‘Narayana & Co’ movie review: Engaging fun ride
Story
Narayana (Devi Prasad) and Janaki (Amani) are a couple from a middle class family. Narayana works as a cashier in a bank. Eldest son Anand (Sudhakar Komakula) is a cab driver. Betting on cricket makes him owe up to Rs.10 lakhs. Younger son Subhash (Jai Krishna) is a cameraman. He goes to the house of a dead man to take pictures and meets a girl. They sent a video of the two of them being intimate. An unknown person threatens that hemakes it viral if he does not give 10 lakhs. On the other hand, there is a theft of Rs.25 lakh in the bank where Narayan works. It falls on Narayana. The manager threatens to file a police case if the Rs 25 lakh is not returned.
With this, the whole Narayana family thinks to kidnap someone for money. Narayan planning to kidnap his niece Nalini (Pooja Kiran) will not workout. At the same time, they get a deal on behalf of rowdy Shankar (Totapalli Madhu) who wants to enter politics. If they go to Mumbai and bring a cat toy, they offer to give crores. The Narayan family immediately accepted the deal. And did Narayana & Co bring the cat toy as per the contract? What are the problems faced by the Narayana family in order to bring it? What is actually in that cat toy? Who stole the money in the bank? Who is blackmailing Subhash? How did SS Arjun (Ali Reza) catch them forms the rest of the story.
Analysis
The story of 'Narayana and Co' movie is about the little things that a family does together to get out of unexpected financial problems. That's why the film has been given the tag line 'The Thikkal Family'. The story goes accordingly. But some scenes here and there seem like seen elsewhere.
The story begins with the introduction of the Narayan family characters. After that, the lead pair meets in a pub. However, the reason for the heroine falling in love with the hero did not seem convincing. But the comedy scenes are entertaining. And the second half is a bit routine. Placement of songs is not correct. On a whole, 'Narayana and Co' succeeded in making the audience laugh.
Performances
Sudhakar did justice to the role of Anand. His dance moves will entertain audience. Jaikrishna impressed with his performance as hero's younger brother Subhash. What's new in this movie is that Devi Prasad and Amani are playing completely comedy roles. Some comedy scenes by Devi Prasad as Narayana and Aami as Janaki are entertaining. Both of them got more screen space in the movie. Ali Reza as Arjun and Aarthi as Preeti have acted well. But the length of their roles is very short. Saptagiri comedy did not worked out. Pooja Kiran, Thotapalli Madhu and the rest of the actors acted within the scope of their roles.
Technicalities
Director Chinna Papishetti chose an out and out entertainer and he gets successful in delivering comedy with his script and dialogues. Though, there were some repetitive scenes, he managed to make audience sit through out the film.
Coming to other technical aspects, the music of Suresh Bobbili, Dr. Josyabhatla, Nagavanshi and Josyabhatla Sharma is fine. Songs and music are a plus for the movie. Cinematography by Rahul Srivastav is good. The editor needs to give his scissors more work. Especially some scenes in the second half should be cut more crisply. The production values for this medium budget film are fair enough.
