Shadow is a 2013 Indian Telugu language action thriller film directed by Meher Ramesh and produced by Paruchuri Kireeti on United Movies banner.
Rajaram (Venkatesh) is the son of Raghuram (Naga Babu), an investigative journalist in a United Nations agency who infiltrates the criminal organization of Nana Bhai (Aditya Pancholi) and earns his trust.
He gathers proof against Nana's activities and hands them over to newspaper publisher Chaitanya Prasad alias CP (Sayaji Shinde).
With the help of his friends who were raised by Baba, Rajaram first kills Shakeel (Mukthar Khan), a member of Nana Bhai's gang.
Prathap and his team manage to arrest Robert (Supreeth), another member of Nana's gang, and keep him in a high-security jail to be taken to India.
He gets acquainted with Dr. Donga Srinivasa Rao alias Psycho Seenu (M. S. Narayana) and his team of students, who perform postmortem on Robert's body and hand it over to the police.
However, their plans fail as Lala spots the gun, which Rajaram had placed on the tree, and gets shot, saving Nana Bhai.
However he jumps off a truck, rolls down a slope and hits his head hard on a steel post, suffering a major injury.
Psycho Seenu spots Rajaram, who falls on his vehicle due to dizziness and takes him to his house where his students also reside.
Psycho Seenu and his team take him to the hospital and learn from the doctor that Rajaram has lost his memory due to his head injury.
The doctor also reveals that Rajaram can regain his memory if he sees someone or something he vividly remembers and advises them to take good care of him till then.
Later, Psycho Seenu and some of his students take Rajaram to the hospital to give him electroconvulsive therapy to help him regain his memories.
Commissioner Thyagi (Nagineedu) calls Nana Bhai to inform him about Lala's arrival to Hyderabad.
She finally reveals the truth that Commissioner Thyagi (who was an ACP then) and CP are Nana Bhai's partners in crime.
However, Rajaram arrives at the Ganesh Immersion, kills the goon, and brutally stabs Thyagi to death after revealing his true identity.
Raja learns that CP is arriving in Hyderabad soon to attend an International Media Seminar in which the home minister Nayudu (Jaya Prakash Reddy) is the chief guest.
With the help of Psycho Seenu, Home Minister Naidu and Madhu, Rajaram sneaks past security into the International Media Seminar.
Prathap is shocked to learn that Thyagi and Chaitanya Prasad were Nana Bhai's partners in crime and have been working with him for the past 20 years.
Nana Bhai and his goons attack Prathap and his team and free Lala from police custody.
The film ends on a happy note as Prathap fully recovers and reunites with his family and Rajaram in the hospital.
[9] This is the first Tollywood film, played in Prasads Multiplex screen equipped with the high quality Auro 11.1 3D sound with 55 speakers.
[11] However, he said that this was not the case[12] Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi is making his debut as villain in Telugu for this film.
[3] Sashidhar AS from The Times of India website reviewed the film and stated, "It's a mash up of several other movies and does not showcase anything new.
"[16] Shekhar from the Oneindia website reviewed and gave a rating of 2.5/5 for the film and said, "The director has failed in executing his ideas in crispy way.
"[17] A critic from the Way2movies website reviewed and gave a rating of 2/5 for the film and stated, "Even Venkatesh couldn't salvage 'Shadow'.
"[18] Mahesh S Koneru from the 123telugu website reviewed and gave a rating of 2.25/5 for the film, and stated, "Meher Ramesh must realise that style without substance will never work.
"[20] Cherukuri Raja from the Apherald website reviewed and gave a rating of 1.5/5 for the film and said, "Biggest Disaster of this Summer, dont waste your bucks on this flick.