Kranti aka Kantri (NTR) is a Good Samaritan and to put it in his own words: "Kantri for cheats." An orphan himself, he soon finds himself in the midst of baddies, forced to be a part of their empire. Their boss is Pothu Raju aka PR (Prakash Raj), who rules his ring of operations from counterfeit currency to smuggling to all nefarious activities in Hyderabad, with his base in Hong Kong. Seshu (Ashish Vidyarthi), Acid (Raghu Babu) and Bairagi (Subba Raju) look after PR's business in Hyderabad.

Das (Sayaji Shinde), once loyalist of PR but now a separate mafia don himself, becomes a nail in the shoe of PR here. He confronts the gang members of PR, who one after the other gets killed. A new youth force is raised up from time to time. Kantri is one such guy. Soon, he gets into the centre of activities and directly handles the operations without consulting his immediate local bosses. This helps him win the confidence of PR.

Kantri goes to Hong Kong and puts an end to the business of PR's rival Murali Sharma (onetime loyalist) and clinches the deal. Back in Hyderabad, Kantri desperately needs Rs. 10 lakh to save the life of a patient at an orphanage, suffering from renal failure. When rejected, he kicks the local bosses and takes the money. He doesn't care what PR feels about this matter and gets into direct rivalry with him.

Now, its PR's turn to land in Hyderabad to take on Kantri. But, all of a sudden, Father Atmanandam (Kota Srinivasa Rao), the head of the orphanage, reveals that Kantri is none other than the son of PR. After this revelation, Kantri takes the riches of PR as his son. Very soon, PR finds himself duped. His son is none but the patient with kidney failure. Meanwhile, the warring gangs forget their differences and join hands to kill Kantri. How Kantri liquidates them forms the rest of the story.

NTR as expected is the master of his own histrionics. Looking agile, bubbling with high levels of energy and charm, he rips the screen with amazing performance; in dances, stunts, dialogues and all other segments of acting he excels. NTR as Kantri would sure make the audiences forget his previous molds of characterizations, hefty and round.

Hansika Motwani is all glamour, but she utterly failed when it comes to performance. She plays the role of a middle class girl. Another heroine Tanisha is wasted. Sunil and Brahmanandam's comedy thread is dull. Dharmavarapu Subramanyam and Hema played the parents to the heroine (Hansika). Murali Sharma who played the rival to Prakash Raj in the backdrop of Hong Kong has done well, but the footage is limited. Same is the case with the other villains Ashish Vidyarthi and Sayaji Shinde.

Meher Ramesh, the debut director in Tollywood, donned the multiple responsibilities of story, screenplay, dialogue writing and direction. Naturally, the result is a cocktail mix. Sure, teh film has a bunch of superb action scenes, but that's not enough to hold your interest beyond a point. Over all, Kantri will appeal to die-hard NTR fans. It's true what they say about some films — the less you know about it before you go watch it, the better.

Verdict: Average