Shiva Nirvana’s ‘Kushi’ is more about star power (Vijay Deverakonda, Samantha Ruth Prabhu) than convincing storytelling

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Vijay Deverakonda gets to turn on every bit of his star wattage in Shiva Nirvana’s . I personally prefer to watch this actor express angst: few young performers are better at locating so precisely the scabs and scars and ripped-open wounds in one’s soul. But here, he is in his mode. In that review, I wrote: “Vijay Deverakonda is canny enough to realise that the new-fangled films that got him noticed may be better , but to become a huge box-office draw, you need to be a popcorn entertainer who’s a bit of everything to everyone.” You could say the same about . It is a safe movie. It is a family movie. It is a movie that makes a joke about and says: “This is that movie. This is a safe movie. This is a family movie.” And Vijay handles it all like a pro, like a supermodel who knows exactly where to look and how to turn for Murali G’s camera to record him at his starriest.

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