared with him by Nadia—offers a quiet reminder of love, sacrifice, and the decision to carry on. The mid-credits scene pivots to a new horizon: Arjun, still operating as Agent Gopi 116, is shown reporting to Nadia and continuing his mission in Russia as a Goodachari (Spy), signaling that the shadow war is far from over and that his journey as a national guardian persists beyond the immediate chaos.

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