Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1996. When the whole sports fraternity wrote him off, he bounced back and won Tour De France championship for 7 times in a row from 1999-2005. And now King of Goontimes has survived the dud-movie cancer he was diagnosed with and is back with a Bloody, Violent and a gritty story.
Let me remind all people who had written him off, Ramu makes a violent comeback with the first installment of Rakht Charitra, based on the true violent story of Paritala Ravi. Pratap Ravi (Paritala Ravi or Vivek Oberoi) comes back to Anandpur to avenge his father’s gruesome death. Both Ravi and his barbaric opponent Bukka Reddy (Abhimanyu Singh) take turns in killing members of each other’s group in one of the most gruesome manner ever seen in Indian movies with hands being chopped, head chopped in sugarcane grinder, head crushed with boulders and blood
splurting all over the screen. Bukka reddy is evil personified. He is ruthless, kills everyone who comes in his way and even succeeds in scaring away NTR (Shatrughan Sinha), filmstar turned politician, from conducting a political campaign at Anandpur. Ravi joins hands with NTR and history is written with one of the worst rowdy known in AP becoming a minister. Ravi and his team devise a plan and kill Bukka reddy in a lodge in Hyderabad. And the movie ends abruptly with Suri (Surya) attacking Ravi’s convoy with a bomb only to be continued in the second installment.
Unconventional camera angles, loud background music mixed with a Sanskrit sloka, rusty look on characters marks the signature style of the talented Ramgopal Varma. Ramu is the undisputed king of Underworld, violence and dark movies. Its pure art on screen with Ramu enjoying penetrating deep into the dark territory he owns even when this remains a virgin territory for most directors in India. I shall say again “The King of Goontimes is back”. The killing sequences are done with violent grace as Ramu enjoys the moments with the audience left disturbed and amazed. Screenplay is crisp and gripping. Dialogues are minimal but it is the intense expressions and mannerisms of the characters which makes the movie a gripping watch.
Vivek Oberoi as Ravi is serious about his character does a good job and reminds you of his work in Company and Shootout at Lokhandwala. Shatrughan Sinha as NTR is enigmatic and yet funny each time he says “Topic Over”, but it is Abhimanyu Singh as Bukka reddy and Kota Srinivas Rao as Nagamani who make the movie worth the watch. Abhimanyu as the barbaric blood thirsty and lust hungry Bukka reddy with amazing animalistic performance bites well into the meaty role offered. He was awesome in Gulaal, and he is better in RC-1. I hope we get to see more of this talented actor in coming days. He leaves an indelible impression on you with his mannerism when he plays with a toy elephant or when he licks the gun or when he stares at a kidnapped lady’s bosom. Sudeep, Sushant singh and Ashish Vidyarthi do a good job in their small role.
Let me remind all people who had written him off, Ramu makes a violent comeback with the first installment of Rakht Charitra, based on the true violent story of Paritala Ravi. Pratap Ravi (Paritala Ravi or Vivek Oberoi) comes back to Anandpur to avenge his father’s gruesome death. Both Ravi and his barbaric opponent Bukka Reddy (Abhimanyu Singh) take turns in killing members of each other’s group in one of the most gruesome manner ever seen in Indian movies with hands being chopped, head chopped in sugarcane grinder, head crushed with boulders and blood
splurting all over the screen. Bukka reddy is evil personified. He is ruthless, kills everyone who comes in his way and even succeeds in scaring away NTR (Shatrughan Sinha), filmstar turned politician, from conducting a political campaign at Anandpur. Ravi joins hands with NTR and history is written with one of the worst rowdy known in AP becoming a minister. Ravi and his team devise a plan and kill Bukka reddy in a lodge in Hyderabad. And the movie ends abruptly with Suri (Surya) attacking Ravi’s convoy with a bomb only to be continued in the second installment.Unconventional camera angles, loud background music mixed with a Sanskrit sloka, rusty look on characters marks the signature style of the talented Ramgopal Varma. Ramu is the undisputed king of Underworld, violence and dark movies. Its pure art on screen with Ramu enjoying penetrating deep into the dark territory he owns even when this remains a virgin territory for most directors in India. I shall say again “The King of Goontimes is back”. The killing sequences are done with violent grace as Ramu enjoys the moments with the audience left disturbed and amazed. Screenplay is crisp and gripping. Dialogues are minimal but it is the intense expressions and mannerisms of the characters which makes the movie a gripping watch.
Vivek Oberoi as Ravi is serious about his character does a good job and reminds you of his work in Company and Shootout at Lokhandwala. Shatrughan Sinha as NTR is enigmatic and yet funny each time he says “Topic Over”, but it is Abhimanyu Singh as Bukka reddy and Kota Srinivas Rao as Nagamani who make the movie worth the watch. Abhimanyu as the barbaric blood thirsty and lust hungry Bukka reddy with amazing animalistic performance bites well into the meaty role offered. He was awesome in Gulaal, and he is better in RC-1. I hope we get to see more of this talented actor in coming days. He leaves an indelible impression on you with his mannerism when he plays with a toy elephant or when he licks the gun or when he stares at a kidnapped lady’s bosom. Sudeep, Sushant singh and Ashish Vidyarthi do a good job in their small role.
Ramu moves from Govinda Govinda in Sarkar to Nagendrahaaraya in RC-1.This sloka keeps repeating throughout the movie with every killing. This may be the director’s way of reminding everyone to remember God at the time of death. The background music is very loud along with a cacophonic song featuring Sukhwinder Singh. This cacophonic music gels well to the rustic look and violent feel of the movie.
RGV said KANK (which is based on a non-sensical emotion called Love) is the scariest movie he has ever seen. Go and watch RC-1 with the Purest form of emotion called Vengeance which definitely lives upto its name. A must watch for all diehard Ramu fans.
I just can’t wait for more bloody art in the second installment with Surya and Priyamani.
Think About It: BJP is thirsty for Congress members’ blood after watching RC-1 on first day first show at Adarsh Society through 2G spectrum. They butchered Ashok Chavan and A.Raja and now they will not stop till they drink PM’s blood. Its time Congress members watched RC series.
RGV said KANK (which is based on a non-sensical emotion called Love) is the scariest movie he has ever seen. Go and watch RC-1 with the Purest form of emotion called Vengeance which definitely lives upto its name. A must watch for all diehard Ramu fans.
I just can’t wait for more bloody art in the second installment with Surya and Priyamani.
Think About It: BJP is thirsty for Congress members’ blood after watching RC-1 on first day first show at Adarsh Society through 2G spectrum. They butchered Ashok Chavan and A.Raja and now they will not stop till they drink PM’s blood. Its time Congress members watched RC series.
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