Player) is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film[4] written and directed by Ramesh Varma who co-produced it with Satyanarayana Koneru under A Studios.

The film stars Ravi Teja, Unni Mukundan, Arjun Sarja, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Dimple Hayathi, Thakur Anoop Singh, Sachin Khedekar and Nikitin Dheer in pivotal roles.

Released theatrically along with a Hindi dubbed version on 11 February 2022, the film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office.

CBI officer Arjun arrests Rajashekhar in a money laundering case linked with the same ₹10,000 crore (US$1.2 billion) orchestrated by Bala Singam.

Present: Pooja arranges a bail using her father's name, DGP Jayaram, to perform final rites to his father-in-law.

Past: One day, Gandhi learns about the ₹10,000 crore (US$1.2 billion) and planned to steal them, where he hires a club dancer named Aditi (Chitra), whom Bala Singham intends to date and with the help of his gang and Aditi, Gandhi hacks Bala Singham's phone where the location of the money is stored.

However, in the nick of time, Pooja calls Singham and strikes a deal to tell him about the location and lets Ramakrishna leave.

Gandhi reveals that he is neither against him nor Singham and Jayaram, but was fighting against the corrupted system's responsibility towards people and wishes good luck to Arjun, who vows to arrest him again.

[17][18] Khiladi received mixed to negative reviews from critics and audience, who praised Ravi Teja's performance but criticised the direction and screenplay.

[19] Neeshitha Nyayapati of The Times of India gave the film a rating of 2/5 and criticized the screenplay, CGI, and songs, writing, "Khiladi is an absurd, sometimes stylish and oddly wacky, disengaging crime thriller.

[21] Reviewing the for The Indian Express, Gabetta Ranjith Kumar appreciated Ravi Teja's performance but felt that the unnecessary songs and inane subplots had put film at a disadvantage.

[22]The Hindu critic Y. Sunita Chowdhary called it an "average film," and added "The story lacks logic, tests patience but cannot be written off completely.

"[23] In an other negative review, The News Minute's Balakrishna Ganeshan gave the film a rating of 1.5/5 and termed it "an unappealing mish-mash, with Ravi Teja playing a predictable role."

But then he completely changes the trajectory by making it a story of a con artist, who is just invincible, or let's say any average Telugu hero who seems to possess superpowers.