surya's ratha charithiram
Starring: Suriya, Vivek Oberoi,Priyamani,Shatrughan Sinha,Sasi,Sudeep
Direction: Ram Gopal Varma
Music: Mani Sharma
Production: RamGopalVarma
| Rakhta Charithra 1st part which was released in telugu wnd hindi, which showcased politics and gang-wars in Ananthaapur district in AP, was well received by the public. Though many felt the movie was a bit gory, public gave a collective thumbs up to it. Since the first part was mostly about Paritala Ravindra, Vivekk Oberoi hoged most of the screen time. Raktha Charithra was not released in Tamil Nadu due to reasons best known to the production unit.With the time ripe and year coming to a close, Ratha Charithiram, the second installment, is ready to be screened in movie halls this weekend. With Ravi gaining power and rising in stature, Ratha Charithram will show his nemesis Surya Narayana Reddy (Suriya) getting the better off him. Suriya will have Priyamani as his wife in the movie and judging by the trailers, fans of hardcore action movies would be treated to an action extravaganza. The movie also has the legendary Shatrughan Sinha, Radhika Apte and Ashish Vidyarthi in powerful roles. second part story: Well, to put the second part story in a nut shell, the Chief Minister of the PrajaDesam Party refuses to support Pratap Ravi, in vanquishing his enemy Surya (Surya), who is beginning to become a major irritant in the ministry and also with intelligence reports predicting the government's downfall in the ensuing Assembly elections. Winning an election is important for Pratap Ravi and he makes umpteen attempts to kill Surya in the jail while the latter is seething with revenge and discontent. PratapRavi has been let off in the TVbomb case due to lack of proof and Surya has been jailed for attempting to blow him in a car. Now the rest of the story is about the poetic justice, an answer to death is by death. Instead of ending the film on this note the filmmaker falters in justifying their killings and saying that no person is good or bad, it's the situations that drive them into the action. While the first part glorified Pratapp Ravi and his intention in killing his adversaries, here the epilogue has the cop warning Surya and giving an example of Pratap Ravi's motives and how a revenge never ends and one ends up getting sucked in factionism and political killings. The cop tells Surya that Pratap Ravi never was the cause of the TV blast and this was revealed to him by Pratap's wife Nandini. Surya on the other hand tells the cop that now that he has avenged the killing of his family, he will not go further and become a Pratap Ravi. So far so good, wish we could have another film on those people who are no way directly related but have laid down their lives for their leaders in the name of loyalty. Contrary to this line, there is an interesting insight by Ram Gopal Varma on this, on one occasion when Surya is plotting to kill Pratap Ravi, he tells his man that a body guard is meant to be there for protecting a live person and not to lay down his life for a dead man. In Rakta Charitra 2, one gets to see not blood shed or anything that would evoke horror or disgust but, the director makes the victim, Surya express his angst through his eyes alone leaving the audiences to feel and fathom, how gruesome the act and it's intensity, the impact had been. His magnetism, his eyes keeps the enterprise on tracks. |
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