The Paradise (2026)

The Paradise is a Telugu period action drama written and directed by Srikanth Odela, who reunites with Nani after Dasara (2023). Set in the 1980s in a Secunderabad slum called Paradise, it centres on a marginalised tribal and nomadic community living under a system of oppression that has held for a long time. Jadal (Nani) rises from within this community as a leader who sets out to challenge that order, while Vikram Malik (Raghav Juyal) is the antagonist. Kayadu Lohar, Mohan Babu, Sampoornesh Babu and Sonali Kulkarni are also in the cast. Sudhakar Cherukuri produces the film under SLV Cinemas, with Ishan Saksena as co-producer. Anirudh Ravichander composes the music, Ch Sai is the cinematographer and Navin Nooli the editor. Filming began in June 2025, and the release moved from March 2026 to August and then to September 2026, when the film opened in theatres. It streams on Netflix from 22 October 2026 in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.