The entire state was left shocked with the murder of Maddelacheruvu Suri yesterday. It is known that eccentric director Ramgopal Varma has filmed Rakta Charitra on Ananthapur’s factionism as backdrop and showcased the rivalry between Paritala Ravi and Maddelacheruvu Suri.
The team of Rakta Charitra says they were left shocked with the news. RGV tweets, “By the time I finished Rakta Charitra the reality became a film for me and now this incident jolted me back into shocking reality. It’s shocking to see a person with whom I have been interacting with for over a year for research of Rc just lying there lifeless.”
Speaking to media Suriya, said, “I was in a shock after listening to the news. No human being should get such death.”
Vivek Oberoi too expressed his grief over Suri’s death.
RGV, Suriya’s ‘Rakta Charitra 2’ is all set to hit the screens world-wide tomorrow. The first part of the film has made unpredictable collections all over. Vivek Oberoi played the role of Paritala Ravi, the main lead in the film. Rakata Charitra 2 introduces Suriya and Priyamani’s roles, the real-life characters of Maddelacheruvu Suri and his wife.
RGV has earlier informed that Rakta Charitra is both Vivek and Suriya’s film in many events. Suriya informs that he is a real life friend of Vivek and he has never expected rivalry with Vivek onscreen.
Surya says, “It’s a dream come true playing this role. I was in talks with RGV in finalizing a script from 5 years and finally I’m happy with this Suri’s role.”
He further tells, “I had to just hang on to be my character, be positive and honest. I didn’t think about Vivek or for that matter what I had done in the past. I had to be passionate about this (Maddelacheruvu Suri’s) character, his thoughts, and his point of view. The character feels that what he felt was right in his own philosophy.” Rakta Charitra 2 Movie Review
Ram Gopal Varma’s Rakta Charitra 2 is all set to hit theaters tomorrow. As the first part proved to be a profitable venture for the buyers, there are lots of expectations on Rakta Charitra 2. Ram Gopal Vamra cleverly held back the real interesting elements in this film and just given a feel of Rakta Charitra in part 1.
As per the reliable sources, Rakta Charitra 2 is better than its predecessor in many ways. Ram Gopal Varma has focused on the emotions in this film rather than banking on the gruesome violence. He has edited all those excessive violent scenes from part 2 to make it appealing to larger section of audience.
It is said that Surya has given his career best performance in this film. He along with RGV is the USP of Rakta Charitra 2, and for those who come to watch Surya’s mesmerizing performance won’t be disappointed it seems. Of course there are many a scene in this film to raise controversies and hence, keeping the film in news.
Rakta Charitra 2 is having a large scale release compared to that of part 1 and therefore with all its merits it is expected to beat the first part in every aspect, be it collections or records.
Rakta Charitra 2 movie got many reasons to be regarded as one of the most awaited films of the season. Rakta Charitra movie is directed by Ram Gopal Varma and is made in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil simultaneously. Rakta Charitra 1 has created lot of interest on the second part and no wonder people who watched part 1 are waiting for the second part with bated breathe. Tamil version Ratha Charithram is released as a single film though.
As it is a Ram Gopal Varma film based on two powerful real life characters, Rakta Charitra has all reasons to gain the attention of filmgoers. Did the film meet the expectations? Is it worth the wait? Know the details in Rakta Charitra Movie Review…
Review
Story
Surya (Suriya) plans a bomb attack to kill Pratap Ravi (Vivek Oberoi), but the latter escapes it with minor injuries. Pratap gets to know that Surya is son of Narasimha Reddy, who got killed by him. Pratap orders his men to kill who all helped Surya to plan an attack against him. Police takes Surya’s wife Bhavani (Priyamani) into custody and to ensure her safety, Surya surrenders to police. He reworks on another plan to kill Pratap by sitting in the jail.
Who is Surya? Why is he dying to kill Pratap Ravi? Flashback unfolds… Surya is son of wicked politician Narasimha Reddy who has brutally killed Pratap’s father and brother and in turn was killed by Pratap Ravi. Even after his father’s death, Surya doesn’t try to take revenge on Pratap. He plans for a peaceful life along with his family. But by then Pratap Ravi has turned a political power and orders his men to eliminate all his enemies. In that process, Surya’s family gets killed by the TV bomb placed by Pratap’s men. With his family dying for no reason, Surya avenges their death. 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. Telugu Movie Reviews
Artists Performance:
Surya is terrific. His eyes do all the talking in this film and RGV simply highlighted those eyes with his typical lighting schemes. Watch out for Surya’s eyes when he sits in the shadows and speak. He looks like a tiger on the prowl. His performance in the scene when his family gets killed in a bomb attack is outstanding. Vivek Oberoi, who looked convincing in the first part, is below the mark in this part. May be it is due to the sliding graph of his characterization in this version. The director deliberately made his character look weak here. Vivek is simply outdone by Surya in the only confrontation scene in between them.
