Another political film from Shankar Cast: 'Global Star' Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, Anjali, S.J Suryah, Srikanth, Sunil Rating: 2...
Another political film from Shankar
Cast: 'Global Star'
Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, Anjali, S.J Suryah, Srikanth, Sunil
Rating: 2.5*
Director Shankar's 'Game Changer' is his first foray in Telugu films and brings his favourite subject on screen- politics and corruption (Hindustani, Mudhalvan, Nayak, etc). This time around he makes a fairly decent film compared to his earlier blockbusters with mass action also taking centrestage. Ram Charan delivers effortless performances in two distinct roles of Ram Nandan, an honest IAS officer and a stuttering Appanna whose vision is to create a moneyless political system. Another highlight of the film is the confrontation between Ram Charan and SJ Suryah. A major hindrance is the unnecessary songs thrown in which is a huge deterrent to the main narrative. The story, too, is nothing unusual as we have seen enough political films based on corruption. And of course, Shankar as usual takes a lot of cinematic liberties.
IAS Ram Nandan (Ram Charan) is a newly appointed collector in Visakhapatnam. He stands tall for his integrity and thorough dedication and because of his resilience and relentless pursuit of justice, he comes face to face with the unscrupulous minister Bobbili Mopidevi (a brilliant SJ Suryah) who also happens to be the son of the Chief Minister Sathyamurthy (a good Srikanth). Mopidevi is frustrated by Ram's resilience and gets him suspended on false charges. But an unexpected twist comes when CM Sathyamurthy announces Ram as his successor before his death. What made the CM announce this? What was Mopidevi's reaction? To uncover this unexpected twist that shakes the political scenario one needs to watch this political drama.
Kiara Advani as Ram's love interest and wife Deepika is just about OK as she is mostly there for the routine song and dance sequences. Anjali as Appanna's wife Parvathy, leaves a huge mark especially in the second half despite having limited screen time. She does well in the emotional scenes. Jayaram as Mopidevi's elder brother Muni Manickyam brings in the comic quotient and along with him Samuthirakani as Sathyamurthy's companion, Sunil as Side Satyam, and Naveen Chandra as Mopidevi's friend are more or so wasted.
S.Thaman's music is catchy along with the highly decorative and VFX-laden dance sequences (Ganesh Acarya and Prabhudeva).
This is another film from director Shankar that just manages to be above average and seeks instant gratification.
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