‘Son of India’, is too frail to fight the injustice

It’s understandable why senior star Mohan Babu indulges in telling message-oriented subjects like ‘Son of India’. His vision towards better society, his rather philosophical tone describes his affinity for impactful scripts at this age. The story actually begins with a prelude where Mohan Babu is seen tolling two massive graphically-designed bells. There’s a small introductory […]

It’s understandable why senior star Mohan Babu indulges in telling message-oriented subjects like ‘Son of India’. His vision towards better society, his rather philosophical tone describes his affinity for impactful scripts at this age.

The story actually begins with a prelude where Mohan Babu is seen tolling two massive graphically-designed bells. There’s a small introductory note from him saying why he likes to experiment with the story on the silver screen.

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The background voice of Megastar Chiranjeevi sets off a tone describing the protagonist. He is disguised as a cab driver, an NIA officer and a kidnapper. Central Minister Mahesh Bhupathi (Srikanth Meka) mysteriously disappeared after he navigates through an unknown location without a security convoy near Talakona forests near Chittoor.

Cut to Hyderabad, Dr Prathibha, who cheated on Covid patients with false medical reports, gets kidnapped. Next in the line is Endowment Department chairman Bhagawan Prasad (Raja Ravindra). The reason for their kidnap is their dark and shoddy past. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) led by Pragya Jaiswal scour to get leads to crack the case.

The second half is about unraveling his gory past. How he gets to serve a wrongful sentence in Kadapa Central Jail, why he nurtures hatred in the system and turns out to be a kidnapper and what he wants to prove by taking these profile personalities hostage?

Although, Mohan Babu’s idea is to reflect the reality of the society — how power mongers take advantage of the loopholes in the system, ‘Son of India’ looks to be a tested trope for any average film goer. The story runs out of pace when the protagonist gets too preachy at one point. After his personal loss, character Virupaksha gets to hear the similar tragic stories from prison inmates. He studies law while serving prison terms and chooses to question the system as rather an outright rebellion against injustices.

Coming to the performances, Mohan Babu looks his prolific best with his acting prowess. Late actor-journalist TNR was seen in a cameo as a prisoner who serves a wrongful sentence. Naresh as a police officer, Pragya Jaiswal along with Mangli, Pridvi as part of NIA team does their best.