Adhipathi (2001)

Adhipathi is a Telugu action drama in which Mohan Babu plays a fiery, generous man who comes back to his home town after a long spell in jail. His father, a principled judge, is estranged from him, the local villains want him gone, and old wounds are reopened as he tries to protect the people who still depend on him. Nagarjuna appears in an extended special role as a lawyer whose arrival changes the course of the story. The film is a Telugu remake of the Malayalam blockbuster Narasimham (2000), with Mohan Babu taking Mohanlal's role and Nagarjuna stepping into the part played by Mammootty in the original. Preeti Jhangiani plays the heroine.