King aka Raja Chandrapratap Varma (Nagarjuna), heir apparent to late Raja Varma, takes over the business of his father after his death and works hard to live up to his father’s name. He has kid brother (Deepak) too and lives with large family consisting of his mom (Geeta) and uncles and their family members. On his business trip to Uttaranchal, he is killed by Swapna (Mamta Mohandass) aided by King’s archrival. Enters Bottu Seenu, a street rowdy, a look-alike of King. Bottu Seenu falls in love with Sravani (Trisha) an aspiring singer who is also sister to don Jnaneshwar (Srihari). To impress Sravani, Bottu Seenu gets introduced himself to her as a software engineer called Sharat. The rest of the movie unravels the mystery behind the killing of King, and the identity of Bottu Seenu.

Analysis :

With three hit movies under his belt – Dhee, Dubai Seenu and Ready, director Sreenu Vytla has garnered the image of a good entertainer. He dishes out another masala entertainer this time with ‘Manmadhudu’ Nagarjuna. King is a pucca commercial formula movie designed to cater to the entertainment seeking audiences. It succeeds tickling your funny bone in most scenes. The first half is breezy and has funny moments with a spoof on music director Chakri (Brahmananadam’s character).The best part are some hilarious situations, romantic drama between Trisha and Nag, and Srihari’s characterization.But the director stretches the jokes too far in the second half and overshoots by almost 20 minutes. Too much twists and turns towards the climax have worked against the movie in the second half. It needs to be trimmed urgently.

TeluguOne Perspective :

Nagarjuna plays three different characters with élan. He looks very handsome compared to his recent films like Don and also the director has extensively used his ‘stylized’ gait to show the heroism. Nagarjuna is good in action and romantic episodes as ever. He should be commended for accepting to be beaten by comedian Brahmanandam in a scene. Trisha looks beautiful and chirpy. She walks through the role of an aspiring singer. Mamta Mohandass proves her mettle again in a character that has negative shades. She looks sexy too. Of the other cast, Srihari and Brahmanandam have more footage. Srihari portrays the role effectively. Brahmanandam as music director Jayasurya mimics real life composer Chakri and his comedy is hilarious. The so-called Om-Shanti-Om like song has little impact. Technically, Prasad Murella’s cinematography catches the eye. He provides rich visuals and makes Nag and Trisha look even more beautiful. Editing by M.R. Varma is sharp but he should have trimmed the movie for a faster narration. Music by Devi Sri Prasad is ordinary except for the title song and the romantic duet shot in Bangkok. Story by Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan provides enough platform for some funny moments but the twists and turns post the interval too hard to digest. It has shades of too many movies like Bollywood’s Welcome and Race, and Chandramukhi, Chandra Lekha, etc. Director Sreenu Vytla shows his comedic touch again but expectations one has from his film aren’t quite met in terms of content. He needs to do a check on the receptiveness of same jokes.