''Son of India'' is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Diamond Ratnababu, and produced by
Vishnu Manchu
Manchu Vishnu Vardhan Babu (born 23 November 1982) is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema and television. Manchu had a brief stint as a child artist with the 1985 film ''Ragile Gundelu''. Years later, he starred in ...
24 Frames Factory
24 Frames Factory is an Indian film production company established by Vishnu Manchu , son of actor Manchu Mohan Babu in 2007 and is subsidiary of Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures.
Film production
Films that are produced under this banner are mos ...
Meena
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Pragya Jaiswal
Pragya Jaiswal is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu films. She made her acting debut in 2014 with the Tamil–Telugu bilingual '' Virattu / Dega'' in 2014. Jaiswal had her breakthrough with the Telugu period drama '' ...
. The film was released theatrically on 18 February 2022 to a highly negative reception and was
box-office bomb
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.
Plot
The story about a typical person (Mohan Babu). Mohan Babu introduction starts with the much hyped song “Jai Jai Mahaveera Maha Dheera”. Sunil, Ali and Vennela Kishore are reporters who confirm that minister (Srikanth) is kidnapped when he was planning to go to Tirumala.
Cast
Music
The first single, a devotional song, composed by Ilaiyaraaja was released on 15 June, 2021.
Production and release
The film began its production in October 2020 in
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ...
. Initially the makers wanted to finalize the deal with an OTT platform but it did not materialize. The film was then released on 18 February 2022 with a pre-release event held at Hyderabad.
Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. A reviewer from ''
Eenadu
''Eenadu'' () is the largest circulated Telugu-language daily newspaper of India sold mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.Mohan Babu's "one man show". ''123Telugu'' rated the movie with 2.25/5. Surya Prakash from ''Asianet News'' gave 2/5 rating and wrote Mohan Babu did an experiment at this age with the movie. Thadhagath Pathi of ''
The Times of India
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'' gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 and wrote "Son of India has a short run-time but the film feels stretched despite that. It’s not a theatrical experience everyone is longing for".
'' Pinkvilla'' gave the film 1.5 out of 5 an wrote "'Son Of India' has been made to feel like an ode to Mohan Babu's illustrious career. Most of the actors, for almost three-fourths of the film, are either unseen from the front, or their faces are relentlessly blurred on the pretext of letting the lead man do mono-action". Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of ''
The Hindu
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'' stated "An amateurish narration of an outdated story makes ‘Son of India’ an excruciating watch".