Court: State vs Nobody Movie Review | Anupama Chopra | THR India

Anupama Chopra reviews "Court: State Versus A Nobody," a film that seamlessly combines a tender teenage love story with a gripping courtroom drama. In this review, Anupama examines how debutant director Ram Jagadeesh tells the story of 19-year-old Chandu and 17-year-old Jabili, whose innocent relationship leads to Chandu being falsely implicated under the POCSO Act by Jabili's influential uncle Mangapathi.

Anupama highlights the film's tight, well-structured screenplay and unvarnished performances, particularly praising Harsh Roshan and Sridevi Apalla as the young lovers, Priyadarshi Pulikonda as the novice lawyer Surya Teja, and Sivaji's masterful portrayal of the villainous Mangapathi. She notes how the film departs from typical courtroom drama tropes by opting for strategic legal maneuvering over theatrical monologues, calling it "a sturdy, no-frills movie in the best sense of the word" now streaming on Netflix.