BIKER

(director/writer: Abhilash Reddy Kankara; screenwriters: MVS Bharadwaj, Shravan Madala; cinematographer: J. Yuvara; editors: Haresh Chaudhary, Anil Pasaia; music: Ghibran; cast: Sharwand (Vikas  Narayan, aka Vicky), Malvika Nair (Anana), Atul Kulkarni (Indraneel), Rajasekhar (Bullet Sunil, Vicky’s father), Shourya (Ishaan), Brahmaji (Maheesh), Dayanand Reddy (Richard); Runtime: 162; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Vikram Reddy, Pramod Uppalapati, Abhilash Reddy Kankara; Schloka Entertainment; 2026-India-inTeluga with English subtitles)

“Predictable, overlong, and
muddled romantic sports drama.”

Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
 
Indian filmmaker Abhilash Reddy Kankara (“Maa Nanna Superhero”) directs this predictable, overlong, and muddled romantic sports drama about a motocross biker who is out to redeem his and his father’s good names. Kankara co-writes it with MVS Bharadwaj and Shravan Madala. It takes place in India in 1994 and 2003 (there are flashbacks to the 1970s).

Vikas, aka Vicky (Sharwand), is a loving family man, married in 2003 to the photographer Anana (Malvika Nair) and they have an 8-year-old son Ishaan (Shourya). Vicky’s a retired champion motor cross biker, who followed his biker champ father’s (Rajasekhar) footsteps to be a racing biker. Though a loving father, he’s also an irresponsible one allowing his son to be a truant and a poor student.

Vicky, now a mechanic for a motocross school, comes out of retirement to race again in an international competition when his father, who is an instructor at the motocross school after framed for fraud by a crooked motocross corporate sponsor named Indraneel (Atul Kulkarni).

The racing visuals are fine, but the story is dull and cliched. I found India’s first motocross film to be an unimaginative slog to get through.

REVIEWED ON 4/17/2026  GRADE: C
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