Lion' First Day Talk

Natasimham Nandamuri Balakrishna's 'Lion' hit the screens across the globe today. The movie carried mixed reports at the end of its morning shows  Balakrishna, as usually, dominates the fray. He appeared Mr cool in the first half while he turns aggressive from interval bang onwards. Trisha looks gorgeous in saris while Radhika Apte was ok given her limited number of scenes.  Manisharma's music in songs was pretty mediocre while BGM is good. Songs were shot well. 

Suspense elements were nicely portrayed in the first one hour of the movie and it's a different experience from Balakrishna's movies. Balakrishna and Prakash Raj's conversation during interval bang received applauds. The movie, however, turns a routine stuff with a couple of action sequences and Balakrishna's mark of powerful dialogues in the second half. Pre climax chasing scenes were shot better than climax. There are no hilarious moments in the movie and late MS and Ali's characters were not elevated. 

On a whole, it appeared like a bumpy ride with a mixture of interesting and normal scenes. Since the movie possess good number of mass elements and Balakrishna's energetic performance in it, we can expect good openings especially in B and C centers. Rest depends on how well other sections of audiences would receive the movie in the future.