The Rajasaab: A colossal disappointment.

  Cast: Prabhas, Sanjay Dutt, Malavika Mohanan, Nidhi Agerwal, Riddhi Kumar, Zarina Wahab, Boman Irani   Directed by : Maruthi   Mus...

 

Cast: Prabhas, Sanjay Dutt, Malavika Mohanan, Nidhi Agerwal, Riddhi Kumar, Zarina Wahab, Boman Irani

 

Directed by : Maruthi

 

Music: Thaman S.

 

The problem with this Maruthi’s film is that the film is full of problems. It looks like a 90s film totally jaded. The writing is so poor that you want to tear your hair in despair. It’s basically a one man film (read Prabhas) where he is right from the first frame to the last making it a tedious watch. The climax is unbearable and the writer- director did not know what to do with the antagonist- create an evil villain or a caricaturish one. On both the counts the director has failed. Plus the three heroines were possibly not given their proper character sketches for they did not know what to do and why were the three needed in the first place and to top it - all lusting for the hero. An integral part shown in the trailer has been done away with in the film thus shocking the otherwise shocked handful of viewers who braved the cold to watch the night show of this 189 minute film.

 

Raju (Prabhas) is an orphan who lives with his grandmother Gangamma (Zarina Wahab) who herself is in the first stage of amnesia. Her memory is losing but she clearly remembers her husband Kanakaraju (Sanjay Dutt) who had left her when they were young and went on to a mission but never returned. Ganga’s last wish before dying is to see her husband just once and this sets Raju off to Hyderabad as he gets the news that his grandfather was spotted near Charminar. Along the way he falls for Bessy (Nidhhi Agerwal) and also comes across Bhairavi (Malavika Mohanan) and is also joined by his secret crush and confidante Geeta (Riddhi Kumar). Together they are enticed into a mysterious palace in the Naraspur forest where the evil spirit of Kanakaraju traps them.

 

Prabhas tries hard to charm the audience but fails miserably due to Maruthi’s aimless writing. Sanjay Dutt is menacing and he lets his eyes do most of the talking which is the only silver lining in the film. Zarina Wahab is sincere in an author backed role. Malavika Mohanan has best part amongst the leading ladies and she does full justice to her action sequence. Nidhhi Agerwal looks lovely and Riddhi Kumar who gets the least screen time is decent. Boman Irani as Dr. Padmanbhushan makes his presence felt.

 

The music by Thaman S is catchy with the Bappi Lahiri”s chartbuster song “koi yahan aha nache nache” (Disco Dancer 1982) being the best in an otherwise forced situation. 

 

The VFX ranges from good to tacky and remains tacky for most part of the film.  Editing (Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao) is cringe and could have been smarter.

 

The film is messy and disappointing and it’s high time Prabhas does something meaningful.