2026 Action, Drama

Critics Review

2.75

Emotions and Ram Charan's efforts make it a decent sports drama.

Carries a solid emotional baggage, plus the crossover-athletics is an unexplored concept, however the execution of the sports scenes are just basic. Also takes time to depart due to needless deviations. (more)

Source: Ashwin Ram , MovieCrow

1.50

Ram Charan's Aura-Show In A Messy Sports Drama

Excessive hero glorification, a poorly written romance, objectification of its female lead and increasingly absurd plotting undermine the film's stronger ideas. (more)

Source: Rediff, Rediff.com

2.50

Peddi ignores consent, normalises assault, yet pretends to be a story about dignity

The argument that this is just entertainment, that it is not meant to be taken seriously, does not hold. Entertainment is one of the primary ways a culture tells itself what is acceptable. When Telugu cinema repeatedly shows a man touching a woman without consent and frames it as romance, it is making a cultural statement. That calculation needs to change. And it will not change until audiences, critics, and the industry itself stop filing these things under the category of minor flaws in otherwise good films and start calling them what they are. (more)

Source: Yashaswini Sri, Indian Express

3.00

Ramcharan Wins Gold

Overall, Peddi, has a few minor flaws but Ramcharan�s finest performance, first rate out from the music direction and cinematography, an inspiring story and honest narration in the second half, made the film a good watch. Especially, there are quite a few sequences in the second half, which have immense repeat value and are sure to be liked by all sections of the audience(more)