Mahesh babu has not been a good actor for years. he gave some very good performances in 2010 and 2011 with khaleja and dookudu, but since then he has been praised for srimanthudu, bharat ane nenu, and this movie, but his facial expression literally does not change throughout this entire film, and it doesn't in either of those other two. it seems like he can cry on command, which is good, but if he doesn't move his face, it can't be considered good acting. i will give him credit that his vocal inflection is great. i can hear his characters emotion in the voice but i can't see it on his face. the only times i saw some good acting was in the very few comedy scenes he was in, which were a big part of his earlier movies and why i used to thing he was a very good actor.
the plot of this movie was a good idea. there were a lot of great emotional moments, and it was at many points very touching. i think allari naresh stole this film. he was incredible as ravi. i've also been a fan of pooja, who has had a great rise in the last three years. she was good in this movie, but very underused. it seems like they quickly wrote in a female character for the typical female lead role, and the character doesn't bring much to the story. at the end, when she comes back to rishi, it seems like the writers wanted to say that rishi was right the entire time and that she was wrong and it seems like she came crawling back, which isn't a great message for any women who watch this movie. tollywood movies are almost always male-lead, which i'm used to, but that doesn't have to mean you can't make a strong female character. a big reason i went to watch this movie was for pooja, and i wish she had a bigger role.
the plot of this movie was a good idea. there were a lot of great emotional moments, and it was at many points very touching. i think allari naresh stole this film. he was incredible as ravi. i've also been a fan of pooja, who has had a great rise in the last three years. she was good in this movie, but very underused. it seems like they quickly wrote in a female character for the typical female lead role, and the character doesn't bring much to the story. at the end, when she comes back to rishi, it seems like the writers wanted to say that rishi was right the entire time and that she was wrong and it seems like she came crawling back, which isn't a great message for any women who watch this movie. tollywood movies are almost always male-lead, which i'm used to, but that doesn't have to mean you can't make a strong female character. a big reason i went to watch this movie was for pooja, and i wish she had a bigger role.