Telugu Movie review - Rakta Charitra 2, Rakta Charitra - 2 (Telugu) Review

Ram Gopal Varma has put forward his next sequel to the gruesome thriller "Rakta Charitra" which took one on a tour through the life and times of Paritala Ravi, a factionist who rose to unimaginable heights and attained power. The prequel sketched the story of his way from being an innocent job-seeker to an outlaw in the jungles and then makes his way to the highest echelons of politics by being a messiah to the poor, indulging in gruesome murders to avenge the wicked Bokka Reddy.
                                              


The sequel Rakta Charitra Part 2 will show you the other side of the coin i.e. it is Surya Narayana Reddy, aka Maddelacheruvu Suri's revenge on Paritala Ravi because the latter had killed Suri's entire family. This movie will also show the cold-blooded conspiracy and the trick plots set by Suri which was done for taking revenge against Paritala Ravi.

Rakta Charitra 2, will feature Surya, the hero of Ghajini fame as Suri, a blood-thirsty, revengeful characters who is in imprisonment. Ram Gopal Varma chose to make the film in two parts because he wanted to show both the facets to Paritala Ravi's life; one as the messiah and powerful politician who turned to be the Saviour of many people, the other side portrayed him as the target and the object of wrath of a wronged man...

However, the sequel is filled with too much violence and show numerous ways of inflicting pain & torture. After 2 hours of mind-numbing torture and extreme violence where heads, limbs and all sorts of body parts are ripped apart, RGV chooses to advocate and be preachy at the end by showing the senselessness of violence. This message is lost somewhere due to the heavy duty effect of all the blood flowing endlessly and bodies being ripped apart mercilessly.

Southern Star Surya had done a good job in this film as his presence is effective and conveys the anger, revenge he has through his eyes.

Vivek oberoi, who performed well in the first sequel, has not stood out in this film as all he does is flaring his nose and being angry about everything.

Overall, Rakta Charitra 2 does not live up to the expectations of the aam junta and is not as good as its prequel.




Credits:
Rating: 3/5
Punchline: fiction in slow-motion
Genre: Action
Type: Straight
Banner: Cinergy Movies


Cast: Surya, Vivek Oberoi, Priyamani, Shatrughan Sinha, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Radhika Apte, Zareena Wahab, Sushant Singh, Tanikella Bharani, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Rajendra Gupta, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kitty and Ram Gopal Varma (voice-over)


Music: Dharam Sandeep
Cinematography: Amol Rathod
Editing: Bhanodaya/Nipun Ashok Gupta 
Dialogues: Nageswara Rao
Fights: Javed Eijaz
Story - screenplay - direction: Ram Gopal Varma
Producer: Madhu Mantena, Sheetal Vinod Talwar, Chinna Vasudeva Reddy, Rajkumar
Release date: 3 December 2010
Theater watched: Screen 1, Prasads, Hyderabad
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Review

Story Pratap (Vivek Oberai) escapes from an assassination attempt made by Surya (Suriya). It is later revealed that Surya is son of Narasimha Reddy who was the main enemy of Pratap. Pratap’s team hunts down all the people who helped Surya. Meanwhile, Surya surrenders himself before court and is jailed. Surya starts hatching plans from jail. Muddu Krishna gets attracted to Surya and becomes his devoted follower. The rest of the story is all about how Surya succeeds in killing Pratap. Artists Performance Surya is a perfect choice for the character of Suri. There is a scene before the interval of the movie in which they didn’t show the mutilated bodies in the TV bomb blasts. RGV has shown the horror and sadness in the eyes of Suriya. This scene speaks volumes about how an actor could be used to create superb effect of a bomb blast without actually showing the people who died in it. Priyamani is authentic as a supportive wife of Surya. Sudeep has a vital role in this movie. Subhalekha Sudhakar plays an important character. Most of the character characters are from the part 1. Technical departments Story: When one is inspired by a real story, it is pretty evident that people look for authenticity of the story. Rakta Charitra 1 is very close to the reality. But the part 2 looks more like fictional and the people who expect real story might get disappointed. Part one has many interesting and true-to-real-life killings. But part two has only three major killings (Rama Naidu studios bomb blast (opening shot), TV bomb blast (interval shot) and Pratap assassination (climax). In the part 1 of Rakta Charitra, RGV explains the basic reason for Pratao going into politics is to get power so that nobody can touch him. RGV shows in part 2 that Pratap is killed while being in power. In real, Paritala Ravi was killed because his government was not in the power. Hence the people who followed Paritala Ravi life story might not be satisfied with the climax of the movie. Screenplay - direction: The way he hid Surya’s thread in the part one and narrated it as a flashback in the part two is good. Since the part 2 didn’s have enough engaging raw material, RGV has explored the emotional quotient in terms of Surya-Pratap rivalry and Surya-Bhavani understanding. Direction of RGV is intense in certain parts of the movie. Other departments: Music by Dharam Sandeep is as good as in the part one. However, there are not many commercially engrossing scenes in the second part to use the peppy RC background music. Dialogues by Nageswara Rao (mostly RGV’s) are good. One such dialogue is ‘Rajakeeyamantha Yes and No la madhya vundi’ (Tanikella Bharani in movie). The other dialogue is a comment on wives (we see similar one in Naa Istam book). Camera work is very good. In addition to close ups and innovative framing, RGV tilted the scene by 180 degrees in a couple of scenes. Art direction is authentic. Analysis: If this film were made in one part, I would have written first half of the movie is good (Rakta Charitra part 1) and second half should have been better (Rakta Charitra part 2). The orientation of these two parts is different. Part 1 was played to galleries and Part 2 is dwelled more on emotional content. The plus points of the movie are Surya and a few intense scenes. On the flip side, narration is slow and story is highly fictional. We have to wait and see how part 2 of the successful Rakta Charitra fares at the box office. Tailpiece: The ‘Kathulatho Savasam’ song that comes at the end of the movie is really haunting. RGV rendered this song with so much of passion and sanctity we only find in those patriots who sing Vande Mataram.