Srikanth is a 2024 Hindi language drama biography movie of Srikant Bholla with 7.9/10 iMDb and 4.7/5 audience rating. Tushar Hiranandani directs the movie. The movie includes Rajkummar Rao as Srikanth Bolla, Alaya F as Swathi, Jyotika Sadanah as Devika, and Sharad Kelkar as Ravi.
Story
The movie is based on the real-life story of Srikant Bholla. Srikant Bholla was born on July 13, 1991, in Andhra Pradesh. Srikant’s father wanted to make him a cricketer, but he was born blind. His father wants to kill him, but her mother saves him.
Srikant was doing very well in school, but he was trolled by a few children in their society. His brain power is very good; he learns things in less time as compared to other students. Due to a lack of facilities, Srikanth went to the blind school in town for further study, where he met Devika Mam. She likes Srikanth as a son. At a college function, Srikanth gives a speech on the truth about his college facility; that’s why he was expelled by the college.
After this, he moved here and there on the road, and some people gave giving money him as he looked like a bagger when he came, when Devika heard about this incident, she met and became his caretaker as she arranged his study material, and he became the topper of the school.
After this, he wants to take the science stream, but according to the law, he can’t, so he files a case against the Indian education system. He won the case and got good marks in the exam, and he can be admitted to IIT College, but there is no seat for blind people.
He was selected for the blind Indian national team for cricket. He was also selected at MIT College in the USA, so he dropped out to play cricket for India. For further study at MIT College in the USA, he went to the airport, but the airport staff did not allow him to go alone because she was blind. But when he explained the complete seating arrangement of the airplane, they allowed him to go. As usual, Srikant became a top student at MIT College.
One day when he was playing baseball, he hit balls, which set a world record, and his photo was on the front page of the magazine. A girl named Swati saw a Srikant photo and came to the USA, and they love each other. After completing his studies, he did not want to come back to India, but after discussions with Swati, he came back to India.
Srilant started a computer class for blind people in India, but no one got a job, so they wanted to start their own business, he went to meet APJ Abdul Kalam to take funds, and he got. Businessman Ravi also invested in his company when he heard about APJ Abdul Kalam investing there. His company was growing well, and he was giving ₹8,000 in salary to every worker. Every worker was blind there.
Later, he joins politics but does not achieve success. He was not listening to Devika and Ravi, but sometimes he realized and regretted him and started his company like before, and he got the Businessman of the Year award.
Review
Srikanth is a drama biography movie about Srikant Bholla. The movie is a stunning narrative of a visually impaired man’s inspiring journey and achievements. Rajkumar Rao and the whole cast’s acting is like a breath of fresh air.
This movie is full of motivation about social reality and how blind people are treated in India.
This movie is the real story of Shrikanth Bolla, who was born blind but never lost hope. He fought against the Indian education system to have science as a subject, and despite being blind, he was so confident about himself that he could achieve anything he wanted in his life with his hard work and dedication.