The film rests on a wafer thin plot. The screenplay is filled with scenes from several love stories like Geetha Govindam (heroine thinking hero as skirt chaser and she turning out to be the sister of would be of his cousin), Orange, and directors very own Tholi Prema (Love moments in first half, break up at the interval, hero again going to London to win her back.).
The first half comes across as decent rom com despite being predictable thanks to some nice moments here and there.
The director has banked on the handsomeness of Akhil and he projected him as a magnet who pulls women towards him.
The one week anniversary of their love proposal is funny. Akhil and the family sequences in the first half are neat. Despite nothing being new, the interval bang holds the mood.
In the first half, hero and heroine break up because hero feels she is not giving him breathing space as she is deciding everything related him.
Post interval, he starts pining for her after just one song and starts wooing her, which in turn is reverse of the first half. Since this is quite predictable line, the director has brought in Hyper Aadhi (another Tholi Prema hangover) as Pulla Rao of Hyderabad Rockerz, who pirates Telugu movies to provide some funny lines.
All the tricks that Akhil does here are the repeat of what we have seen Varun Tej did in Tholi Prema.
Director Venky Atluri was successful in giving a fresh take to a romantic angle in his first movie Tholi Prema and the films music was mellifluous.
In this film, he is not that successful. Nevertheless, he manages to hold interest to some extent. The second half makes us wish for it to end fast as it drags on and on. Entire second half goes in expected lines.
Hyper Aadi is saving grace in the second half. Sequences like Dubai car driver getting exposed by Akhil are too cliched.
On the whole, Mr Majnu is a love story that has its moments and decent first half. Akhil chips in his best handsome look and is suave, but the weak second half doesnt sustain the mood well.