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Maa Nanna Superhero

Drama Telugu


Johnny, a car mechanic, who grew up thinking of his adopted father Srinivas as a superhero, prepared to go to any length to save his father, unknowingly embarks on a journey with his biological father.

Cast:Sudheer Babu, Sai Chand, Sayaji Shinde, Annie, Aarna Vohra, Shashank, Vishnu Oi, Devi Prasad, Raju Sundaram, Aamani, Jhansi
Director:Abhilash Kankara
Writer:MVS Bharadwaj, Abhilash Kankara, Shravan Madala
Editor:Kumar. P. Anil
Camera:Sameer Kalyani

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Sudheer Babu Shoulders a Patchy Relationship Drama

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Sangeetha Devi Dundoo | The Hindu

Tue, October 15 2024

Sudheer Babu and Saichand’s performances anchor ‘Maa Nanna Superhero’, an uneven relationship drama that scores in a few segments

A scene in director Abhilash Reddy Kankara’s Telugu film Maa Nanna Superhero (my dad is a superhero) shows the protagonist Johnny (Sudheer Babu) taking his house owner to task and abruptly pausing when the latter’s daughter comes into the picture. He does not want to make the man seem a lesser mortal to his child. The narrative attempts to ride on the universal emotion of children seeing their father as a superhero. Abhilash wonders how far a son would go to save his father, with whom he shares a tumultuous relationship. The plot becomes more complex as it involves a father Srinivas (Sayaji Shinde) and his adopted son Johnny, and later, the biological father also returns. This idea might seem intriguing at the script level, but the film seems uneven and is held together by a few endearing moments.

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