Calling it "masala-laden adaptation of Raid", Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu opined that the film is "overdrawn, meandering mess", while praising the soundtrack.Read at source
Mr. Bachchan 2024 
Synopsis
Mr. Bachchan
Mr. Bachchan is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language romantic action drama film directed by Harish Shankar and jointly produced by T. G.
- Director
- Harish Shankar
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 150 min
- Language
- Telugu
Reviews
4 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Mr. Bachchan is 33/100 from Aditya Devulapally (Cinema Express) and Avinash Ramachandran (The Indian Express) and Times Now.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 5 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- music
Watch points
- performances
- writing
- visual craft
Positive 1
Critical 3
Aditya Devulapally of Cinema Express rated 1.5/5 stars and wrote "This Harish Shankar and Ravi Teja collaboration seems to be a true attempt at self-mockery and the fact that this is a remake doesn’t help either".Read at source
Avinash Ramachandran of The Indian Express gave a rating of 1.5 out of 5, criticized Harish Shankar's work and found the screenplay too routine.Read at source
Times Now's Sasidhar Adivi called it "a soulless adaptation of Raid" and gave a rating of 2 out of 5, stating "Mr Bachchan is action-heavy with the film relying mainly on Ravi Teja’s intense performance to build his case.Read at source
Media & trailers
Verified video records attached to this title.
Details
Soundtrack
- Sitar Saketh Komunduri, Sameera Bharadwaj
- Reppal Dappul Anurag Kulkarni, Mangli
- Jikki Karthik, Ramya Behara
- Nallanchu Thellacheera Sreerama Chandra, Dhanunjay Seepana, Sameera Bharadwaj, Ramya Behara
Technical specs
- Run time
- 150 min
- Language
- Telugu
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Harish Shankar
Trivia
- The film stars Ravi Teja as the titular character, alongside Jagapathi Babu and Bhagyashri Borse in her Telugu debut.
- It is the official remake of the 2018 Hindi film Raid, which was based on a real-life income tax raid on industrialist Sardar Inder Singh.
- The production budget for the film was ₹70 crore (US$7.3 million).
- The movie was theatrically released on 15 August 2024 and subsequently premiered on Netflix from 12 September 2024.
- Due to negative reception, the film was trimmed by 13 minutes after its initial release.
- The film is considered one of the well-known epitomes of box office bombs in Tollywood pop culture.
