Rama Rao Jr., a Gond tribal leader) and Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan)—uniting against British colonial oppression in the 1920s, with the core plot driven by Bheem's mission to rescue a kidnapped Gond girl, Malli, from Governor Scott Buxton and his wife. The narrative emphasizes traditional heroic friendship, spectacular action, and rebellion against historical tyranny, with no modern activist framing, identity politics lectures, or critiques of patriarchy, capitalism, or systemic issues in contemporary terms. Casting features Indian leads in roles aligned with the historical Indian setting and British actors (Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody) as colonial antagonists, plus supporting roles like Olivia Morris, all organic to the pre-independence era rather than ideological swaps or DEI mandates.