Tharun Bhascker in a still from Gayapadda Simham (2026), directed by Kasyap Sreenivas Gayapadda Simham movie review: There is something quietly odd about making a Telugu comedy based on the US immigration policy. And yet here is Gayapadda Simham, arriving in theatres on May 1, banking on the idea that the middle-class Indians’ obsession with emigrating to America is funny enough, and painful enough, to carry a full film. The story follows a young man whose dream of settling in the USA is tied to a love story. His girlfriend’s father has set a condition: the groom must be settled in America before the wedding. So the USA stops being just a dream and becomes a deadline. Then US President Donald Trump announces a mass deportation drive, and the protagonist’s plans collapse. America is the goal; Trump becomes the obstacle. It is a sharp setup, and the film earns genuine credit for landing on it.…