Ranga the thief) is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by G. V. Sudhakar Naidu.

At one point, Ranga and friends try to rob the police commissioner's (Nagendra Babu) house, but are caught.

While they were at court, Ranga meets a real faction leader, Bhavani Prasad (Srikanth).

However, noticing that Ranga looks exactly like Bhavani, the latter's wife (Ramya Krishnan) convinces him to take her late husband's place to prove to everyone that he indeed is alive.

Ranga realizes that he is in reality Bhavani Prasad's own brother, and is happy that he was finally able to act like a real faction leader.