Bachi is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Puri Jagannadh. It stars Jagapathi Babu, Neelambari and music composed by Chakri. This is the debut film of Chakri as music director.

The film begins with a cop Bhaskar Chenmai / Bachi the special branch. He falls for a beautiful ingénue Venkatalakshmi. Suddenly, a piece of spectacular news rocks the country that a hick Tatineni Koteswara Rao wins 50 crores in the Paris lottery. Accordingly, various gangsters and burglars behind him acquire the ticket. Since he has severe life threats Bachi is appointed as his chief security officer. Plus, a fat cat Satyambabu accounts him with all facilities to snatch the ticket. One day, Bachi receives a courier in which a boy Habibi is delivered from Dubai. He proclaims him as his father by the affirmation of his mother Parvati. Therefrom, he makes his life forlorn and Bachi whacks to dispose of him but fails. In addition, a rift is created in his love. However, as time goes by Bachi gets affectionate toward Habibi. Now he takes a stab to unravel when he is cognizant that another Bachi a tomcat had resided at his residence ahead before. Parallelly, Parvati plays hides & seek game with him, and being unbeknownst he protects her from endangerment. Thus, he strives hard to nab both Parvati & Bachi-2. Ultimately, he cracks the whereabouts of Bachi-2 and ascertains that he doesn't have any bearing with Habibi.

Besides, sundry elite groups, officials, and respectable in society bestows high amounts to Koteswara Rao on assurance of Satyambabu. One fine morning absconds announcing the lottery is a back fence talk, which leaves Satyambabu bankrupt. The incident takes aback and the entire department is on Koteswara Rao's hunt. Afterward, a social welfare organization arrives to retrieve Habibi as he is wrongly delivered. However, Bachi bars them as they are strongly correlated. Eventually, via them, he traces Parvati lying in an ailing position in a hospital. At that point, surprisingly, she states herself as the sibling of Venkatalakshmi who is deceived by an impostor. Further, she professes, that the reason behind nearing her boy to Bachi is that he will fasten him in the future. Here Bachi words Parvati to rear Habibi as his own and she happily leaves her breath. Meanwhile, Koteswara Rao ruses to change his face through cosmetic surgery Venkatalakshmi spots it and informs Bachi. Immediately, he rides but Koteswara Rao flees using Habibi as a shield. Bachi backs him when as a flabbergast, it is divulged the one who hoodwinked Parvati is Koteswara Rao only and Habibi is his son. Listening to it, he reforms requests Bachi to maintain secrecy, and let Habibi stay as his son only. At last, Koteswara Rao surrenders before the judiciary. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Bachi & Venkatalakshmi.

Newcomer Nilambari made her debut with this film and dubbed for herself.^[1]

Music composed by Chakri. Music released on HMV Audio Company.

A critic from Sify wrote that "The plot is thoda hatke (transl. a little different), so is the treatment. Now only, if the music was as good".^[2] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Despite spending so much money and acquiring all the gloss, the film does not get anywhere".^[3]