The film became a commercial disappointment at the box office, which prompted Anil Sunkara and Akhil Akkineni to apologize, accepting that the production commenced without a bound script.

[6] RAW chief Col. Mahadev alias Devil gets interrogated about orchestrating an impossible mission to kill two terrorists.

Meanwhile, Ramakrishna "Ricky" alias Wild Saala is an aspiring youngster with obsession to become a RAW agent despite various attempts.

Ricky kills Jai Kishan at the harbour and heads to Kashmir to learn about Dharma's other handler of the Syndicate, but the police arrests him and Mahadev denies him as a RAW agent.

[23] In April 2022, the production moved to Manali, Himachal Pradesh to shoot action sequences featuring Akkineni and others, under the choreographer of Vijay Master.

[26] Later, in September 2021, he had been replaced by Tamil musical duo Hiphop Tamizha,[27][28][29] marking their second collaboration with Surender Reddy after Dhruva (2016).

Srivathsan Nadadhur of OTTplay gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Agent is a largely engaging spy thriller with a sharp screenplay and fabulous action choreography filmed on a wide canvas.

The poor screenplay in the second half, some over-the-top scenes and a silly climax portion make one feel boredom.

"[38] Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times of India rated the film 2/5 stars and wrote "Agent is a spy thriller that commits the blasphemy of being boring.

"[39] Latha Srinivasan of India Today gave 2/5 stars and wrote "There is hardly a semblance of a plausible story in Agent and what is truly wild is that the writer and director thought this would make a good film.

"[40] Raghu Bandi of The Indian Express gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Vakkantham Vamshi’s story follows a typical action film pattern and sticks to that.

"[41] Abhilasha Cherukuri of Cinema Express gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "There is a throwaway line comparing logic with magic somewhere in Agent, and the film falls short on both counts, leaving its viewer with a tedious and thoroughly unmemorable experience.

"[42] Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu wrote "Surender Reddy’s ‘Agent,’ starring Akhil Akkineni and Mammootty, has a generic story that follows an annoying lead character who comes across as a man-child trying to live out his childhood spy fantasies.

A couple of brief action sequences are the only respite in this colossal, hackneyed mess of a film that falls short of creativity and wildness.