Okay, let me put this out first, 1:Nenokkadine has made me proud to be a fan of Mahesh Babu.
Second, if this movie fails then the only reason for it is because it's a superb film.
Second, if this movie fails then the only reason for it is because it's a superb film.
Nothing was revealed about the story of the film till it released today, all the speculations were rotating around 1:Nenokkadine being a movie in the lines of The Bourne Series. Well with the release of the film, the movie has given all the answers to those speculations.
Story -
Mahesh Babu plays a rockstar, who keeps saying his parents are killed by 3 guys. Mahesh Babu remembers those 3 guys but the glitch is his psychological problem. He's suffering from the psychological disorder which makes him not realize what is real between reality & imagination. He constantly imagines to kill those 3 guys taking revenge on them but in reality he's losing his mental balance because of that. Nobody believes his story & every proof points out that he's imagining these things because of the trauma of being an orphan & has created imaginary characters of mom & dad followed by the 3 villains, who've killed his parents something which consoles Mahesh's inner mind on why he's an orphan.
Mahesh Babu plays a rockstar, who keeps saying his parents are killed by 3 guys. Mahesh Babu remembers those 3 guys but the glitch is his psychological problem. He's suffering from the psychological disorder which makes him not realize what is real between reality & imagination. He constantly imagines to kill those 3 guys taking revenge on them but in reality he's losing his mental balance because of that. Nobody believes his story & every proof points out that he's imagining these things because of the trauma of being an orphan & has created imaginary characters of mom & dad followed by the 3 villains, who've killed his parents something which consoles Mahesh's inner mind on why he's an orphan.
Is he really an orphan? Is he really imagining people or do they exist for real? If his imagination is real then how will he kill the bad guys without knowing which is real & which is imagination? Or has he killed them already for real & thinks it to be his imagination? The questions never end until you watch the film & that's the beauty of it.
Take a bow Sukumar (Aarya, Aarya 2 fame) for coming up with this terrific narration. People tend to make routine films & very few dare to tell complex stories. Then comes the another kind of directors who dare to tell the simplest of stories in the most complex possible way creating ample opportunity for the actors to perform & to explore the direction skills of themselves. Sukumar & his movie falls into that rare breed.
I don't think this is some huge twist which shouldn't be revealed because despite that the movie takes the audience on for a ride with excellent performances especially by Mahesh Babu who gets to underplay his role to perfection with multi-layers in his characterization. He gets to play an angry man searching for the bad guys, also gets to play out his innocent part when he's revealed that everything he thinks is his imagination.
The dialogues are top notch despite lack of punch dialogues which was extremely unnecessary for a film like this. The dialogue where Mahesh tells the heroine "may be love isn't powerful as fear. Because the fear of watching my parents killed, the fear of being killed by those 3 guys & the fear of never succeeding in killing them has made me never forget the faces of those 3 people & due to that fear, the feeling of touch of my mom, the love of my dad has lost. That's why I guess I don't remember the faces of my parents". This dialogue alone speaks wonders about the film.
And the last speech "we are civilized, moderinized & globalized. The civilization dies when the human being die of hunger & for every 3 seconds a human being dies out of hunger in this world...."
Not going to reveal what & why the last dialogue was but shared simply to give a glimpse of how this film is beyond a revenge flick but how much brilliant it is a psychological thriller.
Performances -
Mahesh Babu has outperformed all his previous performances. This is his career best performance. Kriti Sanon is gorgeous & also performs too, a rare find in recent times. Prince Gautam (real life son of Mahesh Babu) plays the younger version of Mahesh & yes, 15-20 years from now we'll have a superstar. Nasser, Kelly Dorji & Pradeep Rawat are good in their respective roles. It's good to have a strong villain role to be written like this. Posani Krishna Murali provides some comic relief in an otherwise serious flick. Sophie Chaudhary sizzled in the item song.
