NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Infamousta brilliant actors, brilliant editing

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

silvan-desouza RGV a name synomonous with quality gangster films, SATYA, COMPANY are few of examples and also SARKAR but then came his decline when he started crap films like JAMES, SHIVA(2006) and then the disaster AAGRGV started making back to back craps with overuse of weird angles, loud background music.etcRAKHT CHARITRA brings RGV back in form though it sounds like a routine action film yet it's a brilliant film which focuses on real story of Paritala Ravindra The film starts off with very well though there are overdose of killings especially once Bukka's character is introduced but slowly we are seeped into the world of Ravi.Vivek's introduction is well handled and slowly and steadily the revenge angle starts and though the killings are at times too gruesome making you squirm yet it appears justified.There are several scenes which are well handled like Rajendra Gupta's murder, Vivek bashing the cop in police station, The twist in Vivek's character and the killings that follow are well handled tooBukka's scenes too are very well handled and keep you engrossed The film does dip at times but still shocks you too at several places The twist when Shatrughan enters the frame and then the political drama is well handled and till the end which introduces the sequel it's well handledThere are problems too like the constant loud background music, the repetitive voice-over by the old Chetan Shashital which gets to the nervesDirection by RGV is good though he has handled such films before Music(only 1 song) is strictly okay though the background title song is goodVivek Oberoi handles his character perfectly, the role suits him to the T, Nice to see him back in such roles after a long time Shatrughan Sinha plays almost himself in the role and after a long time the veteran gets such a meaty roles where he does a good job despite his short length of role he leaves a huge mark Radhika Apte is decent, Zarina Wahab is good as Vivek's mother Abhimanyu Singh is awesome as Bukka Reddy, his mere presence leaves a huge mark Nice to see him getting his due Rajendra Gupta is good too, Ashish Vidhyarthi leaves a mark Anupam Shyam is good, Kota Srivasana Rao, Sushmita Mukherjee are decent Sushant Singh is excellent Sudeep and Darshan Jhariwala hav just 1 scene Ashwini Kalsekar is awesome in her small role

Vikas SS Rakht Charitra I is the first of the two part saga on politics of the 90's in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh riddled with factionism and revenge killings. With his latest entry, Ram Gopal Verma is back to what he knows best, gangsters and violence.Supposedly a biopic of a slain politician from the region, the movie traces the entry of young Pratap Ravi (Vivek Oberoi) into the path of violence from where he steps into politics. The killings begin when Pratap's father falls out with local politicians Narasimha Reddy & Nagamani Reddy leading to his murder and his brother death in a fake encounter. Pratap goes on to avenge the deaths by killing the Reddy duo. Politics beckon him when actor turned politician, Sivaji Rao is on the look out for someone who can take on the sons of Nagamani Reddy, Bukka and Puru, the latter running for the State Assembly. Despite attempts by Bukka to sabotage the elections, Pratap wins the seat. What follows next is to be seen in the forthcoming flick.Predictably, this flick is all about Bloodshed and an ominous background score. Well, the humming of the movie's name in the background has an uncanny resemblance to the 'Govinda' humming seen in Verma's Sarkar. The killings which include driving a drill bit into the head or guillotine with a Surgarcane cutter can be quite unsettling.Some good acting holds the movie together. While Vivek Oberoi doesn't put a foot wrong as the protagonist, it is Abhimanyu Singh who takes the cake for his portrayal of the brutal and despicable Bhukka Reddy, the key antagonist of the first film. Usual screen baddies, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Ashish Vidyarthi et al too make their mark. Radhika Apte as Pratap's love interest and consort has not much of a role except for looking wide-eyed as the politics unfold in front of her. Shatrugan Sinha's portrayal of NTR's likeliness is also noteworthy. The second movie releasing later this month would feature Tamil star Surya as the protagonist's arch nemesis Suri.With Bollywood audiences already having changed preferences from violence to comedy, this doesn't come as a typical movie goer's weekend entertainer. Not having an item song that is typical to this genre could have had its effect the film's marketing. If not for anything else, those keen on having a glimpse of the region's politics in the not so distant past, can give Rakht Charitra a try.

