‘Thank You’ movie review: Naga Chaitanya, Malvika Nair and Raashi Khanna are impressive but the narrative is middling

Thank You, with the story by B V S Ravi and directed by Vikram Kumar, rides on a one-line premise — of a profitable man being compelled to reminisce his journey to date and categorical his gratitude to mates and foes who’ve formed his life. It’s a easy, easy story and holds no main surprises. Thank You is aesthetic in its presentation and has a proficient solid that features Naga Chaitanya, Raashi Khanna and Malvika Nair, amongst others. 

First the deserves. Thank You has a protagonist with gray shades, not a squeaky clear hero. Abhiram’s (Naga Chaitanya) is a traditional underdog story. We first see him by the eyes of Priya (Raashi Khanna). She, together with placement marketing consultant Rao (Prakash Raj), are the anchors for Abhiram who arrives on the JFK worldwide airport, with an insatiable starvation to attain. 

Abhiram is a personality we’re prone to see round us — achievers who rise with sheer grit and exhausting work. Nonetheless, a robust streak of conceitedness quickly will get the higher of Abhiram. His more and more self-centred method prevents him from acknowledging those that have helped him develop. The chilly, grim winter of the area mirrors the form of particular person Abhiram has turn into. The narrative will get it proper within the parts the place it unravels Abhiram’s shrewd, egocentric nature. Chaitanya shifts simply from the hardworking aspirant to the ruthless CEO. In her transient half, Raashi performs a mature and stifled lady with conviction. 

A flip of occasions forces Abhiram to introspect and the narrative makes use of the staid instrument of him having conversations along with his alter ego! How a lot we empathise with Abhiram’s journey is determined by whether or not we give in to the thought of those conversations.  

When the story steps again right into a hamlet alongside the banks of Godavari, it’s an endearing throwback to the primary flush of affection. Vikram Kumar and cinematographer P C Sreeram current an surroundings starkly totally different from the chilly, distant environs of the US to color a heat love story. Chaitanya’s transformation to suit the a part of a teen is outstanding and the love story that includes Malvika Nair has the required innocence that makes us root for it. Malvika’s expressive and measured efficiency is a spotlight of the movie. She fills the frames with a lot heat with out attempting too exhausting.

As an concept, it’s attention-grabbing to discover how one’s life will get formed not solely by mates but additionally foes. Nonetheless, the campus fights in Vizag are plain boring. Abhiram’s run-ins with Sharva (an efficient Sai Sushanth Reddy) play out for much too lengthy, involving conflicts on the hockey floor in addition to a useless sisterly love by the character of Chinnu (Avika Gor). 

The conversations with the alter ego that makes Abhiram take a recent take a look at individuals who have been part of his life, is once more, an concept that appears attention-grabbing at a script stage however is just not convincing sufficient on display screen. The ultimate transformation, too, seems too good to be true. 

The performances are sufficient on the entire and the movie advantages from P C Sreeram’s cinematography and Thaman’s music, however the writing wanted much more depth.

Thank You begins on a promising be aware and finally ends up withering away its probabilities of being a very transferring and poignant journey. This isn’t among the many memorable movies in Vikram Kumar’s oeuvre.