'Dookudu' is an action-packed thriller that highlights a young policeman's clinical revenge on the perpetrators who caused hardship to his father.
Shankar Narayana is an honest politician who meets with a near-fatal accident. Some years later, Shankar's son Ajay has grown up to become a police officer.
Ajay's mission to bring down the trade of drugs and weapons, a violent journey that takes him to Istanbul. It's while there, that he first meets fashion student, Prashanthi. Ajay is smitten with her and for once in his life, wishes for a life beyond crime and violence.
Back in India, Shankar finally awakes from a long coma. Ajay creates an elaborate home-life charade to shield his still-fragile father from any stress or shock. While out on the streets, it is time to hunt down Don Nayak and his criminal associates who tried to kill his father all those years ago.