"It is as though God can heart it and humans cannot understand it," says the preface of 'Manu Charitra' about the pain undergone by its male lead, played by Shiva Kandukuri. The intense romantic actioner has agony writ large.

Starring Megha Akash as one of the leading ladies, the film is presented by Kajal Aggarwal. Besides taking beatings, the hero also wields a pistol. The presence of the female characters is token in the video. Suhas' character is exasperated with the male lead's wallowing in self-destruction. Director Bharath Pedagani seems to have etched the hero's character in the fashion of an Arjun Reddy.

Also starring Priya Vadlamani and Pragati Shrivatsav, the film has Dali Dhananjay, Srikanth Iyengar, Madhu Nandhan, Harishita Chowdary and Garima Kaushal in other roles.

Bankrolled by Narala Srinivas Reddy, the film has music by Gopi Sundar. If Prawin Pudi is its editor, Rahul Shrivatsav is the cinematographer.

'Manu Charitra' is yet to lock its release date.