Radha Madhavam

Radha Madhavam is a 2024 Telugu romantic drama directed by Eshaku Dasari, starring newcomers Vinayak Desai and Aparna Devi, with Meka Ramakrishna. Set in a small town in an earlier period, it is a village love story about caste and honour killings. It was released in cinemas on 1 March 2024, the day 10TV published its review, and is now on Amazon Prime Video.

What the story is about

As OTTPlay sets it up, Radha runs the Madhava Care Center, which she named after her lover, Madhava. She helps the poor, looks after orphans and gives many people a livelihood. One day a man named Veerabhadram arrives at the centre in a disoriented state and is taken in. The film tells most of its story in flashback, moving back and forth in time, and a major twist arrives at the interval, so we will stop there.

Cast and crew

• Vinayak Desai as Madhava
• Aparna Devi as Radha
• Meka Ramakrishna as Veerabhadram

Director: Eshaku Dasari. Music: Chaitu Kolli. Production: GVK Creations (our record).

Reviews

OTTPlay’s verdict was “starts very dull but ends up on a passable note”. It found the first half, built around the orphans at the centre, bland and slow to reach the main plot, and the story predictable, but said the film “stands out for its sincere approach” to caste and honour killing, that the new actors never feel new, and that Chaitu Kolli’s background score is “quite intense”. 10TV described it as a village love story combined with caste and honour killings, and NTV Telugu reviewed it as one of a run of recent village love stories. We have not found box-office figures from a named outlet.

Where to watch Radha Madhavam

The film is listed on Amazon Prime Video under the title Radhaamadhavam: see the Prime Video listing. We do not have a date for when it started streaming. Availability can vary by region and plan, so check the listing before you press play.

Sources: OTTPlay, 10TV, NTV Telugu and the Prime Video listing, linked above. Radha Madhavam has no Wikipedia article; every fact on this page comes from those outlets or our own records.