Oopiri

Oopiri (2016) is an Indian Telugu drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Vamsi Paidipally and starring Nagarjuna Akkineni and Karthi. The film is a Telugu-language remake of the French hit The Intouchables, relocating the story of an unlikely friendship between two men from opposite ends of society to a South Indian setting.

Billionaire Vikram is quadriplegic and needs a caretaker. The man he hires is an ex-convict fresh out on parole — someone who walked into the interview with nothing to lose and left with the job. Their dynamic starts as an employment arrangement and becomes something much harder to define. Tamanna Bhatia and Prakash Raj round out a strong ensemble.

At 158 minutes it never drags — Paidipally handles the tonal shifts between comedy and genuine feeling without forcing either. Watch Oopiri online on iFILM and see how the source material lands in a completely different cultural register.