Balu (Manoj Manchu) has only one goal in his life - to become a great playback singer like S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. He challenges a landlord in his village and comes to Hyderabad to become a singer. Captain Rao (Mohan Babu) stays in the opposite house. He is an old-fashioned man who hates the lifestyle of new generation. Sravya (Taapsee Pannu) is an NRI girl who stays in Rao's house, as Rao is a friend of her father (Suman). She is in India to do a documentary on traditional Telugu music. Balu acts ae to her and in the process, they fall in love. Rao does not like them falling in love with each other. The rest of the story is about Rao's restrictions and how the lovers emerge unscathed.
A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "In short, Jhummandi Naadam has a stereotypical story. View it if you are an avid watcher of KRR's films".[3] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "On a whole, Jhummandi Naadam is a film that has something for every kind of audience".[4] A critic from 123telugu wrote that "A lullaby song, a classical song, a Sankranthi song, a marriage song, a usual Raghavendra Rao song, a folk song and then a patriotic song – we have all seen each kind of song in different situations and different films. But to see them all in one film, and then get some laugh out loud situations guarantees a thorough and wholesome entertainment".[5]
