Known for making off-beat movies, director Indraganti Mohan Krishna has made a thriller with Nani. He begins “Gentleman” with romantic thread, not one but two love stories - one involving Nani and Surabhi and the other Nani and Niveda Thomas.
After the end of brief romantic threads the movie moves into a thriller mode - hero confusing the audiences whether he is a villain or Gentleman, heroine turning into a Lady Detective, many killings along the path, and a twist coming in the end.
These have worked out to its advantage. The initial romantic track doesn’t entertain but the movie picks up from interval. Although the twist doesn’t shock you or impress you, it serves well to the overall impact of the story.
In the second half, the director has also put an hilarious comedy track on Vennela Kishore. As manager Sudarshanam who doesn’t like people typing X or XXX on keyboards, he has given best comedy. The track of his short film uploaded on YouTube is also funny.
While this track goes on, heroine Niveda goes on a mission to find the truth about Nani. This offers some gripping moments. Nani giving one of his best performances is major strength to this movie.
Then Manisharma elevates many sequences with his good backgrounds score. “Gentleman” is a mixed bag. Surprising interval bang, some good suspense elements in the second half, comedy by Vennela Kishore and more importantly Nani’s performance have worked out well. But the movie also many issues like dull pace, not-so- interesting twist, predictable climax.
