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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 4 April 2025
- Director
- Pavan Ketharaju
- Language
- Telugu
Storyline
A father and son face love and betrayal while caught up with a betting mafia and a police chase. Their journey involves paying debts and chasing dreams as they seek redemption.
“A father and son race against time and crime.”
Film Details
Minutes
TeluguLanguage
Release Date4 April 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
High
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
High
Vibe & Tags
Mood
emotionalsuspensefulinspiring
Themes
familylovecorruptionjustice
Toneintense
Pacingfast-paced
Complexitymoderate
Audiencemass
Best Withfamily
Violence3
Emotion4
Humor2
Rewatchability3
Cast & Crew
#1
#2S
Sri HarshaSiddu
→A
Aanjjan SrivastavMP-Chittihole
→#3B
BhadramActor
→#4P
PraveenActor
→#5S
Shakalaka ShankarActor
→#6
#7S
Santhi Kumar TurlapatiActor
→C
Chatrapathi SekharActor
→#8
#9S
Sai ChandraActor
→N
Nawab ShahActor
→#10
S
S.P.B. CharanActor
→#11
P
Pavan KetharajuDirector
→Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for LYF - Love Your Father
Cast reunions in this film: Raghu Babu & Shakalaka Shankar (6 films together), Praveen & Raghu Babu (3 films together), Praveen & Shakalaka Shankar (2 films together), Raghu Babu & Veerabhadram Chowdary (2 films together), and Raghu Babu & Chatrapathi Sekhar (2 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title 'LYF' is a stylized abbreviation for 'Love Your Father', emphasizing the core father-son theme.
- Director Pavan Ketharaju reportedly drew inspiration from real-life stories of familial debt and redemption for the plot.
- The movie blends four genres, which is uncommon, aiming to mix emotional drama with high-stakes betting mafia action.
- A significant portion of the police chase sequences were filmed on location in the less-filmed areas of coastal Andhra Pradesh.
- The casting for the 'beautiful father-son duo' focused on actors with a strong physical resemblance to enhance believability.
- The soundtrack features a rare Telugu folk music fusion to underscore the rural backdrop of the characters' origins.
- This is one of the few 2025 Telugu films announced to centrally explore the theme of financial debt within a family.

