Naani Telugu Movie
First of all, kudos to teen sensation Mahesh for surprising his fans with an unusual film after the high-voltage "Okadu". He elegantly carries "Naani" on his shoulders by playing a kid who suddenly attains youth.
Director Surya deserves a pat for the plot but his decision to make it for children as well as youth could boomerang. The film harps more on a love life rather than on the aspirations of an eight-year-old who attains a unique power to turn into a young man.
The audience may find it difficult to digest the idea of a youth who, while still a child at heart, romances with an older girl. After starting on a different note, the director meanders into cliched romance by even getting the kid to marry Amisha and later blessing them with an infant. Glamorous Amisha fits into the role.
The story in brief: Mahesh, who is often scolded by his mother, decides to walk away from home and his friend-cum-research scientist makes him a 28-year-old by injecting him with a medicine.
Initially, Mahesh enjoys his newfound youthfulness and Amisha falls in love with him. He even takes up the job of designing toys and wins accolades for his ideas as his boss doesn't realise that he is actually a kid.
When he comes to know that his mother is longing for his return, he again becomes a kid - but a split in molecules make him a kid in the morning and a 20-plus in the night.
Amisha forces him to marry her and he manages both the worlds with difficulty. When Amisha becomes pregnant, the truth is revealed and all decide to adjust to his dual life.
Rahman's "Vastha Nee Enaka" and title number are sure-fire chartbusters.
It is interesting fare for viewers who crave for different movies. Unfortunately, the Telugu audience has rarely patronised films with non-heroes or anti-heroes.
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