Balakrishana's Adhinayakudu gets average reviews from film critics

Director Parachuri Murali’s latest movie Adhinayakudu starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Lakshmi Rai in the leads, has received average reviews film critics. Balayya’s performance, action and comedy sequences and music are the highlights of the movie. Continue to film critics’ verdict.

NDTV
Its production values are low. The characters look like nothing more than a sentient rug. Watch Adhinayakudu only for its loud costumes, pedestrian special effects, unintentional hilarity, rear stall hyperbole, belly buttons - and because you've got nothing else on standby.

Oneindia
It is a Balayya-mark film and would definitely attract his fans. No doubt, the film would go well with the mass audiences. Hence, it will be a commercial success. Watch the film for masala entertainment, but not for a decent view.

Times of India - Karthik Pasupulate
The movie is loaded with politically-charged innuendos aimed at all and sundry — Chiranjeevi, YSR, Jaganmohan Reddy and even Gabbar Singh. So there's plenty in it to appease the hardcore fans. The rest, however, may well just struggle to see the lighter side.

IBN Live
Adhinayakudu is more a family drama than a political pot-boiler. Minus hyperbole, ridiculous stunts and over-the-top melodrama, 'Adhinayakudu' is watchable once, with the proceedings pepped up by a resurgent Balakrishna. Speaking of its other side, the film could have done better with a more interesting plot and less confusion.

India Glitz
In the absence of an edge-of-the-seat plot, the film is all the less promising. The story is told in a complicated fashion when the plot was quite simple and oldish. Adhinayakudu draws from time-tested stories and presents its own rare conflict point. Otherwise, it doesn't deserve special mention.

Super Good Movies
Adhinayakudu may appeal to Balakrishna fans as he was seen in three different getups. There were few dialogues that were written keeping them in mind. So fans would pass off this as a decent film. But the film has nothing to offer for other sections of audience.