118 (2019)

Gautham is a fearless investigative journalist. During a stay at a resort he has a disturbingly vivid dream of a woman being attacked, and when the same dream returns, exactly at 1:18 in the morning, he becomes convinced it is more than imagination. With help from a colleague, he follows the scraps of detail from the dream to track down the woman and what happened to her, uncovering a crime someone has worked hard to bury. 118 is a compact Telugu mystery thriller, the directorial debut of cinematographer K. V. Guhan, who also shot it. It was praised for its gripping premise and was a success for Kalyan Ram.