Few random observations:
1. No one shows the brokenness of men quite like Sukumar does. (Will write an essay once I am done with his filmography)
2. If Sukumar is depicting a manic pixie dream girl, you can bet your ass there will be trauma involved.
3. Allu Arjun really is the Shah Rukh Khan of Tollywood in very many ways (a comparison I DO NOT make lightly), and one of the reasons is how effortlessly the two of them can play a psychopath.
4. I was team Navdeep! He had such severe disgruntled-child-who-never-really-grows-out-of-it energy, and I can totally relate.
5. The songs and videos are so much better with context.
6. The first half... it could actually work as…