1 Nenokkadine versus RV, IA – not right comparison

                                       

We often see films of same classification being put together and a straight up comparison being done without any real insight into it. That is what is being done now as well with 1 Nenokkadine when it’s compared with other recent disasters like Ramayya Vastavayya or Iddarammayilatho. On surface they might all look comparable and be put under same classification but if one goes little deep one would realize that the comparison is not a right one and actually unfair.

A star hero failing with an outright commercial venture still gets to a certain number compared to a star hero who fails trying to do something different. It is in this small difference that becomes big in the larger picture and is always overlooked as well. A film like 1 Nenokkadine, a thriller, with a fresh screenplay, something not seen before in Telugu cinema is a different experience for the viewer compared to a Ramayya Vastavayya or Iddarammayilatho.

Similarly films like Panja, Teenmaar and Orange etc are some of the disasters in the recent past that comes to our mind that can’t be immediately put into a classification without properly analyzing them. A film like Panja with its dark subject is a hard thing to sit through unlike a regular commercial fare even though on surface level it looks to have those elements. A Teenmaar has a theme that unsettles its audience, makes them uncomfortable and hence these films run the risk of bigger failures compared to some of the simpler stuff gone wrong. Therefore putting these films with regular failures that have been rejected because they are badly made and compare numbers and give star ranking based on these performances is a wrong way to look at things.

It is one thing comparing a film like Aagadu, an outright commercial venture, with Ramayya Vastavayya or Iddarammayilatho, in case it fails rather than comparing 1 Nenokkadine. Superstar Mahesh Babu has been having a golden run off late with three back to back successes and it looks like it hasn’t gone down well with a certain section that has now pounced on with all the vigor at the failure of 1 Nenokkadine. We are seeing various comparisons on how the actor fails as a star and so on. What they or anyone fail to see is this small difference even among the failures that makes all the comparison flawed. Some failures don’t hurt a star that much and 1 Nenokkadine falls into that category. Do you agree with us, share is your thoughts?