Rangayana Raghu Anchors This Emotional Family Tale About Bonds Tested by Distance and Time

INEMA has long leaned on family dramas, stories of fathers who cling to principles, mothers who hold the fort, relationships tested by distance, and children who drift away in pursuit of something.

- A SHARADHAA

These films often walk a precarious line between heartfelt and overwrought. S/o Muthanna, directed by Sriikanth Hunsur, doesn't entirely escape predictability, but it manages to capture the lived truths of those families we recognise in our own neighbourhoods. Not the "real incident" cinema usually claims, but the everyday reality of parents waiting for calls from their children, bonds formed in silence, and conversations postponed until it's too late.

At its centre is Major Muthanna (Rangayana Raghu), a retired army man whose discipline is matched only by his loneliness. His wife Rathnamma (Sudha Belawadi), once the ballast of his life, is gone, and in her absence, he conceals longing behind dry wit and a stoic smile. The narrative orbits around his son, Shiva (Pranam Devaraj), and the uneasy blend of affection and obligation that governs their relationship.

Muthanna's world expands when Sakshi (Kushee Ravi), a young doctor, walks in for a routine check-up. For Shiva, attraction is immediate; for Sakshi, compassion gradually turns into something deeper.