King Review

This movie is insane. Not just a double role, but a TRIPLE role for lead actor Nagarjuna Akkineni. I was slow to warm up to this film, but the middle section where the goonda hero tries to act like a mild-mannered software engineer to win over the girl he has a crush on -- who is trying to hide from HIM that her brother is a gangster, too, was both sweet and really fun. If that sounds complicated, it's not even half of the plot. He also looks just like King, a wealthy royal we see murdered in the beginning of the film. The plot is incredibly convoluted, and that's half the fun. I have the feeling King is spoofing a lot of past Telugu films, and I haven't watched enough of them to be in on all the inside jokes. This was my first film of actor Nagarjuna Akkineni, but I gather he's a big star in Telugu films. I wonder if his manner of speaking is something Prabhas tried to imitate, because it sounded very similar to me!

The song sequences in the middle section till the end were great, too.