pratip-apz Ram Gopal Varma has given Bollywood some of it's most famous movies. But may be he has given all he had, because in Rakht Charitra I he tries to stuff in all the elements he ever had in his kitty. What new he adds to it is sheer loudness. A grumpy,irritating voice-over unnecessarily explaining what we could otherwise easily see with our eyes and make out leaves not much for the audience to do - treating them like school children being dramatically read out a history lesson in class. And the overtly loud background music, with repeated,unnecessary,harsh chantings(whose meaning we couldn't often make out) tries to keep the audience engrossed in their 'lesson' and never miss the feel - but it fails miserably as it sounds simply ridiculous at times and doesn't go with the pace of the film. May be RGV was too afraid that his audience would not be able to relate to his story, like they couldn't in Agyat,Aag,Darling,Nishabd etc.The director overdoes with some of his poor clichés which he should have done away with by this time, like trying to involve the family a bit too much and not transforming characters well with time. Women readying breakfast on the table while serious matters are dealt with a few hands away; the maid cleaning a candle-stand while state-level politics is being discussed in the room and with a transformed Vivek Oberoi his aides' wardrobes remain pretty much the same as before. Similar things we have seen and spared in hits like Company and Satya - but we expect the director not to repeat them emphatically, which he does here! May be all these to hide the bit jumbled up script.In terms of acting is where the film does best - with a host of talented actors(a few too many, one may think) with bits of parts to play. Vivek has a little lesser screen-presence to my liking and does look a touch confused n shaky with his characterization right from his first scene where he strolls a scooter down the neighbourhood.(not a grand entry) But he does well to get into his character as the film progresses. And the topsy-turvy transformation journey he is set into is handled efficiently, showing glimpses of his earlier brilliance in the dying scenes of the film. May be RGV could have left a bit more on his shoulders since he is supposed to be the central character - hopefully we will see more of him in the 2nd part. Shatrughan Sinha is provided with the bulk of the smart dialogues which he does justice to. But the show is stolen by badman Abhimanyu Singh who gets lots of screen presence and intrigues some real fear in this otherwise hyped-to-be- violent movie. Almost all the violence is left to him alone and will be missed in the 2nd part. Radhika Apte and Subroto Sen deserve mention for their expressive characterization! The kind of violence didn't intrigue the nausea I had prepared for(prepared for a lot) but it's the music and voice-over which does the job instead! The Telegu version I guess is a better watch with a more suiting screenplay and better dialogues(don't know about the voice-over?)Better can be expected of the 2nd part.

missionbegins2011 The movie tackles a revenge story that a guy (vivek) successfully takes for the murder of his wannabe politicians father and brother and ends up becoming a robin hood kinda politician himself, Story is fairly simple but execution is quite brilliant. Technically the movie is completely an RGV movie, Close up shots, awkward camera angles, sporadic use of shaky cam, dim-lit, backgrounds, and loud but effective background score, in one scene the camera even takes a 360 degree rotation. The movie relies heavily on the treatment as the story is pretty straightforward and RGV does just that, By providing a heavy background score he builds tension and background score replaces dialog's at many places, Another strong point of the movie are the acting performances. Vivek has done a excellent job as expected of him 'cause of his previous gangster movie outings in company and shootout at lokhandwala, its a role which is made for vivek only and he does it with utmost ease, i am sure this movie is going to change his career for good, RGV also comes back in his company ,satya, sarkar mode and makes a realistic entertaining movie, shatrugan sinha also has done good justice to his rather short role .A special mention for abhimanyu singh who has played bukka reddy, haven't seen such a terrifying evil act ever in any movie, his bloodshot eyes , ruthless expressions and merciless killings is enough to give the fainthearted nightmares, kudos for the brilliant performance. The movie is quite graphic in nature , the killings are brutal and so are the depicted atrocities on women, certainly not a fare for people who like to stay away from gore but else everyone should like it 8/10