Bhai
It's been a while since we saw Nagarjuna in an out and out popcorn masala flick. The last name that one can recall is 'Ragada' which was about three years and five films ago. And incidentally, that was also the last film that made some noise at the Box Office. Movies that followed including Gaganam, Shirdi Sai, Rajanna, Dhamarukam and Greeku Veerudu, all of them attempted to explore the soft, devotional, patriotic and honest sides of the actor but failed miserably one after the other. No wonder, the actor woke up the producer in himself and said 'Enough Bhai, Time for some moolah...' and here he is, with an all shaking with dialogues, shimmering with starlets and swaying in action. This shows great promise with the teaser's performance at the social media placed in the top five.
'Bhai' has Richa Gangopadhyaya, along with a herd of women wooing the Machismo Nagarjuna who is going great @ Er... what's his age... As someone in an interview rightly pointed out, his age has stuck at some figure and Google is certainly not arriving at the right figure. So, a fit and gorgeous Nagarjuna will swing with all of them in the nights while his days are dedicated to 'Bhai'giri. There are enough twists in the story to take you thru action, dialogues, songs and sentiments.
Unpredictable Box Office performance coz of two reasons: A, the political scenario in the state though Nagarjuna hasn't been dragged into the mess directly as yet. B, Nagarjuna's own disappointing form which however, as the huge star he is, may not hinder the opening day crowds. The movie is slated to be opened for a Dasara crowd waiting to watch a big ticket film for over three months (Barring Toofan, no big movie released after Balupu June and the scene is no good for big films in the coming weeks) and that would be a huge plus.
One thing is for sure, Bhai has certainly kept the buzz on the roll and keeping the young heroes back on 'alert' mode.