Rajesh Nadendla is the director of the 2019 action-thriller movie Kathanam, which was written by Rajendra Bharadwaj. The key parts in the movie are played by Anasuya Bharadwaj, Vennela Kishore, and Srinivas Avasarala. Under the production label Gayathri Films, the movie is made. Sathish Muthyala handled the cinematography, and Roshan Salur wrote the music for the movie. On August 9 of this year, the movie was released, and critics immediately gave it poor reviews.