Eega

Eega (2012) is an Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by S. S. Rajamouli — who later gave the world the Baahubali saga — it is a revenge story built around a premise that shouldn't work on paper but absolutely does in execution. Stars Nani, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Sudeep.

Nani is head over heels for his neighbor Bindhu. A powerful, ruthless businessman kills him to clear the path. Nani swears revenge before he dies — and comes back. Not as a man (too slow; growing up again takes decades), but as a housefly with exactly seventeen days to live. What one housefly can do to a man with armed guards and a private empire is the film's entire glorious proposition.

Rajamouli shoots the fly as a full-blown action hero: there are battle sequences here, emotional beats, a clear villain arc. It isn't played for laughs. For anyone who thought revenge cinema had exhausted its angles, Eega is a genuine correction. Stream Eega (2012) online on iFILM.