Mithra Mandali

Mithra Mandali (మిత్రమండలి) is a 2025 Telugu ensemble comedy written and directed by Vijayendar S, starring Priyadarshi Pulikonda, Niharika NM, Rag Mayur, Vishnu Oi and Prasad Behara, with Vennela Kishore as a bumbling police officer. It opened in theatres on 16 October 2025, runs 140 minutes, and streams on Prime Video.

What the story is about

Narayana is a powerful man in his caste community who wants to become MLA and will crush anyone in his way. He secretly bribes SI Sagar to find his missing daughter, Swecha. The trail leads to four jobless, penniless best friends, Chaitanya, Abhi, Sathwik and Rajeev, who live for the moment. Abhi and Sathwik have both fallen for Swecha at first sight, with Chaitanya and Rajeev egging them on, before they find out exactly whose daughter she is. The comedy grows out of that collision between the friends, the father and a hapless police investigation.

Cast and characters

• Priyadarshi Pulikonda as Chaitanya
• Niharika NM as Swecha
• Rag Mayur as Abhi, Vishnu Oi as Sathwik and Prasad Behara as Rajeev
• Vennela Kishore as SI Sagar Chandra
• VTV Ganesh as Narayana, Swecha’s father
• Satya as the self-styled “Important Character”
• Sivannarayana Naripeddi as Chaitanya’s father, Vasu Inturi and Satya Krishnan as Abhi’s parents

Crew and music

• Writer and director: Vijayendar S
• Music and background score: RR Dhruvan
• Production: Sapta Aswa Media Works and Vyra Entertainments

Release and reception

Mithra Mandali was released on 16 October 2025 and drew lukewarm reviews. The Times of India found the premise promising but said the execution “struggles to balance absurd comedy with social commentary”. Aditya Devulapally of Cinema Express wrote that “the film’s heart is in the right place, but its rhythm is out of tune”, and The Hindu summed it up as “more noise, little fun”. No box-office figure is on record from a cited source.

Where to watch Mithra Mandali

Mithra Mandali is available on Amazon Prime Video in India, according to the TMDB watch-provider listing (JustWatch data). No exact streaming start date is on record.

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Mithra Mandali and the reviews it cites; our own cast, crew, release and OTT records.