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‘Devara’ Review: N. T. Rama Rao Jr.’s ‘RRR’ Follow-Up Turns Out to Be a Taxing Watch

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Siddhant Adlakha Marketed from the outset as “Devara: Part 1,” the latest Telugu action offering featuring “RRR” co-lead N.

T. Rama Rao Jr. (or Junior NTR) is both incomplete and overlong. It relies heavily on the superstar’s charisma — to the point of casting him in two roles — but director Koratala Siva seldom imbues his pirate village saga with the gravity needed to ground the actor’s poise and persona.

The result is a scattered and often excruciating mess of macho tropes that fails to recognize its own latent themes, and seldom comes to life even on its own terms.

Taking a page from Hollywood’s “Dune” and “Spider-Verse” franchises, mainstream Indian cinema is living through a scourge of half-films and first parts that are all setup and no satisfaction.

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