Vijay Devarakonda's immense progression as an actor is the saving grace for NOTA.
Rating : 2.75/5
Tagline : An okay political flick
Tagline : An okay political flick
With three back to back blockbusters, Vijay Devarakonda is riding super high on his acting career and now the Rowdy star teams up with the tamil director Anand Shankar to bring NOTA and tries to bag the Kollywood market as well. Let’s see how that goes.
Varun(Vijay) is a happy go lucky boy who studied in England and comes to visit an orphanage in India. He happens to be the son of the ruling party leader Vasudev(Nasser) and becomes the temporary Chief Minister of the state after his father gets arrested in a turn of events. Varun then notices the wrong doings of his father and tries to correct them with the help of Mahendra (SatyaRaj). What happens when the temporary CM turns full time? Will Varun be able to cope with the political pressures mounting against him?
Vijay Devarakonda is the saving grace for NOTA. His progression as an actor shows in every scene of the film. He gave his best. Nasser as Vasudev gave a convincing performance as a frustrated ex-CM. Sathyaraj as Mahendra a helping hand to Varun did a great job. Mehreen as Swathi, a reporter had nothing much to do. Kala as oppostion party leaders daughter is impressive. The tamil actor in the role of Bhai was too good. Priyadarshi as Wong was bad. He was given a bad character which doesn't impress. Murugadas made a special appearance.
The movie started on a complete tamil flavor and you don't find lip sync for even Vijay's dialogues which is hard to digest as a telugu cinema fan. Throughout the first half, all the scenes were boring except for the scenes where Vijay takes charge against his own party after the school girl's death in a bus fire. It was a typical political film without any elevating scenes. Most of the first half doesn't interest you in any way but having said that, a good platform for the second half was laid.
The second half starts on an impressive note as Vijay takes full charge as the Chief Minister and rules on his own terms. There were a few scenes in the movie which make you feel like the excerpts from BAN and OkeOkkadu. But Vijay carried the entire film on his own shoulders with his acting skills. Just when you feel like you are having interesting scenes in the second half like the flood scene handled by the CM in a war room, there are equally unimpressive threads like the black money.
The director tries to fit so much drama in the story and kind of drags it too far in the second half involving the scenes of black money thread. You feel like when would all of this end. The good part was that the director did not adjust comedy scenes into this political film. There was humor here and there. The music was a big minus. Background score was ok. Casting could have been better. The cinematography was impressive. All in all, NOTA was a decent attempt but definitely not worth cramping your time above your priorities. At the end, one can easily make a guess that there would definitely be a part 2 of NOTA coming soon.
- Chaitanya Somavajhala (@ChaitanSrk)
Varun(Vijay) is a happy go lucky boy who studied in England and comes to visit an orphanage in India. He happens to be the son of the ruling party leader Vasudev(Nasser) and becomes the temporary Chief Minister of the state after his father gets arrested in a turn of events. Varun then notices the wrong doings of his father and tries to correct them with the help of Mahendra (SatyaRaj). What happens when the temporary CM turns full time? Will Varun be able to cope with the political pressures mounting against him?
Vijay Devarakonda is the saving grace for NOTA. His progression as an actor shows in every scene of the film. He gave his best. Nasser as Vasudev gave a convincing performance as a frustrated ex-CM. Sathyaraj as Mahendra a helping hand to Varun did a great job. Mehreen as Swathi, a reporter had nothing much to do. Kala as oppostion party leaders daughter is impressive. The tamil actor in the role of Bhai was too good. Priyadarshi as Wong was bad. He was given a bad character which doesn't impress. Murugadas made a special appearance.
The movie started on a complete tamil flavor and you don't find lip sync for even Vijay's dialogues which is hard to digest as a telugu cinema fan. Throughout the first half, all the scenes were boring except for the scenes where Vijay takes charge against his own party after the school girl's death in a bus fire. It was a typical political film without any elevating scenes. Most of the first half doesn't interest you in any way but having said that, a good platform for the second half was laid.
The second half starts on an impressive note as Vijay takes full charge as the Chief Minister and rules on his own terms. There were a few scenes in the movie which make you feel like the excerpts from BAN and OkeOkkadu. But Vijay carried the entire film on his own shoulders with his acting skills. Just when you feel like you are having interesting scenes in the second half like the flood scene handled by the CM in a war room, there are equally unimpressive threads like the black money.
The director tries to fit so much drama in the story and kind of drags it too far in the second half involving the scenes of black money thread. You feel like when would all of this end. The good part was that the director did not adjust comedy scenes into this political film. There was humor here and there. The music was a big minus. Background score was ok. Casting could have been better. The cinematography was impressive. All in all, NOTA was a decent attempt but definitely not worth cramping your time above your priorities. At the end, one can easily make a guess that there would definitely be a part 2 of NOTA coming soon.
- Chaitanya Somavajhala (@ChaitanSrk)