Odela 2

Odela 2 is a 2025 Indian Telugu-language supernatural thriller film directed by Ashok Teja and written by Sampath Nandi. The film stars Tamannaah Bhatia, Hebah Patel, Vasishta N. Simha in lead roles. Produced by D. Madhu and Sampath Nandi, with cinematography by Soundararajan and music composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath. The sequel to Odela Railway Station (2022) centers on the fictional village of the same name. The film portrays how Odela Mallanna Swamy protects his village from evil forces. This movie received mixed reviews from critics and received heavy backlash for its poor storyline and direction. The film underperformed at box office.

In the starting of the film, a schoolgirl is shown walking down the railway track, seemingly possessed and carrying Radha's head, and she walks to the police station, terrifying everyone.

In the rural village of Odela, Telangana, the gruesome legacy of serial rapist and murderer Tirupati lingers after his death at the hands of his wife, Radha, in the events of Odela Railway Station. Following his execution, the villagers, fearing his malevolent influence, perform a ritual called Samadhi Shiksha, sealing his corpse instead of cremating it. This improper burial prevents Tirupati’s soul from attaining moksha, transforming him into a vengeful evil spirit that returns six months later to terrorize the village. His spirit possesses men and resumes a horrific spree of rapes and murders, targeting newlywed brides, plunging Odela into fear and chaos. He possesses the village pandit to rape and murder one of the brides brutally on her wedding night, and possesses the village sarpanch to do the same on the second bride's wedding night, which was in a maize field, and just as brutal and bone-chilling.

As the village grapples with the escalating supernatural threat, the villagers turn to Radha, now imprisoned for killing Tirupati, for guidance. Radha reveals the existence of her estranged sister, Bhairavi, a powerful Naga Sadhu and devotee of Lord Shiva, who left home in childhood to pursue a divine path. Known as Shiva Shakti, Bhairavi has been chanting "Om Namah Shivaya" 110 crore times to attain the divine darshan of Lord Shiva, living as an ascetic guarded by a sacred snake.

Bhairavi arrives in Odela just before the film’s interval, her dramatic entrance, where she beats up and probably kills several drunk, cruel men who were beating and trying to kill some innocent cows, raising hopes of salvation among Odela's villagefolk. After a great amount of pleading, she decides to come to Odela. She confronts the spirit’s chaos, uncovering that Tirupati’s malevolent force is manipulating the village’s men to perpetuate his crimes. With the aid of a local Muslim baba (Murali Sharma), who strangely quotes and has great knowledge of Hindu scriptures, Bhairavi performs rituals to weaken the spirit’s hold. The narrative delves into themes of Shiva Tattva and divine energy, portraying Bhairavi as a mythical force destined to restore order.

Some journalists come from the city to report the state of Odela. They accidentally crash-land a drone on Tirupati's grave. In the day, the villager on guard chases them away, but at night, one of them goes in to retrieve the drone, gets cut on the barbed wire strung around the grave, and bleeds on the grave, causing Tirupati's spirit to awaken. The spirit goes to Bhairavi, with intention of raping her. However, she is saved by the sacred snake which protects her. Then Bhairavi and Tirupati have a confrontation on the outskirts of the village, at end of which both leave with threats to each other.

As the battle intensifies, Bhairavi faces challenges in rallying the superstitious villagers, who are torn between fear of the spirit and reliance on sorcerers and fakirs. Tirupati’s spirit unleashes a whirlwind of terror, including a visceral “viswaroopam” manifestation, pushing the village to the brink. He reveals that he has worshipped the Devil, and now controls the 5 elements: earth, fire, water, air and sky. He draws a border around Odela: any living being, human or animal or bird, who crosses the line is brutally killed. He forbids anyone from going to school, hospital or work, says that no crop will grow, vowing to turn Odela into a graveyard.

However, a villager's daughter has severe asthma, and they can't cross the line to reach the hospital situated outside Odela. They rush her to Bhairavi, who says that her sister Radha, who has been released from prison, can save the young girl, as Radha was Tirupati's wife, and according to Bhairavi, "the bond of marriage" is the strongest of all. While Radha dresses up and goes to Tirupati's grave to distract him, Bhairavi chants "Om Namah Shivay" on loudspeaker to keep his spirit weak, which will weaken the line. However, a sandstorm starts (probably done by Tirupati) and the electricity supply is cut off just as the asthma girl's father is about to cross the line. This causes the loudspeaker broadcast to be stopped, and Tirupati arises again. He possesses the girl, cuts off Radha's head and walks with it down the railway track to the police station, just as she did with his head in the prequel movie. This scene is a callback to the starting scene of this film.