'NTR Mahanayakudu' Review Live Updates

• IndiaGlitz, [Friday,February 22 2019]

• NTR: Mahanayakudu' movie just started. Run-time is 148 minutes. Watch this space for our LIVE updates. [ 8:51 am ]
• As the titles roll and a montage song starts, NT Rama Rao's early life is shown, his days as a milk delivery boy, his pre-marital love with Basavatharakam, etc are shown. [ 9:08 am ]
• Balakrishna enters the screen as NTR. The story takes a direct jump into his resolve to popularize the TDP across Andhra Pradesh. Kalyan Ram introduced quickly as late Harikrishna, the driver of NTR's election tour vehicle. [ 9:28 am ]
• Krish uses Keeravani's songs as montage numbers. Unlike the first part, this film is pretty much fast-paced. [ 9:40 am ]
• Rana as Chandrababu Naidu sheds his glamour for the role and acts earnestly. His dialogues are brief but effective. His scenes with Sachin Khadekar (Nadendla Bhaskara Rao) suggest drama. [ 10:01 am ]
• NTR is endeared to the audience by showing him as the one who valued his family. The campaign scenes are on. [ 10:19 am ]
• Vidya Balan (Basavatharakam) keeps making an appearance now and then. She is composed and strikes chemistry with her co-star. Supriya Vinod as Indira Gandhi makes her presence felt. [ 10:28 am ]
• The post-election drama involving Nadendla, CBN and Indira on. It's time for interval as NTR decides to screw his opponents. Keervani's BGM is full of life in these segments. [ 10:40 am ]
• Interval [ 10:50 am ]
• The second half begins on a note of urgency. The pace continues to be fast. Drama involves all the major characters of the movie. [ 11:00 am ]
• One feels there should have been more of Nadendla. NTR's angry 'prasangalu' after the coup are on. [ 11:10 am ]
• The hartals triggered by the coup involve high drama, rousing BGM. The technical elements are decent. [ 11:15 am ]
• Rana makes an impact. Sriteja as YSR seen. NTR goes through nerve-wracking moments as his enemies continue to create a crisis for him through machinations. [ 11:24 am ]
• The second half is mostly in the mould of a political thriller with some sentimental portions involving NTR's family. [ 11:30 am ]
• The End. [ 11:40 am ]