Mr. Majnu - Review

After watching three movies of Akhil, as a Telugu cinema audience, a basic question came to my mind. Why do we watch a movie? Based on my limited knowledge and even lesser comprehending abilities my answer would be either to watch a good story unfold on screen or if there is a star actor in the movie then to witness the starry aura unfold on screen along with a decent story around it or to witness a sheer brilliance of good story telling of a simple known story.

Now if we have to pose a similar question, why one should watch Akhil's movie? The answer would be either first one or the last one but definitely not the second one.  Akhil may have the makings of a star but he isn't one yet. So weaving a story around his stardom is too early. Mr.Majnu tries to get that right by giving him a boy next door role in second half. In first half though, movie goes over board at times in elevating him as a playboy, all girls are falling for or a dutiful son of the family seeking sympathy.

Movie suffers majorly from forced love story, forced comedy, forced family emotions and roles lacking conviction. Tholiprema had similar forced scenes and inconsistent characterizations but it also had 5 or 6 brilliant scenes like Raashi proposing, Raashi lecturing Naresh, Varun confronting seniors etc. Mr. Majnu does not have any of those. Even the fights in the movie are weak. In songs, we hardly see Nidhi as the main focus stays on Akhil and his dances. Movie's main plus points are music by Thaman and also that movie looks beautiful through out. Thanks to good looking actors(The whole cast), production values and camera work.

In conclusion, Akhil should stop looking for a launch or a re-launch movie but instead look for a good story based movie. Mr. Majnu is definitely not that.