Manam is one of the evergreen films in the career of the Akkineni family. Not only that three generations of the Akkineni family acted in the movie,
Not only that it is the last movie of the legendary Akkineni Nageswara Rao, the fact that Manam is a beautifully conceived story.
Nagarjuna’s performance in the movie is top-notch. Actually the word top-notch will not do them complete justice.
The scene where Nagarjuna sees Samantha and realizes that she is her mother cannot be described in words.
Romantic entertainers suit Akkineni Nagarjuna so well. He has teamed up with Krishna Vamsi for the movie Ninne Pelladatha and the result is just outstanding.
Akkineni Nagarjuna played to his strengths for the most part of his career. He picked up beautiful romantic entertainers. Geethanjali is one such film that is evergreen and attained cult classic status over the years.
When the movie Annamayya is announced, many thought that it was a joke. There are two reasons for that. Nagarjuna who is known for love stories is playing the lead role and the second.
Nagarjuna’s comedy timing has a separate fan base. In Hello Brother, Nagarjuna has excelled with his comedy timing. His mass comedy in this movie made it a blockbuster.
While Hello Brother is a mass comedy, Manmadhudu belongs to the other section. It is a pure comedy and romantic entertainer. Nagarjuna fits the bill and does complete justice. His comic timing is top-notch.
There will be one movie in every hero’s career that turns the tables completely and for Nagarjuna, Shiva is such a film. It has created a sensation at the time of release, a cult status later on.
Nagarjuna is always game for experiments and Oopiri is another testament to it. When a director approaches a hero with the storyline that he will be chair-ridden all the time, many will immediately back off and say no instantly.
Santosham is one of the best movies in Nagarjuna’s career. He is too good in the emotional sequences of the movie. Particularly in the first half, Nagarjuna excelled in the role.
Very early in his career, Nagarjuna is lucky to have a film like Janaki Ramudu. He worked with K. Raghavendra Rao for this movie, which is too good. Both Nagarjuna and Vijaya Santhi had done a splendid job.