Jeevi rating: 3.25/5 Punchline: Concept Thriller Genre: Thriller/Family Type: Straight Banners: Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra & Reliance Entertainment Cast: NTR, Jagapati Babu, Rakul Preet Singh, Rajendra Prasad, Rajeev Kanakala, Srinivas Avasarala, Madhoobala, Thagubothu Ramesh, Naveen Neni, Noel etc Cinematography: Vijay K Chakravarthi Editor: Navin Nooli Music: Devi Sri Prasad Art: S Ravindar Action: Peter Hein Choreography: Raju Sundaram & Sekhar Lyrics: Chandrabose, Bhaskara Bhatla & Devi Sri Prasad Producer: BVSN Prasad Story, Screenplay & Direction: Sukumar Release date: 13 January, 2016 Theater watched: Sreeramulu, Hyderabad Review Story Abhi (NTR) is an youngster born and brought up in London. His father Subramanyam (Rajendra Prasad) is on deathbed. Subramanyam reveals it to his sons that he was cheated by Krishna Murthy (Jagapathi Babu). Subramanyam is going to die in 30 days and Abhi decides to make Krishna Murthy penniless in 30 days. Rest of the story is all about how Abhi makes it happen using his intelligence. Artists Performance Actors: NTR: NTR amazes you with his controlled and cool performance. He is suave and sophisticated with his looks and body language. It’s risky to have such a classy and odd get-up for the entire film. But, NTR pulls it off convincingly. NTR is known for high pitch dialogues and expressive histrionics. He shocks us all with composed performance in Nannaku Prematho. Others: Rakul Preet Singh is beautiful and plays an important role in this movie. She has dubbed herself and she sounds proper for her character.Jagapathi Babu plays a very difficult role and he is convincing as an intelligent villain. Rajendra Prasad is good as dying father. We see Rajeev Kanakala in a big film after a long gap. Srinivas Avasarala played a small role. Naveen Neni, Asish Vidyardhi and Thagubothu Ramesh are alright.Madhoobala did a small, yet vital role. Technical departments Story - screenplay - direction: Sukumar has chosen a story and executed it without bothering about anything else. The basic premise and the intent of the story seems to have got roots in Hollywood film based on magic - ‘Now You See Me (2013)’. The meticulous planning by the main lead and revenge for father aspect reminds us of that movie. If you watch films like Focus, you will see how the protagonist preps up and manipulate the psyche of his prey to follow his scheme. Sukumar takes up the basic emotion of son taking revenge on villain for his father and runs a pure mind game on it. Nowhere in the film, villain uses physical methods to stop hero (he gives access card of his company to hero). Hero knows everything about villain. Villain knows the intent of hero the first moment he meets hero. It’s extremely difficult to write a screenplay for such a story as there are no ‘commercial playoffs’. Sukumar writes very good screenplay and connects each and every dot with logical conclusion. He explains the complex theory of butterfly effect in simplistic way. The way he made heroine interpret D in LEAD in a series of scenes in second half shows the intelligence of Sukumar. He maintains consistency in characters throughout. He didn’t bother to tone down the English in the film (except for a scene at jail in second half) so that all Telugu people would understand. He has stuck with genre. Other departments: Background music by Devi Sri Prasad is superb. Songs are nice. I personally liked Follow Follow song and loved dances of NTR in Love Dhebba song. Cinematography by Vijay K Chakravarthy is seamless and fantastic. Dialogues are stylish and intelligent. Fights are choreographed extremely well with kidnappers fight being the best (Sherlock Holmes style). Editing by Naveen Nooli is smooth. Production values by Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra are grand. Analysis: Though story of the film is routine, the screenplay of the film is completely different. It’s a brave decision to have such a different look and characterization for NTR. It’s a daring attempt to have the entire story happening in London and being true to the Thriller genre. There is a lot of mind game in this film. The screenplay is logical and makes you think all the time. However, for a simple and heart-touching title like Nannaku Prematho, we expect a simple and universally acceptable treatment. The underlying emotion of father-son gets diluted in the complex screenplay and the mind games between hero and villain. It’s a great effort by Sukumar in terms of screenplay and logics (he talks about maths and physics at times). On a whole, Nannaku Prematho is a commendable concept thriller made on grand scale.
