Maa Inti Bangaaram

Maa Inti Bangaaram (మా ఇంటి బంగారం, “The Gold of Our Home”) is a 2026 Telugu action comedy drama directed by B. V. Nandini Reddy, created by Raj Nidimoru and led by Samantha Ruth Prabhu, with Gulshan Devaiah and Diganth Manchale. It opened in theatres on 19 June 2026, runs 154 minutes, became a major box-office success, and has streamed on JioHotstar since 17 July 2026.

What the story is about

Swarna marries Anirudh, a doctor, and joins his traditional household, where she sets out to be the caring daughter-in-law the family expects and to win over its members one by one. But small things give her away: an unusual confidence, quick reflexes and an ease with handling threats that an ordinary homemaker would not have. When people from a violent past she has tried to bury turn up again, her secret starts to put the whole family in danger, and Swarna has to decide how much of her old self she is willing to bring back to protect them.

Cast and characters

• Samantha Ruth Prabhu as Alluri Swarna / Jhansi
• Gulshan Devaiah as Karuna
• Diganth Manchale as Dr. Alluri Anirudh Raju, Swarna’s husband
• Chaitanya Krishna as SI Alluri Sharath Raju and Sreemukhi as his wife Anasuya
• Gautami as Alluri Kamakshi and Sri Lakshmi as the grandmother
• Manjusha Mukkavilli as Kiranmayi, Swarna’s best friend
• Vennela Kishore in a cameo as Kiranmayi’s husband

Crew and music

• Director: B. V. Nandini Reddy; created by Raj Nidimoru
• Producers: Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Raj Nidimoru and Himank Duvvuru (Tralala Moving Pictures)
• Music: Santhosh Narayanan (rights with Think Music); cinematography: Om Prakash; editing: Dharmendra Kakarala

Samantha announced the film on 5 October 2025. It reunites her with Nandini Reddy for a third time after Jabardasth (2013) and Oh! Baby (2019), and is Tralala Moving Pictures’ second film after Subham (2025). Filming began with a pooja ceremony in Hyderabad on 27 October 2025.

Release and reception

The film was first slated for 15 May 2026 and was released worldwide on 19 June 2026, with a Tamil version titled Engal Thangam. The Times of India rated it 3.5/5, writing that it “reshapes” the action-drama template “around a female protagonist who is allowed to be both vulnerable and formidable”.

Box office

• Opening weekend: ₹50 crore worldwide gross, including ₹32.69 crore in India, as reported by Namaste Telangana and Asianet News.
• After the first Monday: ₹46.04 crore worldwide gross, per reports in Times Now, Sakshi Post and ABP Desam.
• First six days: ₹55.71 crore gross, per Namaste Telangana.

The day-by-day reports do not line up perfectly, so they are listed as reported rather than combined. Filmfare reported that it became the highest-grossing female-led Telugu film, passing Mahanati (2018).

Where to watch Maa Inti Bangaaram

Maa Inti Bangaaram streams on JioHotstar, where it began on 17 July 2026 in Telugu, with Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada dubbed versions. The Hindi version streams on Sony LIV.

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Maa Inti Bangaaram and the reviews and trade reports it cites; our own cast, crew, release and OTT records.