NTR’s Kantri Movie Review!

Time to review NTR’s Kantri and let me state at the outset that my wife could not wait for the movie to get over and was relieved when finally the curtain came down and it was time to leave!!! If this tells you everything you need to know about the movie and you don’t want to read the rest I can understand. For those who want the complete details read on.

A couple come back to their village after making tons of money in the United States and the husband wants to fulfill his father’s (the village head) desire of providing employment to every family in the village and decides on opening a sugar factory for the same. His best friend Prakash Raj however wants the money for himself and in cahoots with Ashish Vidyarthi kills the couple, their son and the grandfather played by Mukesh Rishi. Prakash Raj’s wife does not agree with the murders that Prakash Raj has committed for money and leaves him taking their only son with her. Move forward to 20 years and we are introduced to NTR known as Kranti to those who are close to him and as Kantri to those who cross his path. Prakash Raj by now is a mega mafia don who even Interpol cannot touch and is now based in Honk Kong and Ashish Vidyarthi is running his criminal empire back home. Things move along and NTR joins Prakash Raj’s gang as one of the gang members and owing to being the hero rises up quickly in the hierarchy much to the chagrin and jealousy of Ashish Vidyarthi and a truckload of villains in Prakash Raj’s gang. Things take a turn and it is revealed that NTR is Prakash Raj’s long lost son and with Prakash Raj becoming a devoted daddy to NTR this alienates Prakash Raj and his henchmen and differences crop up between Prakash Raj and Ashish Vidyarthi who ends up joining hands with Sayaji Shinde who is arch rival to Prakash Raj who finds himself all alone and only with son NTR remaining with him. It is then revealed that NTR is not Prakash Raj’s son, but that he is son of the couple murdered by Prakash Raj and that even his grandfather Mukesh Rishi has survived. NTR takes all the money that Prakash Raj has (1000 crores to be exact and that too in a truck!) and in time for the climax all villains come together forgetting all their years of enmity and an entire truckload of villains get taken care of by NTR singlehandedly and without breaking into a sweat.

By the way before I forget let me mention that Hansika Motwani is the heroine and is there mainly for some romance and songs and even Tanisha is there in a blink and you will miss role playing Ashish Vidyarthi’s daughter who falls for NTR but then makes way for Hansika Motwani. The movie is mainly made for NTR fans who cannot get enough of him and Kantri should satisfy NTR’s fans. NTR is good in fights (there are lots of them), acts well and dances well. The song I Go Crazy is very differently choreographed and picturized.

Coming to performances, it is NTR’s movie all the way and made to order for his fans. However, the movie does tend to dragKantri and is a little long and could be made better with trimming 30 minutes and a couple of songs off. Even the fights are long and drawn out and get boring beyond a point. If you are not an NTR fan then you will find it hard to enjoy the movie especially the fairer sex who generally avoid the blood and gore and revenge movies. You will want to give Kantri a miss unless you are a hardcore fan of NTR and if you are one then there is no way you are even going to be agreeing with this reviewer to begin with.