Srikanth (2024) on Netflix
Born without sight in an Andhra Pradesh village, Srikanth Bolla grows up brilliant but bullied at the local school. Denied the science stream, he sets out to study abroad.
- Netflix3.8/5
- IMDb7.4/1014,784 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes78%
Trailer
Plot summary
Damodar Bolla names his newborn son after the cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth, then finds that the child is sightless and his joy gives way to dismay. Srikanth grows up in Seetharamapuram, a village in Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, sharp at his lessons and bullied at the local school. His mother, Venkatamma Bolla, keeps him. In Hyderabad he joins a special school, where his teacher Devika takes him in hand and holds his ego in check. She helps him go to court for the right to study science, which he is refused despite scoring 98 percent, and urges him to apply abroad. Turned away by the Indian Institutes of Technology, he wins a place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as its first visually impaired student from outside the United States.
Cast
- Srikant Maneas Srikanth (5)
- Arnav Abdagireas Srikanth (12)
- Srinivas Beesettyas Damodar Bolla
- Clarissa Saaimanas Kelly
- Siboniso Tadeus Mbathaas Edward
- Arnav Bansalas Vishnu
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Srikanth (2024)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Srikanth is billed as the first-ever all-inclusive Hindi movie, giving roles to more than 70 actors with disabilities.
- Jyothika returned to Hindi cinema with Srikanth only after first rejecting the role; her husband, actor Suriya, convinced her to take it.
- To play the visually impaired Srikanth Bolla, Rajkummar Rao wore special lenses from morning till evening during the shoot and spent time with visually impaired people to refine his performance.
