Time for Sankaranthi, the 1ST festival of the year... and so is the time for the 1st biggie of the year and it is aptly called as 1-Nenokkadine. Superstar Maheshbabu teams up with the Sukumar who just not follows the regular path and has made his signature films and created a niche for himself. Let’s see how the ‘1’ shaped out... a psychological thriller as many say.
Basic plot: Gowtham (Mahesh babu) is the rock star. While he earned lot of fame and craze, he is constantly searching for the killers of his parents. In the very first scene he chases the guy who killed his parents and kills him. But the video footage of the murder shows he is in an illusion that he is actually killing someone. Does he really have the brutal past? Did he killed or still searching the killers? He has to find the truth which the whole world treats as false. Sameera a journalist gives him the support in his search.
Gowtham turns Ghajini…
1- Nenokkadine surely might be a regular revenge story but the completely different narration and twisted characterization of the hero makes the difference. Almost an hour into the film, hero struggles to figure out what is truth and what is hallucination and whether he has to stick to the truth his inner self believed or go with the world which do not believed it.
Maheshbabu yet again gives the best shot as Gowtham. Mahesh has got the chiseled look for the first time. A Charming Rock star, a man seeking to avenge his parent’s death… and a guy trying hard to find his roots, He excels in each variation. All in all, he is actor first and Mahesh proves it again. And lastly Mahesh tries little to dance this time... But as we know those who are called superstars never danced.
Little prince Gowtham made an entry into this glitter world. He is cute and has got that signature running style of his dad.
Krithi Sanan makes the mark. She is beautiful and as in most Sukumars films has a role to play and not just for the songs. Time should tell, whether she goes places in the tinsel town.
Kelli Dorge for the first time I guess not used the helicopters. Nazar gets special role. Posani gives few smiles.
Math’s Teacher Partially scores..!!
Tamil Director Bala shows his artists without the makeup in a very realistic manner. In a similar fashion, this teacher turned director Sukumar always creates his hero with a peculiar brain. 1 obviously has got a complex screenplay, and Sukumar surely confuses the audience a bit, but finally drives us home. There are lots of superbly executed scenes. The interval scene is the best of all. There is pinch of suspense and pinch of tragedy…. But comedy a big miss. Sukumar’s intellectual movies only clicked with audience if blended with entertainment. Aarya and 100% love are the examples and we know the fate of rest.
Other ingredients
Action sequences are crisp and great. Lorry crash in London, Steamer chase in Goa and the bike sequences are good to watch on screen. 2 Songs which are good on audio “Who are you” and “Aau tuzho moh karta” are beautiful on screen. Devi Sri Prasad and Sukumar first time fails on the Item song. DSP gives a different background score this time. Editing is crisp and Cinematography top notch.
Finally…
We many a times complain about being routine and sometimes seek variety. So ‘1’ is slightly different no doubt, but it should have been little more entertaining and gripping. Give ‘1’ a shot for Mahesh and for the twisted narration and for the technical values of the film.
Rating
61/100
Thank u chakri for ur reviews.
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