‘NTR’ Trailer Review: Makes modest impact

First, his eyes are elevated.  Then he is shown blessing us as Lord Krishna.  Next, he dares to dream big, going against the wishes of his elders.  This is followed by showing how he staked his superstardom to serve the people by forming a political party.  He then promises to become an ‘ordinary’ man – a mortal – because it’s by walking amidst people in flesh and blood that you serve them.  He braves all odds, machinations and the Machiavellian rivals to become a legend, one more time.  This time in politics.  This is the story of the combined Trailer for ‘NTR: Kathanayakudu’ and ‘NTR: Mahanayakudu’.

Nandamuri Balakrishna retains his own style of dialogue delivery.  This is perhaps for the first time in his career that he will be seen in so many get-ups in one film (read ‘Kathanayakudu’, which chronicles the life of NT Rama Rao as an actor).  

Vidya Balan has a full-fledged role as Basavatharakam (NTR’s wife).  Director Krish Jagarlamudi seems to have given her an ennobling place in the story.  

We have a taste of the spark that Sai Madhav Burra’s dialogues possess.  To be honest, we are not expecting much from MM Keeravani’s music.  VS Gnana Sekhar’s cinematography 

It’s curious that the Trailer does away with all its star cast.  Is there going to be a separate teaser for the main ones, especially Rana Daggubati’s Chandrababu Naidu?  Very probably.  

Overall, the impact is modest.  One expected big stuff from the Trailer.

Sumanth (as ANR), Nandamuri Kalyan Ram (as Harikrishna), Poonam Bajwa, Nithya Menen, Manjima Mohan, Bharath Reddy, Sachin Khedekar, Himanshi Choudary, Heroshini Komali and others are part of the cast.