Vishwanath & Sons (2026)

Sanjay Vishwanath repairs his own sabotaged rifle minutes before an Olympic final and wins gold, and that’s just the warm-up. Vishwanath & Sons runs 161 minutes and spends plenty of them on things you can see coming, especially a second half that drifts into a stepfamily subplot in Ooty and a climax critics found clumsy. The core is better than the packaging. Suriya plays Sanjay, a rich industrialist who flies home from San Francisco with a baby boy born through surrogacy, to his mother’s total dismay. When little Abhay falls seriously ill, Sanjay has to track down the surrogate, Maddy, a carefree medical student much younger than he expected. The film handles that age gap with more honesty than you’d guess, letting Sanjay stay uneasy instead of smug. Mamitha Baiju gives Maddy real spark, and Radikaa Sarathkumar makes the grandma the warmest person on screen. A 6.7 because it’s sincere and funny and takes the long road everywhere. $8,022 says you get misty during the grandma scenes and blame it on allergies.

What works: Suriya and Mamitha Baiju have easy chemistry, and the film treats surrogacy and the age gap with surprising maturity and warmth.

What doesn’t: It’s long and predictable, and the second half’s family subplot and climax feel contrived next to the livelier first hour.

Who it’s for: Fans of big, emotional family dramas who don’t mind a long sit and a few happy tears.