I like Mahesh Babu and all but man, he roles are getting monotonous lately. He has played this, the perfect guy kind of character like a million times. Doesn't he get tired of playing the same thing over and over again, same with Prakesh Raj, I feel like I've seen him play the villian a gazillion times and done it better before.
First off, the movie is super long and it doesn't have to be. The train scenes are the most unnecessary, unfunny, cringey scenes I've seen in a long time. It ran for almost 40 minutes, and nothing really happens that move the plot forward. You could take out the scenes and the movie will be as it is. The lead female, that is, if you can call her role "lead", is moronic and juvenile. She set eyes on the main character and then she literally spent the entire time looking for his attention and chasing him all over the place even though he adamantly told her he wasn't interested in her. I find it to be insulting as the character serves no purpose other than eye candy.
Our main character is your typical telegu main character who is perfect in everything he does; he beats up a hundred goons without breaking a sweat; he threatens and beats up police officers and lawyers and talked to minister as he like with no further consequences, not only is it unrealistic but also cartoonish and unconvincing. The villian is also the typical corrupt politician, he has power, money and everything but can't take out one guy, I mean doesn't guns exist?, is this the middle age where everyone uses sword? Just shoot him for God's sake. Haha.
The music is meh, but the background score is good tho at times distracting. I like the professor, 'cause her character is much more developed. The acting is good from the leads but they've done the roles many times so that's not surprising. The use of comedy is predictable and the jokes mostly didn't land.
The whole message about patriotism and the soldier's life and all wasn't that glamorous and could have been told better. I think it was told better in Akshay Kumar's Holiday.
