Rann

I picked up this movie after seeing its trailer in B4U. I like Ram Gopal Varma right from his very first movie Shiva. I saw this movie in Tamil as Udhayam (Rise). I was studying sixth or seventh or even a lower grade, I don’t exactly remember. But at that time, my dream was to become a guy like Nagarjuna (the hero in the movie) and wanted to throw hot tea on ones face in case he meddles with my life. Funny but lots of Indian kids dream of becoming a hero. 

 

I read in a magazine that this movie is a flop. So what? Surely,this movie is a standing example –among lot of other movies –for the fact that a movie can be great even though it bombed at the box office. I accept that the movie is predictable and the characters are not very much interesting. But the movie carries a strong message –never believe what you see in the TV channels, particularly news.

 

Quite a few fellas of my state have got this message long before and have stopped watching prominent news channels. The channels are biased to their political parties. People know this and channels know that people know and they really don’t care, both of them. The channels continue to show biased news and people continue to watch. It is so complicated.

 

What happens if a powerful TV channel conspires with a bad politician and a rich and equally bad industrialist? Money+Power+Media? That is what this movie speaks of.

 

Amitabh did well as usual but it is Sudeep and Paresh Rawal who steal the show. I have begun to like Sudheep. He has got a style. Amit Roy’s cinematography is very stylish and the narration by RGV is excellent. I think he is back on track.

On the whole it is a perfect film for those who want to see something different from an usual masala.