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Vishwanath And Sons: Suriya’s Family Entertainer Gets Mixed Reviews
Suriya's latest film Vishwanath And Sons, directed by Venky Atluri, released on August 14 to mixed reviews. The family drama follows Sanjay Vishwanath, a wealthy businessman and Olympic shooter who avoids marriage…
The Story in Brief
Suriya's latest film Vishwanath And Sons, directed by Venky Atluri, released on August 14 to mixed reviews. The family drama follows Sanjay Vishwanath, a wealthy businessman and Olympic shooter who avoids marriage but has a child through surrogacy. When the baby needs a bone marrow donor, surrogate mother Maddy (Mamitha Baiju) enters his life and falls in love with him despite a twenty-year age gap. Critics broadly agree the first half is breezy and charming, with strong performances from Suriya, Mamitha Baiju and Radhika Sarathkumar.
The second half draws criticism for formulaic writing and predictable family drama. Ratings range from 2.75/5 to 3.5/5 and 3/6. Suriya's composed performance and Mamitha's energetic screen presence are praised, while GV Prakash Kumar's music is found adequate but unmemorable. The film's handling of surrogacy and age-gap romance is noted as tasteful, though some reviewers find the climax open-ended and the Ooty portions stretched.
The Indian Opinion
The easy narrative that age-gap romances are inherently problematic overlooks how Vishwanath And Sons treats the subject with dignity, the heroine is not infantilised and the hero's resistance is explicit. More grating is the tired complaint that a star's mass elements are missing; family dramas do not need fights and item numbers to work. The real test is whether audiences embrace a climax that refuses a conventional happily-ever-after, or whether the predictable second half sours the goodwill of the first. That answer will come from the box office, not from reviews.
Sources (7): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, thenewsminute.com, 123telugu.com, greatandhra.com, telugucinema.com, tracktollywood.com, onlykollywood.com
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