Mr.Nookayya Movie Review

Movie: Mr.Nookayya
Cast: Manchu Manoj, Praneetha Subash, Kriti Kharbanda …
Director: Anil Krishna
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
 Rating: 2.75/5

Story:

Nookayya aka Nokia (Manoj), is a cell phone thief with a good heart and has friends Nampally (Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao) and Chee Chaa (Vennela Kishore). He falls in love with a pub waitress (Sana Khan) and later decides to settle down in life by stealing a large sum. At this point he comes across Anu (Kriti) who is newly married to Kiran (Raja). Kiran gets kidnapped and to rescue him Anu carries 2 crores to give it to the gang. Nokia steals the money but gets cheated by his friend and dumped by lover Sana. He meets Anu again and gets to know her problem and tries to rectify his mistake by rescuing her husband from the gang. What happens to these 4 people forms the rest of the story.

Performance:

 Manchu Manoj is a powerhouse of energy. He has done fabulous job as Nookayya. His dances are rocking and so are his fights. He does complete justice to his title ‘Rocking star’. He shoulders the film right from the word go and is definitely on the right track to become a bankable star.

Kriti Kharbanda is sweet and Sana Khan is hot. Their performances are okay. Kriti scores a bit higher than Sana though. Brahmanandam is funny in a small role. Vennela Kishore is strictly Okay. Murali Sharma is loud. Ahuti Prasad and others did a fine job.

Technical Analysis:

Yuvan Shankar Raja used most of his compositions from Tamil and the music is okay to good. Background score bears Yuvan’s stamp. Action sequences, the chase sequences in particular that were choreographed by Manoj are energetic and keep you on the edge of the seat. Dialogues by Lakshmi Bhupal are average. Rajasekhar’s cinematography is flashy. Editing too adds to the flashiness of camera work. Production values are notable.

Director Ani Kanneganti canned few scenes well and lost grip over the narrative at times. He should work on the story telling techniques. He tried to make this film a commercial entertainer with twists and turns, but a gripping screenplay would have helped the movie.

Final Verdict: Action pack of Manchu Manoj