# Suriya’s Vishwanath and Sons draws flak for regressive themes 2026-08-17T19:31:49+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Hindustan Times reports that Suriya's new film Vishwanath & Sons, touted as a family entertainer, has been criticised for its regressive portrayal of gender roles and relationships. The review notes that the film romanticises obsessive love and stalking when the pursuer is a woman, calling it the 'reverse-Raanjhanaa syndrome'. The protagonist Sanjay (Suriya) is a bachelor who fathers a son via surrogacy, and the surrogate mother Maddy (Mamitha Baiju) falls for him despite his repeated rejections. The review points out that Maddy, an orphan in her early 20s pursuing a medical degree, abandons her ambitions and dignity to chase the much older Sanjay. A line by Raveena Tandon's character, 'If a woman wants to marry you, she will marry you, and you will have little control over it', is flagged as troubling. The film also treats a mother's acceptance of her husband's affair as a normal family dynamic, reinforcing outdated notions. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Mamitha Baiju, Raveena Tandon, Suriya, Vishwanath And Sons Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/suriyas-vishwanath-and-sons-draws-flak-for-regressive-themes/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/suriyas-vishwanath-and-sons-draws-flak-for-regressive-themes/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/