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Pencil (2016) Shiva(G V Prakash) is a brilliant 12th standard student who is secretly in love with his class mate Maaya(Sri Divya). As time passes by, a star hero’s son, Nithin(Shariq Hassan) joins the school and becomes a huge head ache for all the girls in the school and also to the teachers who manage him. His notorious activities get to a point where everyone starts hating him big time. Twist in the tale arises when Nithin suddenly gets murdered in the school premises and both Shiva and Sri Divya stumble upon his dead body. Left with no choice, they decide to go behind the motive of this murder. Rest of the story is as to how do they investigate the mystery and find out who the actual murderer is..
Indiaglitz.com  (May 13, 2016)
Rating:  2.3/5

An inspired crime thriller with a forced message. Better dialogues and a link between the message and the hero (and/or the heroine) would have helped..

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Telugucinema.com  (May 13, 2016)
Rating:  2.25/5

It's a crime thriller with no much zing. An old story set in a college backdrop. -.

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Apherald.com  (May 13, 2016)
Rating:  1.75/5

'Pencil' is completely the unconventional High School movie and it fits the bill perfectly. GV Prakash and Sri Divya have done justice to their roles. Visuals are attractive and there are no flaws. An engaging thriller which keeps you tight till the end..

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123telugu.com  (May 13, 2016)
Rating:  3/5

On the whole, Pencil is a decent murder mystery with an interesting premise and engaging screenplay. The suspense factor and second half are huge assets. If you are done watching all the important releases from last week, and are looking at something diff.

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