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Mr. Pregnant

2023 Indian film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ117322894 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mr. Pregnant is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Srinivas Vinjanampati, starring Syed Sohel and Roopa Koduvayur. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

Story

Gautam is a famous tattoo artist. Mahi, a simple and loving girl, falls deeply in love with him. Mahi dreams of a happy married life with children, but Gautam doesn’t feel the same way at first. After several efforts from Mahi, Gautam, in a drunken state, finally agrees to be with her — but makes it clear that he does not want children.

Heartbroken, Mahi decides to go to the hospital for surgery to prevent pregnancy. But as Gautam learns more about her kindness and love, he realizes his feelings for her. They get married and begin their life together.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mr. Pregnant” as 2023 Indian film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pregnant, Indian and film.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2023—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Pregnant, Indian and film providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q117322894. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2023.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mr. Pregnant” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.