Director: Vivek Athreya
Six days a week, Surya keeps his temper on a leash. On the seventh, every grudge on his ledger comes due at once.
What is Saripodhaa Sanivaaram about?
In the fictional town of Sokulapalem, an LIC insurance agent named Surya has built his life around a strange but disciplined promise made to his mother: he will not lose his temper except on Saturdays, and only against people who have genuinely wronged him. The rest of the week he is mild, methodical, almost invisible — a man quietly cataloguing insults and injustices rather than reacting to them in the moment. That fragile order collapses when a violent incident drags him into direct conflict with Daya, a police officer whose own relationship with anger is far less structured, tilting toward outright menace. What follows is less a straightforward revenge plot than a study of two very different men who have each made peace, in opposite ways, with their own capacity for violence. Vivek Athreya frames the standoff as much through humor and small-town texture as through action, letting Surya's oddball routine breathe before the Saturday reckoning finally arrives.
Cast & crew
Nani anchors the film with a performance built on restraint, making Surya's rare outbursts land harder for how long they're withheld. S. J. Suryah, as the unpredictable cop Daya, supplies the film's live-wire counterweight, while Priyanka Arul Mohan, Sai Kumar, and Murali Sharma round out a cast that keeps the town of Sokulapalem feeling lived-in rather than staged.
Context & significance
Released in 2024 and directed by Vivek Athreya, this Telugu-language action thriller runs 172 minutes and holds a strong 7.1 rating on IMDb, reflecting warm reception for its unusual premise and tonal balancing act between comedy and violence.
Where & how to watch
Saripodhaa Sanivaaram is available to stream on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, alongside the original audio, inside a Farsi-language interface built for the Iranian diaspora. Reading this page is free; watching the film requires only a K-Time account login.