Mahesh Babu has outperformed all his previous performances. This is his career best performance. Kriti Sanon is gorgeous & also performs too, a rare find in recent times. Prince Gautam (real life son of Mahesh Babu) plays the younger version of Mahesh & yes, 15-20 years from now we'll have a superstar. Nasser, Kelly Dorji & Pradeep Rawat are good in their respective roles. It's good to have a strong villain role to be written like this. Posani Krishna Murali provides some comic relief in an otherwise serious flick. Sophie Chaudhary sizzled in the item song.
Plusses -
1. The initial 15 mins of the film.
2. Few lighter moments between Mahesh & Kriti Sanon where she plays with his psychological disorder.
3. The fight sequence before the interval.
4. Extraordinary interval scene & twist.
5. The two superb action scenes in the second half, one involving a bike chase & the other in the parking lot.
6. The 3 major twists in the last 15 mins of the film.
7. The climax emotional acting by Mahesh Babu.
1. The initial 15 mins of the film.
2. Few lighter moments between Mahesh & Kriti Sanon where she plays with his psychological disorder.
3. The fight sequence before the interval.
4. Extraordinary interval scene & twist.
5. The two superb action scenes in the second half, one involving a bike chase & the other in the parking lot.
6. The 3 major twists in the last 15 mins of the film.
7. The climax emotional acting by Mahesh Babu.
Minuses -
1. Film doesn't appeal to the masses. Not used to this type of story telling.
2. The songs. Barring 1 song in the first half rest has no impact whatsoever & for a thriller songs are not needed.
3. The item song of Sophie Chaudhary, yes she's hot & if she had concentrated in southern films she could've been an successful heroine but doesn't change the fact that the item song appears to just please the masses.
4. The runtime. Well ofcourse it's just 2hrs 24mins & it's the songs which makes the film seem little dragged.
1. Film doesn't appeal to the masses. Not used to this type of story telling.
2. The songs. Barring 1 song in the first half rest has no impact whatsoever & for a thriller songs are not needed.
3. The item song of Sophie Chaudhary, yes she's hot & if she had concentrated in southern films she could've been an successful heroine but doesn't change the fact that the item song appears to just please the masses.
4. The runtime. Well ofcourse it's just 2hrs 24mins & it's the songs which makes the film seem little dragged.
Will this film work?
This is what I witnessed in my multiplex. The entire Mahesh & Kriti's episode in the first half kept the audience laughing constantly. The interval scene the majority in the multiplex clapped. The scene will keep you in awe of shear thinking of the writers & the way Mahesh has performed. During the interval, being contempt with the movie's first half I went to my friends & asked them how are they feeling. One group said they're loving it, second gang said it's ok-ok, they feel like watching Kannada movie Lucia which also dealt with not knowing what's real & unreal but the last gang who are avid moviegoers or to say pakka mass telugu audience were having their hands over their head & say "Yuk what a worst film man, one among them did walk out too".
This is what I witnessed in my multiplex. The entire Mahesh & Kriti's episode in the first half kept the audience laughing constantly. The interval scene the majority in the multiplex clapped. The scene will keep you in awe of shear thinking of the writers & the way Mahesh has performed. During the interval, being contempt with the movie's first half I went to my friends & asked them how are they feeling. One group said they're loving it, second gang said it's ok-ok, they feel like watching Kannada movie Lucia which also dealt with not knowing what's real & unreal but the last gang who are avid moviegoers or to say pakka mass telugu audience were having their hands over their head & say "Yuk what a worst film man, one among them did walk out too".
As far the movie lover in me goes, finally I've got a Telugu film to critically praise & a movie from Mahesh Babu after 9 years to feel proud. Not many actors get to play such performances, it was Athadu in 2005, after that I've liked his films but it's Nenokkadine which challenges him to perform in a way which as a fan I feel proud of.
Recommendation - Watch it, Telugu film industry has come up with an unique thriller film.
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