Rudhramadevi Movie Review
Anushka’s woman-centric film Rudhramadevi directed and
produced by Gunasekhar
has hit the theaters today in 3D and 2D formats. Firstshowz brings you Rudhramadevi Movie Review. Read on…
has hit the theaters today in 3D and 2D formats. Firstshowz brings you Rudhramadevi Movie Review. Read on…
Storyline
Set in the ancient Kakatiya dynasty of Orugallu ruled by Ganapathi
Devudu (Krishnam Raju), the story focuses on Ganapathi Devudu’s daughter
Rudramadevi (Anushka). Ganapathi Devudu
who fears the threatening invasions from neighboring rivals raises Rudramadevi
(Anushka) as his male successor as Rudradevudu to his empire. Rudramadevi keeps
her identity underwraps and grows to be a warrior to safeguard Kakatiya
dynasty, but her identity get revealed soon. How does she fight for the dynasty
now, and where does Gona Ganna Reddy(Allu Arjun) and Chalukya (Rana) fit in is to
be watched.
Artists Performances
Anushka is at her
best in the two-shade role as Rudradeva and as Rudramadevi, successful in
delivering varied emotions as female disguised as male. With her fiery streak
and imposing stature, she brought the powerfulness to the role.
Allu Arjun is the
show stealer as Gona Ganna Reddy. He strikes chord with masses with impressive
dialogue delivery, attitude and the Telangana dialect. He carried most part of
the movie on his shoulders with ease.
Prakash Raj and Krishnam Raju bring respect to their
characterizations leaving the strong impact, Rana Daggubati is handsome, but is limited to a brief role. His
role could have been more etched. Nithya
Menon bagged significant role and leaves her mark given the limited scope. Suman, Adithya Menon and Vikramjeet Virk in their wicked roles
are convincing. Ajay is apt.
Ulka Gupta, Srikanth
son Roshan, Lagadapati son Vikram Sahidev are promising while Vennela Kishore, Krishna
Bhagawan, Venu Madhav were wasted in poor roles. Rest of the cast filled
the screens.
Technician’s Role
Rudramadevi is the story of warrior queen and the glory of Kakatiya Kingdom
Ajay Vincent’s cinematography is inconsistent, while the
music didn’t go with the flow of the film though sounded melodious. The
background score is weak in elevations scenes. Sreekar Prasad’s editing is
jerky, and the action episodes and CG works are pathetically dealt. The poor VfX
works caused damage to the narration. Thota Tharan’s art work is brilliant and
Gunasekhar has spent lavishly on the palace sets, costumes and the jewellery.
Gunasekhar’s has put in lot of hard work and the film had
its moments but leaves us much to be desired. Production values are okay.
Analysis
Rudramadevi is Gunasekhar’s ambitious dream project, and he
must be applauded for coming up for making a film on historical-subject
emphasizing on the rich history and culture. However, Gunasekhar’s directorial
skills leave us a lot desired. Anushka looks regal and does her best for the
role including in the war scenes, but there could be lot of elevation scenes to
the iconic characterization. Instead, Gunasekhar has come out with a standout
role for Gona Ganna Reddy, and Allu Arjun is undoubtedly the major highlight of
the film.
The other major drawback is the narration drag and
inconsistent screenplay. The first half is decent with a very good buildup to
the story, but the second half is inconsistent with mediocre direction. The
story doesn’t move at fast pace around Rudramadevi’s characterization, it takes
lot of time to establish her as warrior queen. With too many characterizations
and actors, many get unnoticed with poor roles. The climax is weak, lacking the
needed emotional scenes and the poor VFX works played spoilsport.
Finally, Rudramadevi is a decent attempt with OK narration,
while Anushka and Allu Arjun steal the show. But Gunasekhar could have made it
a gripping movie, had he focused on the slow-paced second half. Nevertheless,
keep your expectations low and Rudramadevi may make a decent watch.
Finally
Rudramadevi- Give it a shot to learn the untold history!
RATING: 3/5
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