Mahesh Babu is seen in one of his finest performances in Okkadu. Ajay (Mahesh Babu) visits Kurnool for a Kabaddi match and happens to save Swapna (Bhumika) from a brutal factionist, Obul Reddy (Prakash Raj). He hides her in his house in Hyderabad till the time she can reach the US. How he manages to save her from the factionist forms the rest of the story.