Review : Nannaku Prematho- Classy Revenge Drama Release date : January 13 2016 123telugu.com Rating : 3.25/5 Director : Sukumar Producer : B. V. S. N. Prasad Music Director : Devi Sri Prasad Starring : NTR, Rakul Preet Singh,Rajendra Prasad, Jagapati Babu The day which everybody was waiting for has finally arrived today. NTR’s most awaited family drama, Nannaku Prematho has hit the screens all over. Let’s now see how the film turns out to be. Story:- Abhiram(NTR) is an young entrepreneur based in London. One fine day, he comes to know that his father(Rajendra Prasad) is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is in his last stages of life. An upset Abhiram, rushes back home to confront his dad. During this time, Abhiram’s father reveals that his last wish is to see Krishnamurthy(Jagapathi Babu), the richest Indian in UK gets defeated in life. He further reveals to Abhiram how Krishnamurthy had ripped of his property and happiness by cheating him big time. Rest of the story is as to how Abhiram dethrones Krishnamurthy and fulfills his father’s dying wish. Plus Points:- With Nannaku Prematho, NTR stuns you with his emotional performance. This is probably NTR’s best performance till date as the young tiger has unleashed a new side of his caliber. Right from the first frame, NTR nails it with his stylish looks and classy act. He is exceptionally good and carries his emotions with right balance. NTR needs to be appreciated for coming out of his comfort zone and accepting a film like this. Yet another major asset of the film is Jagapathi Babu. If not for him, the film wouldn’t have come out the way it has. The veteran actor does his villainous act to the ‘T’ and excels in his role. Babu’s subtle expressions and attitude makes proceedings quite interesting. All his confrontation scenes with NTR have been designed exceptionally well by Sukumar. The film scores brownie points as there is no bloodshed and unnecessary violence in the film. Rakul Preet Singh looks gorgeous and does her role supremely well. She looks apt as the rich NRI and her own dubbing is also impressive. Interval block and the last half an hour is high on emotions and engrosses you completely. Production values are superb. Rajeev Kanakala gets a meaty role after along time and performs well. Minus Points:- Nannaku Prematho is a class film and the masses might find it very hard to digest certain facts. Even though NTR is superb in the film, the regular punch dialogues and dances he is usually associated with are completely missing in this film. Pace of the film is also a bit slow as the film takes its own time to unravel. Some scenes showcasing the affection between NTR and his father should have been executed to make the plot more believable. As the subject matter is quite serious, scope for comedy was also less and all those who expect this as a Sankranthi special entertainer might be disappointed. First 15 minutes and the entire episode featuring Rakul Preet and her mom could have been mellowed down and edited out. This episode looks out of place and eats away most of the run time. Technical Aspects:- Music by Devi Sri Prasad is just about ok as all the songs are situational. The way they have been shot and executed are below par. At least 10 minutes during the start of the second half should have been trimmed. Dialogues are superb and emotional. Production values and camera work is top notch as London and its locations have been showcased in a stunning way. Coming to the director Sukumar, his brilliance is written all over the script as he presents the film in quite a gripping way. Right from the scene one he makes it quite clear and narrates an emotional revenge drama with enough clarity in all his scenes. Verdict:- On the whole, Nannaku Prematho is a film where all the unnecessary commercial aspects are put aside and the focus is on the content. NTR’s solid performance and emotional content are huge assets. However, the slow pace of the film and lack of certain elements which are expected by NTR fans and mass audience will hamper the collections to an extent. Finally, Nannaku Prematho is a class act which should do well only with the A center audience. 123telugu.com Rating : 3.25/5
tarakaram n @tarak9999 4 Thanks one and all for a very memorable response for #NannakuPrematho.deeply humbled.the whole team will cherish this for a very long time
