Saakini Daakini

Saakini Daakini is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Sudheer Varma and produced by Suresh Productions, Guru Films, and Kross Pictures. An official remake of the 2017 South Korean film Midnight Runners, it stars Regina Cassandra and Nivetha Thomas. The film has music composed by Mikey McCleary.

Principal photography took place from March 2021 to August 2021, entirely in Hyderabad. Saakini Daakini was released theatrically on 16 September 2022.



Plot

Shalini and Damini, two police trainees from differing backgrounds, become fierce rivals after their induction into the academy and their placement in the same room. Their conflict eventually escalates into a full-blown brawl that nearly leads to their suspension. However, after Shalini helps an injured Damini during a forest run challenge when no one else does, their conduct is commended and they become best friends.

One day, they witness a kidnapping of a girl on their way back from the club at midnight. The local police station's missing persons department, however, is busy with the kidnapping of a son of a businessman at the time and is unable to investigate the case. Knowing that they are in the critical hours after a kidnapping, they embark on their amateur investigation.

When Shalini and Damini catch up with the kidnappers, it appears that the gang is running an unfertilized egg harvesting ring and there are many more girls locked up at their hideout. Shalini and Damini tries to save them but are instead beaten and locked up. After escaping their captors, they return the next day to an empty hideout and a cold trail. As they are not acting police officers, their professor tells them not to pursue the case any further. Unable to wait for the bureaucracy to resolve the case, they once again embark on their own investigation.

They undergo heavy physical training and manage to track the kidnappers down, with the help of CCTV footage, to a fertility clinic. Armored up with weapons, the duo venture in to liberate the girls by themselves, this time much more prepared. They successfully take down all the kidnappers and their boss and save all girls. However, due to some among the disciplinary committee believing that they had done the right thing morally, they are instead held back a year in their studies and start training from beginning.

Cast

  • Regina Cassandra as Damini, Police Trainee
  • Nivetha Thomas as Shalini, Police Trainee
  • Bhanu Chander as Pratap IPS, Police Academy head
  • Prudhvi Raj as Raghu, Police Academy Instructor
  • Raghu Babu as Brahma Rao, Control room incharge
  • Kabir Duhan Singh as Human Trafficking Head
  • Amit Tiwari as Rafiq
  • Chammak Chandra as Police Academy trainer
  • Ravi Varma as Fertility Doctor
  • Bhadram as Govindam
  • Auto Ramprasad as Chutney Chandu
  • Lahari Shari as Weapons Incharge
  • Sudharshan as Pickpocket
  • RJ Hemanth as Flirt