Sunday, July 17, 2016

'Gentleman' Movie Review - Nani steals the show

Movie Name  :  Gentleman
Rating            :  3 / 5
Starring         :  Nani, Surabhi, Niveda Thomas, Avasarala, Vennala Kishore, Rohini, Satyam Rajesh, Sri Mukhi and others
Banner           : Sri Devi Movies
Story              :  R. David Nathan
Music             : Manish Sharma
Cinematography : P.G. Vinda
Editing            :  Marthand K Venkatesh
Producer        : Sivalenka Krishna Prasad
Screen play & Direction :  Indraganti Mohana Krishna
Date of Release  :  17th June, 2016


With two back to back hits, Nani has emerged as the most important and reliable star in Telugu Cinema industry today.   So his movies  have huge expectations now a days.,  Indraganti Mohana Krishna has introduced Nani as hero in "Astha Chemma" earlier, and now Nani has teamed up with same Director now in this film, the film Gentleman carries huge expectations.. Let us see whether this movie deliver a hat-trick for Nani..  Here is the story of the movie..


Story  :

Katherine ( NIveda ) who works as VFX artist gets impressed with street boy GAutham ( Nani ) and falls in love with him.   Katherene goes to London after a few days for some workshop.   During her flight back to home, she meets Aishwarya ( Surabhi ).  During their travel to Hyderabad, Katherine comes to know that Aishwarya is getting married a businessman Jay.  Aishwarya narrates her story how she got engaged with Jay and their trip to Kodai.


Once they land in Hyderabad, Katherene comes to know that the guy Aishwarya is going to marry and her boyfriend are the same.  Once they reach Hyderabad,  Jairam welcomes Aishwarya with a bouquet.  Katherene gets shocked by seeing Nani with Aishwarya and she gets confused.  To clear her doubt, she visits Gautham's house.  Gautham's mother tells her that Gautham is dead. Now her confusion gets many folds.  In the mean time, a TV reporter Nithya ( Srimukhi ) reveals a secret about Gautham's death.  She informs Katherene that Gautham's death is not an accident but he was murdered.  They try to find out the real culprit behind Gautham's murder.  Katherene comes to know the truth behind Gautham's disappearance.  What is this truth known to Katherene? How Gautham died?  What is the relation between Gautham and Jairam?  To know answers to all these questions,  you have to see the movie in the theater and know the rest of the story...


Performance of the artists :

Nani has given an excellent performance in the two divergent characters.  He mesmerized the audience by playing the two roles - of that class businessman and the street smart youngster.  So his performance as a Hero as well as a Villain for the first time was excellent. He proved that he can play any kind of role given to him with ease.   

Surabhi looked cute in the film.  This is the first time for Tamil / Malayalam actress Niveda Thomas.  Even though this is the first time for her, she attracted the people with her acting skills.  

Avarasala Srinivas normally plays comedy roles in all his previous films,  but this time he shocked the audience with a negative role.  HIs acting as Villain is not that much effective.   

Vennela Kishore and Satyam Rajesh tried to play some comedy, it did not work out properly. 

Srimukhi as a journalist, Rohini as Nani's mother and Tanikella Bharani in  a small role are all OK.

Technical Aspects of the movie :

Critics who write about Mani Sharma got a fitting reply with "Gentleman".  The music by Mani Sharma is the man highlight of the movie.  Mani Sharma has given life to the movie with his music as well as background score,  be it during Title Cards, Romantic & emotional sequences.  He has given a marvelous output.  The songs composed by him were excellent.

The story by R. David Nathan is something new with a unique concept.  The Director was also successful in narrating the story in a very interesting way with a nice screen play.   The Camera work by P.G.Vinda was top notch.   

The movie boasts of a good technical and production values.  But the editing was just an average and second half was very slow.


Some highlights of the movie :

Nani's performance, Interval episode, Vennela Kishore's comedy and background score

Overall Analysis :

The Director, I(.Mohana Krishna has made a thriller with Nani.  The movie begins with two love stories - one involving Nani and Surabhi  and the other Nani and Niveda Thomas.  After some time the movie enters into a thriller mode - the hero confusing the audience whether he is a hero or a villain, heroine turning into a detective, many killings in the path and a tiwist coming in the end.    

The Director has put some hilarious comedy on Vennela Kishore in second half.  As Manager Sudarshanam who does not like people type X  or XXX  on keyboards, he has given some comedy.  While this is going on, heroine Niveda goes on a mission to find out the truth about Nani.  This provides some gripping moments to the movie.   Nani's best performance is the major strength to the film.

Mani Sharma elevates many sequences with his best background score.  The movie has some good suspense in second half, comedy by Vennela Kishore and more importantly hero's performance was excellent.  On the other side, the movie is a bit slow, not so interesting twist and a predictable climax.   Any way "Gentleman" is a watchable movie for its second half and for Nani's performance....

The rating for this movie "Gentleman"  is   3  / 5.  











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