Rakhi- With a combition of energitic mass hero Jr.NTR and creative director Krishnavamsi...made people awaited with enthusiasm.
This movie is like filling a predefined template. The template is that a bad thing in society by some bad people--people suffering a lot on that--which irritates the hero in all possible ways--strats killing the people involved in that so that it frightens other people...By this time one can remember films like Bharateedu, Tagore, Apparichitudu, Ganesh etc. In this movie, the bad thing of that template is girls/ladies being suffered on various things like sexual harassments,eve teasing,Dowry cases etc. Hero to start murders, he should be having some flashback in which he goes to some depression which makes him to avenge on that. In this movie for a change, it does nt have a flashback, first half starts happily asusual and ends with hero in depression.
Jr.NTR has a sister(shows lot of love on her), father(Chandra mohan) and girl friend(Ileana). And Charmi is his sister-in-law. NTR and family plan for his sister's marriage with NRI with great difficulties as they have to give them huge dowry. Great difficulty involves NTR leaving ileana and accepting for marriage with Charmi as Charmi's mother gives money(saved for charmi's marriage) for his sister's dowry with a request that he has to marry her daughter. Within this, director shows some instances of girls/ladies suffering in various scenes. After his sister's marriage, they come to know that guy/family is not good and they are making the girl suffer. But still they send her to that family with a sentiment that she has to stay with in-laws (which is not practical/natural these days (though NTR doesnt want)). The in-laws of the girl wanted more dowry. NTR gets 5lakhs by selling his railway job to Sunil who is in bad need of that.Even after taking money, they burn his sister in keorsene. Now one can imagine the reaction of NTR. Out of great depression, he remains silent.
NTR family get bad outcome when they approach court. NTR starts killing the people who are torturing girls/ladies starting with his sister's inlaws. He completes more than 40 murders in 1 day all with petrol. Sushasini, the sincere police officer launched to catch NTR is very bigmouthed. People killed by NTR include minister's son.Minister abuses Sushasini and even kicks her because of his son's death. At that time Suhasini feels that what NTR doing is correct but tries to catch him. NTR after completing killing of his targeted prople, he himself admits to the police. During and due to the murders, NTR gets very much populated in the media especially girls/ladies come to jail to tie a Rakhi to him.Minister wants to take revenge on NTR and plans for a bomb blast at jail and in that Charmi and few girls die. NTR will be taken to minister's house by Sushasini and lets him kill the minister. Then the court scene in which hero justify the cause of killing people, talks about the girls/ladies being suffered and judge(Prakash Raj) gets convinced and decides to argue as a Lawyer behalf of him to rescue him from the punishment. And movie ends with NTR saying "Dont wait/expect for a brother like me.You should be couraguos enough handle the problems" to girls/ladies.
NTR's performance is good showing all his energy in the furious emotional scenes. One can imagine his kind of action with emotions. But his looks are not up to the mark. He has to work on that. Ileana has got a performance oriented role (for a change) as a Journalist, sacrificing her love and she fully proved herself. Her performance is good. Charmi, as a village girl is okay. Dubbed with her own voice doesnt suit much for the village slang. Music by Devi is just okay. "Zara zara" and "Rakhi rakhi" are the highlights.
Taking the movie on a whole it not a that creative output from Krishna Vamsi. But he handled the script well.The message it has given touches ladies well. And this is not a movie for NTR mass fans...This movie is worth watching once. We can feel the message given.
