NTR: Kathanayakudu

Worst movie.expectations failed. NTR is legendary actor. Waiting for RGV movie

NTR KATHANAYAKUDU

This comprehensive biopic chronicles the life and times of Telugu superstar NTR aka Rama Rao who ruled the Telugu cinema as a lead actor for a whopping four decades

The biopic initially focuses on image building by introducing NTR's (Nandamuri Balakrishna) self respecting, righteous and ambitious approach to his personal as well as professional lives. How he quits a stable Govt job and relocated to Madras to pursue his dream, starts with inconsequential character roles and on the sheer power of hard work and audience love he skyrockets to superstardom. The movie deals with the personal and career events in NTR's life from 1947-1985 including his bold and daring angst against the infamous emergency period in India.

Director Krish Jagarlamudy does a fine job considering the Herculean task he was assigned to depict the larger than life gigantic persona of NTR.

Nandamuri Balakrishna reprising his father NTR is a delight to watch, he has inherently portrayed the mannerisms, dialogue delivery, personality traits of his late father in perfect sync. Sumanth playing Akkineni Nageshwara Rao does a brilliant job. Prakash Raj, Sachin Khedekar, Murali Sharma are disappointing. Notable cameos include Jisshu Sengupta as LV Prasad and Ravi Kissen as Ravikant Nagaich, both are brilliant.

Vidya Balan breathes grace and warmth in her portrayal of NTR's wife Basavatarakam. Nithya Menon is impressive in a brief role as the doomed star Savithri. Eye candy appealing cameos include Hansika Motwani as Jayaprada and Rakulpreet as Sridevi.

NTR's bold persona and his commitment to his work is showcased well for instance he played triple roles of Krishna,Karna and Duryodhan in a mythological, how he ensures to complete his movie shooting even after hearing about his teenage son's death, his daring face off with the prime minister(Supriya Matkari),all these events only add to his intriguing persona on and off screen.

Except for a running time of nearly 3 hours there seems to be no other hindrance noticeable in this brilliantly conceived biopic of a superstar who hasn't faded from the memories of his followers over the years.

First things first the actor had terribly failed playing the character of NTR(the legend). The other actor played ANR is far better than him. Everything shown in the film seemed to be over dramatized and had done nothing just elevated the protagonist from the very beginning to the last that's why I'll not call it as a biopic thats a melodrama. Director did a pretty good job infact in making a good melodrama but a bit more homework would have made things better. All the technical aspects in this movie are pretty fine.

NTR Kadhanayakudu (NTRBiopic) works as one of the best biopics made in Telugu cinema till date for it's performances and for capturing the character development of a single person through out his journey.

A glorified depiction of a fake story...! Lot of effort has been made to portray NTR as a flawless human. It would have been refreshing to see the real story and flaws of the legendary actor. It is such a pity to see NTRs family faking all the affection towards him when I'm real life they had ditched him!!

Waiting for the second part to see if they have the guts to show the betrayal by his family more importantly CBNs backstabbing to grab the CM chair. It might be too much to ask, given the unspoken fact that this movie is made by the Nara-Nandamuri family to attract voters for the upcoming 2019 elections.