Review : Movie 1 Nenuokkadine – meaning (1 - I am Alone) – Telugu 2014 Starring Mahesh Babu, Heroine: Idontknowhoo.

1 Nenuokkadine – meaning (1 - I am Alone) – Telugu Movie 2014 Starring Mahesh Babu, Heroine: Idontknowhoo.   So to give company to our Lone-Alone Hero Super Star Mahesh Babu, two other stars viz, Sharan and “yours truly” joined to run alongside him in one of the innumerable races that he indulges in throughout the close to 3 hours flick.  (See picture attached). There have been a good number of reviews already on FB and other media…but as is customary, I am offering mine.

Our Hero suffers from delusion and its complexities.  “What is” and “What is not” is something that he grapples with as the audience is transported into a make believe world of a psycho-thriller.  Plot seemingly inherited from the likes of the Bourne Series with twists to suit the Indian/Telugu mindset, the movie takes one through some real serious stuff.  It is bold, it is experimental and plotted differently.   However, the movie suffers from one chase too many…a 10 min chase on the seas, and multiple 10 min chases on roads, bikes, cars as also on foot.  It also suffers from one song too many.  Formulaic as it may seem ie 3 song and dance sequences before the interval and 3 post, it could well have done with one absorbed into the Titles in the beginning and another towards the Credits end so as to retain the seriousness of the subject or the pace.  Songs are forgettable and the background score…nothing much to write home about.   Thankfully, no Comedy track.  Our hero, true to his nature does not smile keeping the backdrop in mind…no Brahmanandam..(can you believe it !!!!).  

Now, we would be stunned by the “Wowness” if the goody chasing the baddies are shown in a Bond movie, but this kind of “Ahaaness” or “Wowness” escapes us in this movie despite the engagement being of an excellent quality.  Reason, I thought was the un-realism. Our Indian Heros do not die, they cannot be killed by Machine Guns and  high impact car crashes cannot hurt them..…they are capable of “Rat – tat- tatting” multiple rounds of blazing shooting from a teeny weeny pistol all amidst 10 other baddies shooting at our Subject in a concentrated mode using the most sophisticated weapons.  I guess, if this bit is addressed, our guys can churn out good palatable realistic movies matching Hollywood. 

There is one particular scene, where, a fellow shoots from a floor below onto a higher floor (at a possibly 60 deg angle) with the subject standing so far away that a straight line trajectory would miss him by miles.  However,  the bullet, with a mind of its own, as if it were a Guided missile homes in on its target.  A case for our Daya and CID to solve…Will be curious how our CID would tell umpteen times…”Goli yehin se chali hogi..iska matlab…” while stating the obvious but would never be able to get to the bottom of it and would perhaps attribute the death to the use of a supernatural futuristic weapon and solve the case.

I also did not like one of the best macho stars around in Tollywood being addressed as “Doodoo”.  It kind of took away the image…Not sure if he was being addressed in a “Teluguised version of “Dude”.

It actually depends on how you look at it..through one colored glass, the movie appears to be good and through some other it fares as “Passable”.   My son said…”Dad..it was not a pleasant movie” while my wifey remarked.. “I did not see my favorite hero Smile..”  I would give it a 3 out of 5.