The Telugu film Rangabali, directed by Pawan Basamsetty, comes across as a bunch of random ideas strung together with a sliver of a story. The film aims to celebrate unabashed hero worship in a templated mainstream Telugu cinema. The protagonist Shaurya (Naga Shaurya) — nicknamed Show and Nani — likes to be the centre of attention, with his childhood friends (Satya and Rajkumar Kasireddy) by his side. Shaurya falls in love, there’s a conflict point and a backstory that shakes up the identity of a place in his hometown Ramavaram. However, all the ideas that contribute to this storyline are at the superficial level with the assumption that anything will work in the garb of humour and mass masala.
The film tries to depict Shaurya aka Show aka Nani as a mass hero who calls the shots since childhood. He has a fetish for white shirts, wearing one of which he can easily overpower his opponents. Early on, he shines in white amid a sea of black and red shirts in an action sequence.
