Krishna befriends the warden, who inspires him to turn into a sincere police officer to clean the system and avoid duplication of injustice happening to him.

So, Sarma approaches the media with a journalist, Satya, when Purushotham enrages, batters him, and destroys his type machine.

Anyhow, Krishna traces his roots in the ring of a Don Babloo Yadav—additionally, he captures the boy Siva, who pickpocketed his gun with the aid of Satya.

Krishna Murthy, who gains the revolver, triumphs in a bank robbery, mingling two men, Raju, a call taxi driver & Husain, Babloo's acolyte.

On the eve of Maha's birthday, Husain accessed fresh note bundles to bestow a necklace, despite Krishna Murthy's objection.

Suddenly, the police surround him after returning home when Paramjyoti keeps Krishna Murthy's grandson Rakesh at gunpoint.

Finally, the movie ends with Krishna riding with Satya, and at the stoplight, he sees the employer who framed him on the side of the street.

Director Pavan Sadineni, who is known for his 2013 romcom Prema Ishq Kaadhal, was signed to helm the remake of the crime thriller 8 Thottakkal.

Sadineni, however, prefers it to be called a "semi-remake" because they added new characters and changed several aspects while retaining the crux of the original.

[2] Filming began in September 2021 and took place in the neighbourhoods of Hyderabad including Kavadiguda, Sainikpuri, Moosapet, Quthbullapur and the Old City.

[2] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu appreciated the performances of Prasad and Agasthya and wrote: "Senapathi begins with the promise of an edge-of-the-seat crime drama but gradually becomes an emotional tale.

The emotional portions feel lengthy and stretched; had it been shorter, it would have added to the slow-burn atmosphere of the crime drama.

"[3] A reviewer from Eenadu appreciated the screenplay and stated that Sadineni had succeeded in adapting the Tamil film 8 Thottakkal to Telugu nativity.

[5] On technical aspects, Asianet News' Surya Prakash called Kalepu's cinematography a "highlight" while opining that Nerusu's editing could have been better.