Well intentioned. We live in morbid times. Our faith in the system is
definitely eroded. Rape and corruption is everyday occurrence and the citizen
is yawning at it rather than shouting against it. Societal trauma has been
replaced by a cynical indifference and the result is for all to see in the
polity. Today when a film maker decides to take on a tale of rape and lace it
up with corruption, you yawn and so: Oh! Not again! This is even more so when
the end product is lacking is grip and is more characterised by an amateur
approach.
Our protagonist Janaki Ram (Venkat Rahul) is a straight guy who has been tutored
by dad (Nagendra Babu) a teacher. Influenced by the teachings and the life
style of his Dad Janaki is exposed to the wild bad world when as an government
servant he decides to fight the bad and the corrupt. At Lal Nagar lands are up
for grabs and the bad bad guys who are beating up people and making pulp out of
them find the going tough with his presence. He works in an office where no one
is at work and his boss (Tanikella Bhararani) is corrupt but with a soft corner
for the idealist colleague.
Before you can say alias, Janaki falls in love with neighbour Chaitra (Anisha
Amrose) who plays the most ill sketched character in the film. We no not after
the entire film whether she is innocent or stupid, exploitative and
manipulative or warm and caring. Never mind, these details engage no one, not
debutant Director Daaya.
So resultantly we have two tracks: the romantic where the two are either in
fine locales mouthing melodies (and good ones at that!) or are in the midst of
chronology defying emotional trouble. Resultantly the love story is a non
starter. The other track is the simmering anger in the protagonist who is out
to be a one man protest against injustice and corruption. Rape is the added
flavour. So he is out to save a rape victim (Sri Ramya) from the hands of the
villain Maisa (Shatru) and his gang of unkept guys.
The one good feature of the film is that it is short. In fact the film maker
shows a lot more promise in the romantic scenes than in the violent ones and is
a good idea for him to test his wares with the former. Tanikella Baharani is
sincere and worth watching as always. Anisha Amrose has screen presence and
some day may be called upon to perform. Venkat Rahul comes with genes and thus
the expectations are high. He does everything you don’t expect from a normal
hero making his debut. He is quiet, reticent, hesitant and interesting and not
the guy who is belting well choreographed numbers at the drop of a hat. He has
a long way to go and brush up his raw areas. He is promising though.
Technically the film has some fine music and noteworthy cinematography from
Sujit Sarang. Brevity is the soul of wit, the Bard said and this film reflects
the virtue of brevity.