The compulsion to become a mass hero in Telugu cinema must be overwhelming. Every hero who does a couple of soft roles and tastes even middling success gets into a tearing hurry to get into mass hero mode – one who can outwit 20 villains and beat up 40 goons and romance his heroine while dangling from a cliff one-handed.
Naga Shaurya, the sweet-faced guy from Oohalu Gusagusalade and Dikkulu Choodaku Ramayya, is the latest to succumb to this temptation. He plays the role of Krishna, a lout who is a pain for the entire village he lives in and is hence banished. Krishna avers to....