Arrow) is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by the debutant Chaitanya Dantuluri, starring Nara Rohit and Vedhika in the lead roles.
Produced by Priyanka Dutt under the banner Three Angels Studio Pvt Ltd, the film also marks Nara Rohith's debut as lead actor.
His father, Chandrasekhar Panigrahi, a former Naxalite, returns after 20 years before giving up his fight for society because of his retirement.
He comes back home and questions his son's ambition of becoming an IPS because his wife was killed by a policeman.
Meanwhile, a local don, Shakti Patnaik, is slowly building his empire, terrorizing police and anyone who opposes him.
One day, Bhagat meets Subbalakshmi, a naive married Brahmin girl at a railway station; she was abandoned by her in-laws because of insufficient dowry.
[3] A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Baanam, sans the formulaic pattern, makes for a decent watch and such films have to be encouraged by the audience".