Raghavendra is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Suresh Krishna and written by Posani Krishna Murali. It stars Prabhas, Anshu and Shweta Agarwal. The music was scored by Mani Sharma. It was also dubbed in Hindi as Sanyasi: The Warrior Saint (2008) and Malayalam as Sakthi in spite of being remade by Suresh himself in Hindi as Rocky: The Rebel.

Plot

Raghava is a hot-blooded, restless youth who cannot tolerate injustice that is being done in society. In the process, he picks up a fight with a local don named Ankineedu. Ankineedu stabs Raghava's love interest, Shirisha, to death. He also issues an ultimatum to Raghava's parents to leave the city in a few hours. The vexed parents ask Raghava to accompany them only if he agrees to listen to their words. Hopeless, Raghava accepts to give up fighting and lives like a Saint. They take Raghava to Mantralayam, a relatives' place, and make him become a devotee of Raghavendra Swamy. This entire episode comes as a flashback. Raghava has a pretty fiancé called Maha Lakshmi in Mantralayam. He becomes a saint-like man and does not respond with anger, tested when goons humiliate Maha Lakshmi and take off her clothes in public. Raghava's parents, who restricted his helping nature, ask him to get rid of his maala and go back to society to serve people. Raghava, fueled with vengeance, goes and fights with Ankineedu's goons. In the end, Raghavendra kills Ankineedu to save the people and avenge Sirisha's death.