Being in the first-day-first-show of Maharathi for someone not completely clued in to Telugu cinema can be the equivalent of reading a local newspaper in a new city of a new country - the most important things as featured on the front page hardly seem important or conforming to your idea of what deserves front-page coverage.
Indeed, Maharathi is like a private party between Balakrishna and his fans rather than a thoughtfully-made movie - the mannerisms, dialogues, jokes and references are all for internal consumption, for people who belong. The reaction of someone new to Telugu ....