Kranti was theatrically released on 26 January 2023, coinciding with the Indian Republic Day holiday and received mixed reviews from critics became an above average successful in boxoffice thus becoming one of the highest grossing Kannada film of 2023.

[3] Kranti Rayanna is an NRI business magnate who is called by his master, Srikantaiah, to attend the 100th celebration of the government school; he studied in his childhood.

He thrashes Narasappa's son, Nanjappa, and forcefully closes the private schools to seek attention from the Chief Minister, who later holds a meeting with Kranti.

At the meeting, Kranti makes an eye-opening speech about the necessity for government schools to provide free education in order to remove the parents' burden.

[12] The film was panned by the critics, with Deccan herald terming the movie "old-school and tiresome"[13] and News Minute characterising it as "silly both in writing and in execution".