Although the movie is rated as 16+, Mr.Bee and I decided to take our kids too, to watch the movie, since all of us were going to the theater. We couldn’t leave them anywhere at the last minute!
We had tough time finding a theater nearby, so had to book tickets at my least favourite mall, the S## Mall!
Starring : Ram Charan Tej, Jahnvi Kapoor, Boman Irani, Jagapathi Babu, my favourite mad scientist from Adithya 369 – Octogenarian Tinu Anand, Bhojpuri gem Ravi Kishen, Kannada Shiva Rajkumar, Divyendu, Upendra Limaye and others.
Directed by : Buchi Babu Sana
Music : A.R.Rahman
Released On : 4th June 2026
QB watched On : 7th June 2026
Review :
The movie starts with a sports official (Boman Irani), who is intrigued by name Peddi being associated with cricket, wrestling and track sports! (I rolled my eyes here, how can anyone excel at 3 different sports? Is he the village equivalent to Chuck Norris and Rajnikanth?) Similar disbelief leads Boman Irani into the far away nameless village in mountains.
Peddi (Ram Charan Tej), a tribal man, with his raw power, brute force and hunger to excel makes him a power hitter in the town cricket team, similar to Chris Gayle and the likes!
Then comes Achiamma (Jahnvi Kapoor), in a meaningless role, a girl who saunters around acting hauty and important. Peddi goes soft on her. Her character adds literally nothing to the story except spoil the good name of her mom, Sridevi. Even the director has succumbed to cheap thrills and objectified her, which I loathe, to say the least! Her scenes are in bad taste and cringe worthy.
Peddi rubs some upperclassmen the wrong way, in his bid to help Achiamma and thereby looses his spot in the cricket team.
Meanwhile, Appala Suri (Jagapathi Babu, in a memorable role), who is set on getting their nameless village, some recognition and a railway station of their own, dies. Peddi’s life changes.
Peddi takes up wrestling under the tutelage of Gournaidu (Shiva Rajkumar), who proves he is a veteran once again through his scenes. Peddi is selected for the nationals and thanks to the grudge of a fellow student, ends up hurting his leg badly. That effectively puts an end to his career as a wrestler.
Even the silver medal, doesn’t get Peddi’s nameless village any recognition nor a railway station.
Once again he changes his sport and takes up track running and wins gold at Asian games and that ends the misery for the village and us, the audience! ( I swear, if he had taken up another sport or something, I would have cried some precious tears!)
His village gets a name, Appalavalasa and a railway station, thus developing it further. The movie ends with Peddi being acknowledged as a hero.
What I like :
1. Sincere performances of Ram Charan Tej, Jagapathi Babu and Shiva Rajkumar.
2. The fact that, if one door closes, another opens and to never stop trying.
3. Music by ARR
P . S :
What I don’t like :
1. The editing was bad. It drags at places.
2. There is no proper track between the main lead. Even the upperclass villains suddenly begin respecting Peddi!
3. Unnecessary item song by Sruthi Hasan who looks like she is having a hard time being sober. She also looked like she was unable to dance well, for some reason. If I had a universal remote, I would have fast forwarded some of the movie!
P . P . S :
Mr.Bee and I would close our kids eyes’ during the scenes of death. GBee enjoyed the music and background score too. Both GBee and KBee enjoyed the fight scenes, which were truly good.
Overall, it is a one time watch if you are a fan. If not, it is ok if you skip it too!
