Devadas movie review: Nani shines in this film

At one point, Deva and Das fight and go separate ways. They both are poles apart: one is a doctor and the other is a cold-blooded killer. Deva feels lonely, goes into depression but doesn’t give in to the temptations of drinking. You see the twist here. Instead, Deva convinces about 10,000 criminals to donate their organs to help Das get back his job. The rest of the movie follows how they reconcile and overcome other challenges in their relationship.

Deva is supposedly a legend of sorts in the criminal world. Nobody has seen him in person, but everybody fears his existence. How come? What is his history? And what forced him to run his business anonymously? When you watch the movie, don’t go looking for answers because you won’t find them in it. Das is supposedly one of the best minds in medicine. Even with all his degrees, he has been portrayed as an extremely stupid person. He is the only saving grace in the film. Nani gets into the skin of the character and gives his best to the make the lousy writing tolerable.

Rashmika Mandanna plays Pooja, and she has been deprived of speaking lines. I don’t recall her speaking more than two lines in a stretch in the movie. Aakanksha Singh as Jahnavi is a reason for Nagarjuna to slip into a dreamy song sequence.