Middle Class Melodies (2020)

Raghava helps run his father's small tiffin centre in a village outside Guntur and is certain that his signature "Bombay chutney" deserves a bigger stage. He decides to open his own hotel in Guntur town, against his cautious father's wishes, and soon faces the realities of rent, loans, unreliable partners and finicky customers, while his romance with his childhood sweetheart Sandhya runs into her family's doubts. The film is a gentle, observant comedy about middle-class aspirations, rich in Guntur dialect and small-town detail, and it marked the debut of director Vinod Anantoju. Released directly to digital in 2020, it won warm reviews, especially for Goparaju Ramana as the stubborn father.