Tiger Nageswara Rao

A few impressively shot robbery scenes, including one on a running train make for good viewing. But there is hardly any growth in Ravi Teja’s character as he is shown as a ‘child prodigy’ who began his ‘leela’ at the young age of 8. The way Nupur Sanon‘s character Sara is introduced, and progresses also is outright cheap and vulgar. The same goes for Mani played by Gayatri Bharadwaj. Jisshu Sengupta plays a vile, disgusting police officer convincingly. Anupam Kher does a good job as an officer from the PMO. His Telugu dubbing is commendable. Hareesh Peradi, Nasser, Renu Desai suit their characters. The art direction in this period film is worth appreciating. Madhie’s camera also uses subtle colour patterns to bring the feel of the 60’s to the 80’s. GV Prakash Kumar’s score suits the commercial template of the film. Writer-director Vamsee hardly brings out the social issues in this forgotten chapter of the region. The Criminal Tribes Act of the British Government is not even mentioned once in the entire film! Tiger Nageswara Rao has big ambitions, but the heart of the film is not in the right place. The result is a movie that is not convincing enough.