Zebra

Eashvar Karthic's 2024 Telugu film follows Surya, a bank employee. To protect someone he loves he manipulates an account, and that small intervention draws him into a far larger fraud. The structure rests on banking transactions. The narrative shows the movements of money step by step and draws its tension not from pursuit but from the time left to close a gap. Satyadev leads with Dhananjay on the opposing side. The narrative uses jumps in time and withholds information. The action sequences are measured and the tone cold. Who it's for: those who like Telugu crime thrillers. Who it's not for: viewers expecting a simple narrative; the film gives wide space to financial detail.