Temper is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film co-written and directed by Puri Jagannadh and story by Vakkantham Vamsi, starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Kajal, Prakash Raj, and Posani Krishna Murali.

The narrative revolves around Daya, a corrupt police officer whose life changes after a brawl that eventually leads to him stumbling upon a murder case.

Daya, an orphan, developed a preconceived idea during his childhood that a cop's life would be buoyant and easy, having seen the police often taking bribes and harbors an aspiration to become one.

He grows to be a corrupt Sub-Inspector and gets transferred to Vishakapatnam and quickly is in cahoots with a local don Waltair Vasu, and begins to earn quick bucks, earning hatred from an honest constable under him, Narayana Murthy, when he releases Vasu's four younger brothers Ravi, Mani, Vamsi and Sundeep from prison when they were apprehended for smuggling on Gandhi Jayanti.

Daya talks with Lakshmi to learn that her younger sister Deepthi was brutally raped and killed after being subjected to torture for forty days by Vasu's brothers (who kidnapped Deepthi on the same day Daya had released them unlawfully), who filmed all of it and stored the footage in a CD, which Lakshmi managed to discover.

Daya learns that Lakshmi's mother was the one who approached him to file a missing complaint of Deepthi days after he kidnapping, but he convinced her that she eloped, in his ignorance and carelessness rather than investigating, prior to being privy of the crime.

During the post-release promotions of Heart Attack (2014), Jagannadh stated that he planned to make a film based solely on family values in his next venture with Godavari shores and regional backdrop.

[4] In late June 2014, Devi Sri Prasad was selected as the music director of the film while the cast and crew were being finalised.

[citation needed] Jagannadh immediately selected her after her intense training to prepare for her role as a commando in the film Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans (2014).

[28] For his role, Rama Rao hired a new trainer who specializes in improving muscle tone and a shed few kilograms, relying on a high-protein diet and workout routine to build a hefty body.

[citation needed] However, the makers tried to find out who leaked it online as they wanted the pictures to be released to create a buzz before the film's launch.

[30] Another still was leaked on the next day which featured Rama Rao sitting on a Royal Enfield bike sans shirt sporting his six pack abs.

[citation needed] Rama Rao underwent a drastic physical transformation from head to toe in hairdo, costumes, body and attitude for this role.

[31] Madhuurima said in an interview to Suresh Kavirayani of Deccan Chronicle that she participated in few action sequences with Rama Rao in the film and added that she has no songs with him.

[32] Rama Rao's character was named Daya, and he was shown as a sub-inspector of police who by his own admission is ruthless, fully corrupted, criminal-minded, and 100% cunning.

[citation needed] For a particular scene where he had to walk with bare chest, Rama Rao skipped drinking a glass of water for 18 hours continuously.

[citation needed] The makers selected a house in Begumpet to erect a special police station set to shoot a few crucial scenes, on which ₹2.7 million was invested.

[51] Ganesh called off the film's shoot for 10 days as Rama Rao was devastated because of the death of his stepbrother Nandamuri Janakiram.

Meanwhile, Rama Rao participated in the shoot of some important jail and court scenes at a specially erected set in Aluminium Factory near Gachibowli.

[58] Mani Sharma was completing the rerecording work at the same time and the final copy was planned to be sent to the Central Board of Film Certification for censoring on 9 February 2015.

[citation needed] In that poster, he was seen sporting a sky blue cotton shirt, white cargo pants and aviator sunglasses during the film's shoot at Goa.

He posted the autographed version of the same in his official Facebook page a day before which received 30,000 likes, 2,000 shares and more than 1,000 comments upon its release; all of them being positive.

[citation needed] Meanwhile, the video promo of the item number Ittage Rechchipodam crossed more than 90,000 views on the official channel in YouTube within 24 hours of its release.

[citation needed] Y. Sunita Chowdary of The Hindu praised Rama Rao's performance as one of his finest works and added, "The strength of the story lies in Puri Jagan’s clarity, at no moment he is in a hurry or tempted to show the hero’s softer side.

[86] IBN Live called it the best work of Rama Rao after Rakhi (2006) and added, "Although the film isn't targeted mainly at family audience due to overtly dealt perverted ideas, Temper can be a best watch for Nandamuri Fans".

[90] After including collections from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, other parts of North India and international markets apart from AP/Nizam area, the first day total at the global box office stood approximately at ₹15 crore and became the biggest opener of Rama Rao after breaking the previous record set by Baadshah (2013).

[citation needed] Temper lost many screens across the world due to new releases Bandipotu and Gayakudu and a couple of dubbed films, because of which it witnessed a huge drop in its business.

[citation needed] The film collected a share of ₹9.68 crore at AP/Nizam box office and became the biggest opener for both Rama Rao in his career and Telugu cinema in 2015.

The film continued to stand in the first spot in the weekend business charts of AP/Nizam box office followed by Maga Maharaju, Pisachi, Ram Leela and Badlapur.

[citation needed] The film collected US$934,467 in six days at the United States box office which was equivalent to ₹5.82 crore and was declared Rama Rao's biggest success in the country.