Rakta Charitra Movie
Review
Movie: Rakta Charitra - 1
My Rating: 3.25/5
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Music: Dharam- Sandeep
Dialogues: Nageswara Rao
DOP: Amol Rathod
Editing: Bhanodaya, Nipun
Ashok Gupta
Producers: Madhu
Mantena, Sheetal Vinod
Talwar, Chinna Vasudeva
Reddy, Rajkumar
Story,Screenplay &
Direction : Ram Gopal
Varma
Cast: Vivek Oberoi,
Abhimanyu Singh,
Shatrughan Sinha, Kota,
Radhika Apte, Zareena
Wahab, Sushant Singh,
Tanikella, Subhalekha
Sudhakar, Vishwajeet
Pradhan, Rajendra Gupta,
Ashish Vidyarthi, Kitty etc.
Release Date: 22nd Oct
2010
Review
Story
Noted MLA Narasimha
Reddy (Kitty) has got a
trusted aide in the form of
Veerabhadriah (Rajendra
Gupta) in Anandapuram
area.
However, Narasimha’s
relative Nagamani Reddy
(Kota) is unable to take
this for reasons of caste
and losing his presence. He
plants a seed of friction
and in no time, Narasimha
Reddy gets Veerabhadriah
killed. This enrages
Veerabhadriah ’s elder son
Shankar Ravi (Sushant) and
he gets into a killing spree
and operates from forests.
Veerabhadriah’s younger
son Pratap Ravi (Vivek)
who is away from all this
gets to know of this and
before he realizes, Shankar
Ravi also gets killed. He
vows revenge on his father
and brother’s killers and in
this process, Narasimha
Reddy, Nagamani Reddy
and others are brutally
killed. Nagamani Reddy ’s
son Bukka Reddy
(Abhimanyu) who is insane
to the core is unable to
take this and he becomes
Pratap ’s main enemy.
Meanwhile, the rise of
Pratap as opposite force to
Bukka Reddy is noticed by
Shivaji Rao (Shatrughan)
who sets a new party and
he decides to lift Pratap to
put an end to Bukka
Reddy. What happens after
that forms the rest of the
story.
Artists Performance:
Vivek Oberoi is an apt
choice, his eyes deliver the
sufficient emotion of
revenge and his body
language is intense. He has
done full justice to his role.
Abhimanyu Singh is a
complete show stealer. His
menacing looks and his
cold blooded performance
will give some spine chilling
moments.
Shatrughan Sinha was
contained and it must be
said that traces of real life
N T Rama Rao are quite
prominent in his gestures
and dialogue delivery.
Kota was perfect, Radhika
was naturally appealing,
Zarina was neat, Tanikella
was impressive and he
made his presence felt,
Rajendra Gupta was
adequate, Sushant was
brief, Ashish Vidyarthi was
alright, Subhalekha
Sudhakar was standard,
Subrat Dutta was good, the
others did their bit as
required and added value.
Highlights:
Symbolism shots with
respect to showing a cycle
in Shivaji Rao (Shatrugan
Sinha) ’s place (recalling
TDP and NTR), usage of left
had, addressing as ‘brother'
are impressive.
Showing a dog barking
after the death of Naga
Mani Reddy (Kota) depicts
‘ kukka chaavu'..That’s
impressive.
Ram Moorthy (Tanikella)
saying to Pratap Ravi ‘to
shave beard as a politician
should look clean at face
although dirty at heart'
Bukka Reddy’s introduction
scene
Disappointments:
RGV’s voice over is
overflowing. It’s not a radio
drama to explain
everything with a voice
over. Whatever RGV is
saying in voice, is being
conveyed visually! It
disturbed the mood to
some extent.
Pratap Ravi stays in forest
as per the dialogue. But he
stays in a dusty hill area
that hardly looks like a
forest. It may sound trivial,
but when such
observations linger in mind,
some audience gets
distracted from the mood.
Why Dabbunnoda song?
The context is not
convincing.
Challenges:
The subject chosen is quite
hard hitting so one needs
to have some background
information before actually
connecting to the film.
Facing criticism with respect
to Shivai Rao ’s (a replica of
NTR) characterization and
converting it into publicity
element.
Facing criticism and
questions with respect to
‘ pedda sir' (implying YSR)
and again converting it into
a publicity element
Mood is suddenly dropping
down at the conclusion
point of the movie. Waiting
till Part-2 to get
completeness in feeling is a
challenge for audience and
it’s challenge for maker to
sustain interest for 1
month till Part-2 release.
Final Analysis:
“Goodness or badness can
never be anyone’s property.
They are situational.
If a man is hunger free, he
showers only goodness. But
if any sort of hunger (be it
lust, power craving or
greed or vengeance) hits
him, he spells badness'.
Rakta Charitra is a fiction
based on historical facts.
It ’s rather powerful to say
that it’s a true depiction of
human emotions.
It ’s a tour to extreme
human beings.
Ramayan or Mahabharat or
any chronicled history in
dramatic form depicts the
extremities of emotions in
every character. For
example if Karna is known
for generosity, its shown
with eccentricity of
chopping off his own
armored skin to offer for a
beggar. If Bheeshma is
known for sacrifice, its
shown in extreme point of
choosing life time celibacy
to keep himself and his
legacy far from kingship.
Any drama holds grip only
when the characterizations
are strong. This fact was
known for dramatists right
from Veda Vyasa and
Valmiki. Similar path is now
chosen by Ram Gopal
Varma is depicting a
historical fact in dramatic
form. Telugu Movie
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He has shown Bukka Reddy
as a determined rapist (!)
and dedicated murderer (!)
.The incidents canned
around this
characterization are
extreme in imagination.
Pratap Ravi is shown as a
bad guy, but for a true
reason (since he is chosen
to be the hero of the plot).
Ram Gopal Varma is a
master of movie making
and an expert storyteller.
This is seen here yet again.
As such, the storyline can
be understood in few
words and there is nothing
unpredictable about it but
then it is the way Ramu
takes off with each scene
and how he gets the viewer
into the film which counts.
His screenplay techniques
and shot compositions are
one of those dexterities he
possesses. Perhaps a
layman might find the
visual appeal to be dim but
then there are few flashes
of his brilliance which are
seen on and off. The focus
was more on the emotion
of the protagonist and the
villain so that is a challenge
to handle for more than
two hours.
On the other hand, it is not
a typical Varma
characterization where
most of the actors give
hard expressions, talk less
and convey more. Here the
characters speak sufficient
and sometimes little
verbose!! But still there is a
rhythm in their
performance and it
connects to the regular
audience.
On a whole it’s a movie
about the raise of a
leader.
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