Yesterday released Jai Lava Kusa has one more time proved that Junior NTR is one precious talent gifted to Telugu cinema and can pull off character of any shades including that of grey with élan. Massive openings for film or whatever the verdict given by critics, common audience should go alone to Tarak’s versatility in portraying Jai aka Raavan’s character with so much of conviction.
Strictly speaking, hereditary stardom in Telugu industry downsized the freedom of our heroes in testing new grounds. Agreed that we have super stars, mega stars and other stars but the quintessential grace and elegance Junior NTR showed in Jai character is considered as continuation to legendary phase of Senior NTR’s charm in depicting Raavana or Duryodhana and there’s no parallel artist in Tollywood to match the ease.
Like Rajamouli said, Tarak… my heart is swelling with immense pride… Tarak admirers are also proudly saying, ‘after legendary NTR… there’s only one real actor here and it’s Junior NTR.’
As an artist, Young Tiger’s image grew manifolds with this one film and one character. Far above commercial and Box Office benchmarks, NTR has set a new high for other so called super star heroes to at least touch his artistic brilliance. Any contenders... just raise your hands...