Zombie Reddy (2021)

Mario, a game designer from Hyderabad, discovers a game-breaking glitch in his newly successful video game with his friends Bhadram and Maggie. To get the bug fixed, Mario travels to Kurnool for the wedding of his programmer, Kalyan, who is marrying Pushkala, daughter of Bhooma Reddy, a violent Rayalaseema chieftain locked in a bitter feud with rival factionist Veera Reddy. On the way, Mario accidentally runs over an infected man, who bites Bhadram.

As the wedding celebrations begin, Bhadram turns into a zombie and starts spreading the infection through the village. At the same time, Veera Reddy's men abduct Kalyan on his wedding night. Mario teams up with Nandini, a wedding guest, and Kasi Reddy, Bhooma Reddy's henchman, to rescue him. Infiltrating Veera Reddy's residence, Mario and Kasi discover that Nandini is actually Sailaja, Veera Reddy's daughter, sent to help orchestrate Kalyan's kidnapping. Mario also learns that the feud began when his own father, Pratap Reddy—Bhooma Reddy's brother—abandoned Veera Reddy's sister, Talambari, at their wedding to elope with another woman.

As the zombie outbreak escalates, Mario, Kalyan, Maggie, and Kasi flee Veera Reddy's residence, pursued by Sailaja and Veera Reddy. When Veera Reddy becomes trapped amid a zombie horde, a devastated Sailaja joins Mario's group to fight them off. Mario, Kalyan, and Sailaja manage to escape, but Maggie is infected by Bhadram and Kasi is left trapped behind.

Seeking answers, Mario traces the infected man who bit Bhadram to a hidden laboratory belonging to a disgraced virologist, who reveals that he created the zombie virus by accident while attempting to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Before patient zero kills him, the virologist hints that the cure lies within a local sacred temple. Mario, Kalyan, a scratched Sailaja, and a surviving Bhooma Reddy head for the temple, where they find Veera Reddy hiding, still uninfected. Setting aside their long-standing feud, Bhooma Reddy and Veera Reddy join forces to hold back the encroaching horde while the others search for the cure.

At the temple, just as Sailaja begins to turn, Mario discovers that the divine water flowing through the temple's caves is the antidote. He lures the horde into the sacred pool, curing everyone infected, including Maggie and Bhadram. With the viral threat eliminated, the two rival families reconcile for good, hailing Mario as the hero who saved them all.