Indo-Asian News Service called new-generation film maker Sandeep Vanga's Arjun Reddy the "most original, experimental work to come out of Telugu cinema in a long time", and said the protagonist's (played by Vijay Deverakonda) "rise, fall and rise ... is nothing short of poetic and heart wrenching". Adivi Sesh scripted the Neo-noir Kshanam based on a real life incident of a missing three-year-old girl child. Sesh followed it up with the coming-of-age R.A.W. thriller Goodachari. Actor-dancer Allu Arjun produced and acted in the short film, "I Am That Change" (2014), to spread awareness on individual social responsibility. The movie was directed by Sukumar, which was screened in theatres across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Indian Independence day, 2014.