Extra Ordinary man a woeful, ridiculous entertainer

Cast: Nithin, Sreeleela, Rao Ramesh, Rohini, Brahmaji, Hyper Aadi and others

Direction: Vakkantam Vamsi

After disasters like ‘Maestro’ and ‘Macherla Niyojikavargam’, young actor Nithin has again chosen a lackluster plot ‘Extra’ Ordinary Man which falls flat on its face. It neither boasts of a novel plot nor has an interesting narration.

Instead, it rides on stale jokes and takes potshots at blockbusters like Ponniyin Selvan and Kantara. Of course, Nithin plays a junior artist in the film and craves to become a hero, but the soul of the film is lost in the cacophony of meme kind of jokes. Barring a few laughs, the much-hyped film of writer-turned-director Vakkantam Vamsi fails to impress the audience since he also takes potshots of Telugu movies, wherein the hero showcases grey shades sometimes and looks upright at other places to the convenience of the makers.

Maybe, he wanted to make a spoof on various blockbusters, and for that, he should have come up with a ‘good script’ rather than stitching up scenes from varied movies. He could have restrained the performance of Rao Ramesh, who plays Nithin’s father, from overacting and uttering silly jokes to belittle his son. Even the much-hyped comeback of action hero Dr Rajasekhar in the film wasn’t exhilarating enough.

The moot question remains Dr Rajasekhar who is known for his strict cop roles in hard-hitting films like ‘Ankusam’ and ‘Agraham’ -plays an IG in a film where a junior artiste enacts the role of a cop and embarks on a fake mission. Even the pain and anguish of people on the AP-Odisha border which the film banks on doesn’t jell with the proceedings and fails to draw the sympathy of the viewers because the ‘joke-a-second’ screenplay which eclipses all other emotions, Yet again Sreeleela is wasted a nondescript role of a corporate honcho who falls in a love with junior artiste without any rhyme or reason.

The film starts with Nithin saving a drug-loaded van from chasing cops and begins to narrate his story to a gangster (Kishore) in deep forests. He reveals that he was a junior artist in movies and was always relegated to the back rows in varied films. While his father (Rao Ramesh) keeps ridiculing him for not taking his life seriously his mother (Rohini) supports him. One day, he happens to meet a pretty girl Sreeelela on the roads and they strike a chord. Being a corporate honcho, she ropes him for a job and pays him in lakhs. While everything is going well, Nithin gets an opportunity to play a hero and his life takes an unexpected turn.

Nithin looks fit and smart but needs to find the right script to bounce back into reckoning since films loaded with pseudo-humor are bound to disappoint.  Sreeleela’s role lacks any depth and she has again done an inconsequential role. Rao Ramesh, known for splendid performances in films like ‘KGF 2’ and ‘Aravinda Sametha’, goes overboard, and dents his image a bit. Matching with him, the villain (Sudev Nair) also yells and screams to annoy viewers.

Director Vakkantam Vamsi tries to dish out a laugh-riot based on a fake mission like in ‘Raccuguram’ to decimate the villain. He just replaces Nithin in place of Brahmanandam and goes about the mission which lacks meat nor seriousness and turns a damp squib.