Directed by Ram Gopal Varma, and story co-written by himself and Mani Ratnam, it stars Jagapathi Babu, Revathi, Urmila Matondkar and music composed by Sri.

The film begins with crime lord Durga, who seeks justice for the needy affected due to the failure of the law & order system.

As of today, Anitha is a sincere journalist who always fights to expose inequities, irregularities, & evils in society, and she knits Bharadwaj.

The next day, Gurunarayana schemes to become Chief Minister by collapsing the government, for which he conducts high religious riots that leave severe destruction.

Alongside, the Police department receives intel regarding Gurunarayana's conspiracy, so to impede, they free Durga and enlist his aid.

Bharadwaj is assigned the task of controlling the furor at the event when Gurunarayana announces to Anitha that he intends to kill her husband.

Gurunarayana also enters the hideout to execute the plan when the bomb explodes at a safe distance without harming people.

At last, Durga & Bharadwaj are in a safe space, Sarkar dies, and Gurunarayana is severely injured and sentenced later.

The film's story was written by Ram Gopal Varma and Mani Ratnam together, which is inspired from the book The Godfather.

Varma faced financial troubles after the failure of Antham and Raatri and was also producing Money that time so he approached Surendra to do a film for his company which eventually became Gaayam.

[1] Varma decided to do Gaayam with Jagapathi Babu after he was impressed with a fight sequence he did for the film Peddarikam.

[1] After the film's success, Ram Gopal Varma and Jagapathi Babu planned to release a sequel titled Gaayam 2.