Every major political incident that happened in Tamil Nadu has been weaved into the script – dynastic politics, hero-worship culture, Chennai floods, how news channels controlled by politicians whitewash their leader and create fake news, godmen manipulating political leaders, and resort politics to keep MLAs safe from poaching. By making Vijay Devarakonda lead the film, the director has made it more convincing and realistic. There is no romance or a leading lady in the film which also does not have any humour and mass action scenes. There have been films of the same pattern, but what makes NOTA different is that the director has not added any unwanted commercial ingredients. Once out of the hospital, Vinodhan wants to get his chair back and plans to bring down his son’s ministry. As Varun becomes strong as an able administrator (in handling the Chennai floods), his dad comes out of the jail but is caught in a bomb blast and gets hospitalised. He is helped by a journalist and commentator Mahendran (Sathyaraj, modelled on the late Cho Ramaswamy), who was once giving political advice to his dad before they had a fallout. But soon as the situation spirals out of control fuelled by an ambitious opposition leader and his daughter, Varun is forced to become a “Rowdy CM”. The idea is clear that Varun will only be a “dummy CM” till daddy gets bail. He makes Varun, who is not even a party member, as the temporary new CM. He runs his party with an iron hand but is convicted in an illegal assets case and has to go to jail. Varun (Vijay Deverakonda) is a London returned happy go-lucky guy and son of chief minister Vinodhan (Nasser), a former superstar-turned-politician.
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