Devadas (2018 film)

Devadas is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies banner and directed by Sriram Adittya.

The film stars Nani, Nagarjuna, Aakanksha Singh, and Rashmika Mandanna with music composed by Mani Sharma.

One day, Deva is injured in a shootout between his gang and the cops and escapes from the scene hiding his identity successfully, where he enters Shantabhai Memorial Charity Hospital and Das treats him.

As Das gets busy as a practicing physician, he is equally baffled by the number of gangsters and criminals surrounding him daily.

Deva is left heartbroken due to the rift caused by his friendship and meets a child at a party, who is aware of his identity.

With Deva's help, the organ donation camp at Medimax turns successful, which brings a change in Bharadwaj's opinion on Das.

The child's death depresses Deva, who calls Jahnvi to arrange a live telecast and reveals his identity as the crime boss for whom the cops are searching, and credits Das for providing a change in him.

A tad too long, with some avoidable melodrama and a weak climax prove to be troublesome, but it doesn't take it away from a hilarious first half which makes it worth your while.

"[8] The News Minute wrote, "All this leaves you wishing that the director, for a brief moment, had realised the pot of gold he had at his disposal.

It displays a certain brash level of amateurishness if your actual comedians in the movie, the sidekicks, almost get as much screen time as your protagonists.

"[10] The Hindu criticized the film for poorly etched characters and wrote, "Despite all this, if Devadas holds attention, it’s because Sriram Adittya knows how to utilise its two leading actors and serve up plenty of fun moments.