Gentleman Movie Review
Story:
Gentleman is the story about how Gautam/Jay (Nani) who finds himself in a very tricky situation between two ladies Catherine (Niveda Thomas) and Aishwarya (Surabhi). And now our hero needs to find a way out in such a situation to prove himself a Gentleman. What is that near to impossible situation? How Gautam/Jay manages to confront and comes out as a Gentleman forms the crux of the story.
Performances:
Before we talk of Nani, he should be appreciated for trying out different scripts. He walked through two slightly different character with tremendous ease. He definitely goes one step ahead with his performance in the emotional block.Surabhi and Niveda Thomas are natural choices for their roles. Niveda Thomas has good features and fits in the bill perfectly as Cathy. Surabhi looks appropriate fit as well. However they do not have much scope to exhibit their talents much. Usually we see Avasarala Srinivas in comedy roles, for the first time, he is seen in a serious role and is good. Vennela Kishore works as a manager in Jai’s company and he brought in some good laughs in the second half. Tanikella Bharani, Rohini and Satyam Rajesh are okay in limited roles.
Technical Performances:
Gentleman is essentially a thriller and have little scope for the usual commercial elements. So the director Indraganti Mohan Krishna infused all of them in the first half during the two love tracks. The first half however looks not much exciting due to that, but the director turned the tables with back to back twists towards the interval. The second half becomes slightly slow with the murder investigation and no scope for entertainment. And then the twist towards the end appears illogical.
Senior Music director Mani Sharma came up with an okay album. The songs are well picturized too but the problem is that, they come in the way of the thriller as speed breakers. PG Vinda despite having budget constraints, managed to enhance the film level with his lens. Editing is neat while the dialogues are fine. Production Values are okay.
Plus Points:
1. Nani’s Performance
2. Emotional Block
3. Twists
Minus Points:
1. Songs
2. No Entertainment
3. Weak Climax Twist.
Final Say:
Finally Gentleman is a decent product. The movie is slow at times and is devoid of usual commercial elements, but that is mostly due to the nature of the story. Once you complete watching the film, you get an ‘average’ feel. But easily a one time watch!
