Pencil Parthasarathy (Nani), a writer who specializes in penning novels with revenge theme and crime, is approached by five women of different age groups to help them in taking revenge on the person who killed their dear ones.
The women are an old woman (Lakshmi), a middle aged woman (Sharanya), a young girl (Priya Arul Woman), a teenager and a kid.
The evil person they have targeted is Deva (Karthikeya), a racer who runs away with money before killing the persons who helped him in a bank robbery.
Parthasarathy who writes novels with a penname pencil is a copycat of Hollywood crime stories.
Ishq, Manam, 24 and Hello none of these movies have any similarities with each other in terms of plotlines, each one belongs to a different genre as well. In no time, director Vikram Kumar has established himself as a director with a difference.
Proving his versatility, he has attempted a revenge genre with Nanis Gang Leader. But this is not typical revenge drama, this one has all elements the film at times turns as a comedy, other times turns into a mushy romantic drama and in other places as a sentiment movie.
This precisely is the problem with Nanis Gang Leader as it is neither a revenge drama nor a crime comedy or family sentiment. A hotchpotch!
It begins pretty interestingly and ends in a boring manner.
Despite bumpy ride, the first half has seemed decent to some extent but the later portions have completely killed the interest.
The so called twist of Lakshmi and the following sequences seem straight out of a TV serial. The crime comedy turns into a sentimental drama.
A lot of build ups are given to the sequences of finding the villain. Once the villain has been revealed, the movie turns monotonous with flat narration and the climax seems hurried with no proper homework. Also, the explanation for Kartikeyas motive is not convincing.
Even though Vikram Kumar has shown his trademark in the beginning sequences, he has lost the grip in the second half.
Sequences like Nani copying China Town movie and writing it in Telugu as China Bazaar and Kill Bill as Raseeduni Champu are funny and have provided novelty. But this novelty factor wears off after an hour and turns into a predictable fare.
Despite the interesting premise, Vikram Kumars flat narration has made it a dull affair. Nanis Gang Leader is the weakest movie in Vikrams career so far.
