Peddi OTT Release Date: Ram Charan Hits Netflix July 9
The wait is basically over. Ram Charan's Peddi tore through theatres back in June, and now the couch crowd gets its turn. The Peddi OTT release date is locked, and honestly, it landed earlier than the rumour mill had promised. Netflix has the film. The date is July 9, 2026. So if you spent a month dodging spoilers, this is your green light. Here's the date, the deal, the drama, and whether it's actually worth your evening.
When Is the Peddi OTT Release Date on Netflix?
Netflix made it official on July 4. Peddi starts streaming worldwide from July 9, 2026, in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, with the Hindi version marked "coming soon." The platform dropped the news with a cheeky caption: "Aata marocchu kaani, monagadu mathram maradu" (Deccan Chronicle). No official streaming time exists yet. So if you spot a random "12:01 AM" going around, treat it as a guess, not gospel. Now the messy part. The dates flip-flopped for a while. Trade pages first floated July 2. Then, just four days before Netflix spoke up, Republic World reported the drop was getting pushed back by roughly two weeks, closer to July 16, because Peddi kept pulling crowds into its fourth week (Republic World). Netflix then locked July 9, earlier than the rumoured delay and five weeks after the June 4 theatrical run began. So if a friend swears it's July 16, they read an old headline. The staggered Hindi rollout makes sense too. Holding the dub back a bit gives the northern box office more runway before streaming starts eating into ticket sales. If you keep tabs on these drops, our monthly South Indian OTT premieres roundup is where we log them.
Peddi's Netflix Deal and Box Office Numbers
Streaming rights didn't come cheap. The most-repeated figure pegs Netflix's pan-India deal at around ā¹105 crore for all languages (IMDb News). Some trade reports push it higher, closer to ā¹130 crore, plus a reported ā¹20 crore bonus if the film hit super-hit status, which would take the total near ā¹150 crore (India Herald). On the ticket side, Peddi did solid business. Its worldwide gross sits around ā¹339 crore, with Sacnilk's Day 32 tally reading ā¹339.47 crore gross and ā¹242.47 crore net (Sacnilk). You'll spot older headlines shouting "ā¹400 crore." Those were inflated early estimates, not the verified final count. If that gap ever trips you up, we broke down how box office collection is actually calculated in India and why no two trackers ever agree. The language split is its own story. Telugu did the heavy lifting at ā¹215.81 crore net in India. Hindi managed ā¹22.48 crore, Tamil ā¹2 crore, Kannada ā¹1.88 crore, and Malayalam a slim ā¹0.30 crore, per the same tracker. This is a Telugu heartland hit that traveled less than you'd expect. Stacked against a reported ā¹300 crore budget, that's a real if modest profit. No Baahubali-sized landslide, but a hit is a hit. For where it ranks among this year's giants, check our list of the highest-grossing South Indian movies of 2026.
Peddi Cast and Crew
Ram Charan owns the title role. Janhvi Kapoor plays Achiyamma in her second Telugu outing after Devara. Shiva Rajkumar turns up as the wrestling coach, and the ensemble fills out with Jagapathi Babu, Divyenndu, Boman Irani and Ravi Kishan, plus a Shruti Haasan cameo (Wikipedia). Behind the camera, Buchi Babu Sana writes and directs. A.R. Rahman scores the film, Rathnavelu shoots it, and the whole thing runs a hefty 194 minutes on that reported ā¹300 crore budget. We already picked apart the cast, story vibes and hidden details fans spotted when the film first landed, if you want the deep dive.
What Is Peddi Actually About?
Keep it simple. This is a sports drama with a social spine. Peddi is a gifted athlete from a poor, officially unrecognised tribal hamlet, and he fights his way toward national attention to force the system to finally notice his village. It's a classic underdog arc, and those live or die on the lead. Ram Charan goes all in. The character is loosely inspired by Peddi Raju, a real daily-wage laborer from director Buchi Babu Sana's hometown who was locally famous for his sporting talent. Sana has said the athlete's grit gave him the foundation for the whole film (Siasat). It's not a biopic, though. The story is heavily fictionalised. We unpacked the real story behind Peddi separately if you want the full picture.
The Peddi Controversy Netflix Viewers Should Know
Before you press play, one bit of context. Peddi caught heat after release over the introduction shot of Janhvi Kapoor's character. Critics said the camera lingered on her body instead of her face, and a scripted kiss scene read as non-consensual to many viewers (Koimoi). Sana owned it. "In this process, a few shots turned misleading. We have taken corrective measures to remove them, and we have removed them," he said, adding that he'd gone "a little radical" to capture the character's rawness (Outlook India). Co-star Jagapathi Babu also stepped up to defend Janhvi, asking fans not to blame the actor for a director's call. One honest caveat. No source confirms whether the Netflix cut differs from the edited theatrical version. So don't assume the streaming print is a whole different film.
Is Peddi Worth Watching on Netflix?
So, paisa vasool ya time waste? Mostly the former, with an asterisk. The critics landed in roughly the same spot. Rotten Tomatoes shows a 75% Tomatometer and a 75% Popcornmeter (Rotten Tomatoes), while IMDb users have it at 6.2/10 (IMDb). Not a masterpiece, not a disaster. A committed, watchable big-screen drama that streaming actually suits, because you can pause during the saggy middle. Two things earn near-universal praise: Ram Charan's physically transformed, career-best turn and Rahman's score. Great Andhra flat out called it "Ram Charan's best act ever" (Great Andhra). The knocks are just as steady. That 194-minute runtime bloats, the middle act drags, and the forced romance subplot doubled as the flashpoint for the whole controversy, per the same review. My take? If three-plus hours felt like a commitment and you skipped Peddi in theatres, streaming is exactly where it clicks. Queue it for a lazy weekend, keep the remote handy, and let Rahman carry the slow patches. Ram Charan alone is worth the click. Want the scene-by-scene breakdown first? Our full theatrical review of Peddi goes deeper. Set a reminder for July 9, then tell us in the comments: genuine hit or overhyped?
