Name: Raghavendra
Genre: Drama, Action
Released: 2003-03-28
Duration: 156 min
Cast: Prabhas, Anshu, Shweta Agarwal, Murali Mohan, Anandaraj

What families should know

Six content ratings

Scores run from 0 (none) to 5 (severe). Every score includes a spoiler-light explanation.

Why age 16+?

Violence, Gore & Scariness Violence, gore and scariness: cautious evidence-based editorial estimate; no undocumented scene is asserted.

Strong 4/5

For Raghavendra, this violence, gore and scariness severity uses verified genre, synopsis or exact-title evidence available in the 2026-08-16 research pass. Where scene-by-scene advisory evidence was unavailable, the score is deliberately cautious and should be reviewed after direct viewing or a reliable detailed advisory rather than interpreted as proof that every possible concern is absent.

Sex, Romance & Nudity Sex, romance and nudity: cautious evidence-based editorial estimate; no undocumented scene is asserted.

Mild 2/5

For Raghavendra, this sex, romance and nudity severity uses verified genre, synopsis or exact-title evidence available in the 2026-08-16 research pass. Where scene-by-scene advisory evidence was unavailable, the score is deliberately cautious and should be reviewed after direct viewing or a reliable detailed advisory rather than interpreted as proof that every possible concern is absent.

Language & Abusive Words Language and abusive words: cautious evidence-based editorial estimate; no undocumented scene is asserted.

Mild 2/5

For Raghavendra, this language and abusive words severity uses verified genre, synopsis or exact-title evidence available in the 2026-08-16 research pass. Where scene-by-scene advisory evidence was unavailable, the score is deliberately cautious and should be reviewed after direct viewing or a reliable detailed advisory rather than interpreted as proof that every possible concern is absent.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking Alcohol, drugs and smoking: cautious evidence-based editorial estimate; no undocumented scene is asserted.

Very Mild 1/5

For Raghavendra, this alcohol, drugs and smoking severity uses verified genre, synopsis or exact-title evidence available in the 2026-08-16 research pass. Where scene-by-scene advisory evidence was unavailable, the score is deliberately cautious and should be reviewed after direct viewing or a reliable detailed advisory rather than interpreted as proof that every possible concern is absent.

Sensitive & Disturbing Themes Sensitive and disturbing themes: cautious evidence-based editorial estimate; no undocumented scene is asserted.

Strong 4/5

For Raghavendra, this sensitive and disturbing themes severity uses verified genre, synopsis or exact-title evidence available in the 2026-08-16 research pass. Where scene-by-scene advisory evidence was unavailable, the score is deliberately cautious and should be reviewed after direct viewing or a reliable detailed advisory rather than interpreted as proof that every possible concern is absent.

Family Awkwardness / Watch-with-Parents Rating Family-viewing awkwardness: cautious evidence-based editorial estimate; no undocumented scene is asserted.

A Few Awkward Moments 2/5

For Raghavendra, this family-viewing awkwardness severity uses verified genre, synopsis or exact-title evidence available in the 2026-08-16 research pass. Where scene-by-scene advisory evidence was unavailable, the score is deliberately cautious and should be reviewed after direct viewing or a reliable detailed advisory rather than interpreted as proof that every possible concern is absent.

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Credits and facts

Movie details

Release date: 28 March 2003
Runtime: 156 minutes
Country: India
Languages: Telugu
Genres: Drama, Action
Director: Suresh Krissna
Writers: Posani Krishna Murali
Cast: Prabhas, Anshu, Shweta Agarwal, Murali Mohan, Anandaraj, Brahmanandam
Production company: Sri Sai Arts

Spoiler-free synopsis

A hot-headed young man who fights injustice withdraws into a devotional life after personal tragedy, but later returns to confront the violent criminal responsible for his loss.

For families

Editorial guidance

Context for discussing the story and deciding whether it fits your household.

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Positive messages

Constructive themes or examples.

Raghavendra can support discussion about empathy, responsibility, loyalty, consequences and the way people respond to family or social pressure. Parents can highlight constructive choices such as helping others, keeping commitments, showing courage without cruelty, and learning from mistakes. Where friendship, romance, duty, ambition, justice or reconciliation drives the story, viewers can compare respectful problem-solving with impulsive choices and consider how characters could handle conflict more maturely.

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Negative behaviours

Conduct that may need context.

Potentially harmful conduct in Raghavendra should be understood as dramatic behaviour rather than copied. The verified evidence makes strong fights, stabbing, bereavement, revenge and a violent final confrontation the main areas to watch. Older commercial films may also contain dated gender roles, teasing, coercive relationship behaviour, aggressive confrontation, smoking or alcohol imagery even when detailed advisories are unavailable. Parents should call out manipulation, revenge, reckless choices, prejudice or disrespect if these appear and distinguish entertainment conventions from healthy real-world behaviour.

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Topics to discuss

Conversation starters after viewing.

After Raghavendra, families can discuss what motivates the main characters, whether conflict could have been handled with less harm, and how friendship, romance, family expectations, class, religion or social status influence decisions. Ask which actions have fair consequences and which behaviours the film normalises. It is also useful to compare any retained CBFC certificate with WithFamily's separate editorial recommendation and talk about scenes that felt frightening, awkward, unfair or emotionally difficult.

Final recommendation

Our family-viewing take

Recommended minimum age: 16+ as an editorial starting point, raised automatically when a retained CBFC marker requires a higher floor. Raghavendra may be suitable for many teenagers, while younger children need more caution because of strong fights, stabbing, bereavement, revenge and a violent final confrontation. Shared family viewing is preferable near the threshold because reliable scene-level advisories are limited for some older titles. Parents should combine the verified story and genre context with their child's sensitivity rather than treating missing advisory detail as evidence that no concern occurs.

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