Surya's welcome to Bollywood
10 October 2011
Warning: Spoilers
RGV returned to gangster films with RAKHT CHARITRA 1 released in October 2010 which showed the real life of Paritala Ravindra

RAKHT CHARITRA 2 is it's sequel which for once released just in 2 months of the original release.

The film shows the tale of revenge by Surya based on real life eniemy Suri

In this film the focus is more on how Suri tries to kill Pratap and seek revenge

It starts with a blast followed by a recap for 30 minutes of the original which does ruin the impact and also the voice-over by Chetan Shashital sounding so screechy

There are several scenes well handled like Surya's fight in the jail, his flashback and also the finale which is superb

The film lacks in bloody and gore scenes which unlike the original are kept to minimum, even the characters of Shatrughan Sinha and some more important characters take a backseat

The character of Bukka Reddy which left a huge mark in the original has just 1 scene in the sequel understanding that he was killed in the original but yet the impact is missing even in the flashback scene

The film also follows the typical gangster genre and moves on a predictable zone

Direction by RGV is good Music is okay Camera-work suffers from RGV syndrome, with all the cuts, weird angles some scenes even have the camera do a total upside down and 360 degree angle

Vivek Oberoi was superb in the original but in the remake though he does a good job mostly he is stuck with the same mannerisms and too much nostril flaring Surya makes a superb debut to Hindi film with a terrific display of talent and expressions, though his Hindi is not that good but that is forgiven as it's his first Hindi film He steals the show Sudeep who got less scope in the original does a superb job in the sequel, though his character is typical he leaves a huge mark in a subtle way unlike most loud characters Amongst rest Anupam Shyam is good, Shatrughan Sinha does a good job here too but his role lacks the meat of the original, Priyamani and Radhika Apte are good in their parts Zarina Wahab is okay
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