Streaming · Telugu film · 2025
Kingdom
కింగ్డమ్
Kingdom release date: 31 July 2025 (theatres). Directed by Gowtham Tinnanuri; starring Vijay Deverakonda, Satyadev Kancharana and Bhagyashri Borse.
- Film release
- 31 July 2025 · All 2025 films
- Director
- Gowtham Tinnanuri
- Music
- Anirudh Ravichander
- Production
- Sithara Entertainments, Fortune Four Creations, Srikara Studios
- Writing credits
- Gowtham Tinnanuri
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
Streaming on Netflix since 27 August 2025.
Film release: 31 July 2025 · all 2025 Telugu films.
Tracker check recorded: 7 November 2026, 14:05 IST. This timestamp alone does not establish a fresh, direct platform check; see the source below.
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Kingdom is a 2025 Indian Telugu-language spy action thriller written and directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri. It was produced by Naga Vamsi and Sai Soujanya under Sithara Entertainments and Fortune Four Cinemas. Vijay Deverakonda stars alongside Satyadev and Bhagyashri Borse. It was released on 31 July 2025 to mixed reviews and, according to the source, grossed ₹82.02 crore worldwide, underperforming at the box office.
Story
A troubled police officer is sent undercover on a case that forces him to face his past. In 1991, Suri, a young and hot-headed constable who was separated from his elder brother Siva as a child, is recruited by a RAW handler for a secret mission. His task is to infiltrate Divi, a heavily guarded island off Sri Lanka. A prologue set in 1920 Srikakulam, in which tribal people try to stop a British massacre linked to gold mining, sets up a prophecy about a descendant of their tribe.
Development
Tinnanuri first took the script to Ram Charan while Charan was working on Acharya. That version was announced in October 2021 under the working title RC15, but it was shelved the following year. Tinnanuri then pitched the same story to Vijay Deverakonda. The new project was announced on 13 January 2023 under the working title VD12. In January 2025 the producers said the story would be told in two parts, and the title Kingdom was revealed on 12 February 2025.
Filming
Shooting began in Hyderabad in June 2023 but was delayed by Deverakonda’s commitments to Kushi and The Family Star. It resumed in Visakhapatnam in April 2024, then moved to Sri Lanka and on to Kothamangalam, Thandikudi, Nagercoil and Kerala. Deverakonda suffered a minor shoulder injury on set in November 2024. Girish Gangadharan and Jomon T. John handled the cinematography, and Naveen Nooli edited the film.
Music
Anirudh Ravichander composed the soundtrack, his second film with Tinnanuri after Jersey and his first with Deverakonda. Aditya Music acquired the audio rights. The singles “Hridayam Lopala” and “Anna Antene” were released in May and July 2025.
Release
The film was first set for March 2025 and was postponed several times before it came out worldwide on 31 July 2025 in Telugu, with dubbed versions in Tamil and Hindi. N. T. Rama Rao Jr. voiced the Telugu teaser, Suriya the Tamil one and Ranbir Kapoor the Hindi one. Netflix began streaming the film on 27 August 2025, in a version that dropped a carnival fight sequence to tighten the pace.
Reception and aftermath
Critics acknowledged the film’s scale and ambition. However, many reviews found it emotionally distant, unfocused and reliant on familiar ideas, with ratings ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 out of 5. Its portrayal of Sri Lankan Tamils drew criticism from Tamil audiences, leading to calls online for a boycott in Tamil Nadu. Tinnanuri had planned a wider Kingdom universe, including a streaming prequel and a second part. After the lukewarm response, the sequel was shelved.
Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Cast of Kingdom (2025)
- Vijay Deverakonda as Soori
- Satyadev Kancharana as Siva
- Bhagyashri Borse as Madhu
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
Also in the cast (TMDB): Venkitesh V P as Murugan, Ronit Kamra as Jr Suri, Baburaj as Odiyappan, Ayyappa P. Sharma as Divi Bhairagi, Bhanu Prakashan as Young Siva, Sriram Reddy Polasane as David, Manish Chaudhary as Jayaprakash, Manikanta Varanasi as Jogi, Posani Krishna Murali as Commissioner.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
What critics said
The article describes generally mixed reviews: critics admired the scale and ambition but found the story emotionally distant.
- OTTPlay (Avad Mohammad) said it has scale and style but misses the emotions it needs.
- Cinema Express (BH Harsh) called it “an ambitious failure”.
- The Indian Express (Swaroop Kodur) felt it never settles on a central thread.
- Deccan Chronicle (BVS Prakash) felt director Gowtam Tinnanuri could not repeat the emotional richness of Jersey.
- ABP Live (Satya Pulagam) found it reminiscent of Chhatrapati, Aayirathil Oruvan and KGF.
- The News Minute (Balakrishna Ganeshan) felt it forgets clarity, character and connection.
Summarised by Tollywood Desk from the reception section of the Wikipedia article Kingdom (2025 film) (revision 1367450889), which cites the reviews named above. Quotation marks show words quoted in that article; no ratings or scores are added here.
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