Nani Going Back to His Zone?
He said his film choices themselves show this. After Dasara, he did Hi Nanna which was a completely different kind of film. It was a soft and emotional family love story.
By: Priya Chowdhary Nuthalapti | 7 Oct 2026 5:19 PM ISTNani is one of the heroes who has a special place in Telugu cinema. He became popular with simple and family friendly movies. For many years, audiences liked him for his natural acting, simple stories and also for emotional characters.
But in the last few years, Nani also started trying the mass route. Movies like Dasara showed him in a completely different look. He played a rough and mass character and the film became a big success. After that there was a feeling that Nani was slowly moving towards the mass hero side.
Many people also started asking one question. Will Nani continue doing only mass movies? Will the generation have no more heroes who can do simple and family stories?Now it looks like Nani is not interested in getting stuck with the mass hero image.
Nani recently spoke about his movie choices and said that he never planned to become a mass hero. He said his film choices themselves show this. After Dasara, he did Hi Nanna which was a completely different kind of film. It was a soft and emotional family love story.
The mixed response to The Paradise may also made Nani think more about his next choices. The film had huge expectations because it was expected to show Nani in another mass role. But the response was not as strong as expected.
Nani also has Bloody Romeo coming up. After that, he has indicated that he may go for a softer love story. If that happens, it could mean that Nani is slowly coming back to his old zone.
Maybe Nani going back to class films is not a bad idea after all. Because his class movies never got any trolls and negitives reviews even they haven't performed at box office. So rather than mass, Nani can have adorable following in class audience, if he steps back to his family zone again.