Priyamani is perfect as Bhavani. Radhika Apte scores brownie points towards the climax. Shatrughan Sinha doesn’t have much to do here. Sudeep is as brilliant as always, and his presence is felt. Subhalekha Sudhakar plays an important character and so is Tanikella Bharani.
Analysis:
Ram Gopal Varma played cat and mouse game in the first part of this film. He has deliberately held back the ‘crux’ of this story to the second part and simply focused on giving details about Paritala Ravi’s origin and his growth as a politician. BUT, Rakta Charitra film is not just about that. It has not created so much buzz because of the content shown in part 1. Rakta Charitra is mainly highlighted and hyped because of the feud between Paritala Ravi and Maddelacheruvu Suri. Audiences have been waiting for this film to get to know in detail about what has happened between them.
Ram Gopal Varma, being a shrewd businessman, besides being a spectacular filmmaker, has cleverly made two films with single story. He made the first part of the film without even introducing Suri’s role. Hence, people who watched the first part were forced to wait for the second part to release.
But, unfortunately, Rakta Charitra 2 isn’t worth the wait. Ram Gopal Varma’s ploy to market his film and to make audience buy two tickets to watch a single film works on the economical front. However, the master filmmaker disappointed with his take on real ‘Rakta Charitra’. This ‘Reel’ Charitra is just made to cash on the interest that surrounded the real incidents.
Ram Gopal Varma simplified many things to his will and twisted the tale to his convenience. Did he do this out of pressure on him or did he grab only that much from the actual happenings? Only RGV knows better.
Rakta Charitra 2 is also a dragged film like the part 1. Ram Gopal Varma simply dragged the film to the maximum to make it count as a feature film. There are hardly four to five scenes in this film. Only that were repeatedly told or dragged for minutes together kicking the patience out of audience bodies and brains. Ram Gopal Varma should have made this one as single film and that would have made this look even better. Due to his deliberate ploy to release it in two parts and cash on the ‘substance’, Ram Gopal Varma has separated this one into two parts. Neither the story nor the treatment demanded this extended version. May be Ratha Charithram as a single film, would seem much better and packed than this blown up Rakta Charitra.
Despite the dragged screenplay and boring scenes, Rakta Charitra 2 has its moments. The attack on Surya when in court and the outburst of Surya after the death of his family is simply superb. Even the fight in the jail is praiseworthy. With these scenes, Ram Gopal Varma shows why he is at the top. His vision can bring any emotion on to the screen brilliantly, and the above mentioned sequences support this statement.
Climax of this film is the real spoiler as everyone is well aware of what has really happened. Had Ram Gopal Varma dealt this part with finesse, the final impact might have been several notches above than what it is now. Ram Gopal Varma might have removed most of his voice over part from volume 2 after receiving flak for his work in Rakta Charitra 1. That is a saving grace indeed.
Technicalities:
Back ground score is good but not as engrossing as in the first part. Dialogues are okay. ‘Bharya Bharya ki change untundi’ dialogue mouthed by Sudeep got audience in splits. Cinematography is one of the biggest plusses. Editing is Okay. On technical front, Rakta Charitra is good. No complaints whatsoever.
Plus Points:
- Surya’s performance - Background score
Minus points:
- Too much twisting of the real tale - Dragging screenplay and content less scenes. - Poor climax
Final Analysis:
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.
We are aware that Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Rakta Charitra 1’ was released last month and was successful. After the success of Part 1, the audience’s expectations for the Part 2 have raised high. In order to bring quality film in front of the audience, there was a delay in post production works due to which the release date of Part 2 also got postponed from November last week to December 3rd.
Informing this to the media C Kalyan said, “We thank the media and the audience for rendering their support in the success of ‘Rakta Charitra’. Part 2 of ‘Rakta Charitra’ would thrill the audience more than that of Part 1. Ram Gopal Varma has designed the Part 2 in a new dimension. I’m very confident that the Part 2 would become a bigger hit. The film will have a grand opening on December 3rd. The audience have already seen Vivek Oberoi’s outstanding performance in the Part 1. Now they are going to see Surya’s remarkable performance in the second part of the film. Alongside Surya, Priyamani also played her role excellently. There are neither heroes nor villains in this film. The audience will see only the characters and the situations. The second part has many heart wrenching scenes.”
With Vivek Oberoi, Surya, Radhika Apte and Priyamani in central roles, ‘Rakta Charitra’ is jointly produced by Madhu Mantena, Chinna Vasudeva Reddy, Raj Kumar and Sheetal Vinod Talwar.
