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Raja Vikramarka: A Comedic Thriller

Updated: Feb 21, 2023

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Project Details

Director: Sri Saripalli
Written By: Sri Saripalli & V. Vijay Kumar
Produced By: 88 Rama Reddy & Adi Reddy T
Production Houses: Sree Chitra Movie Makers
Cinematography: P.C. Mouli
Music Director: Prashanth Vihari
Edited By: M. Jesvin Prabu
Production Design: Sreeroop Menon & Naresh Timmiri
Actions/Stunts: Subbu-Naba & Pruthvi Sekhar
Costumes: Kalyani
Sound Design: Sync Cinema
Choreography: Ajay. S & Jithu
Run Time: 2 Hours & 36 Minutes
CBFC Rating: "U/A"

Direction & Story

Raja Vikramarka is a new recruit N.I.A. Officer who is getting accustomed to the nuances of his new job, has to handle his first major case of saving the Home Minister due to ironic circumstances,during the course of which his life takes a drastic turn in all aspects. The story is a bit routine as it has been tried and tested a few times earlier but it had a very good premise with an NIA backdrop. One can easily turn this kind of plot into a gripping thriller with such a premise, but this film never manages to raise the thrill factor. The screenplay is poorly written. The whole treatment is filled with cliches in the narrative part & the comedy part never gels with the plot and looks very forced. Director Sri Saripalli does a very mediocre job with the film. He must have come up with a far more engaging narrative laced with few convincing Few one-liners are well written. characterizations and taut drama.

Lead Performances

Karthikeya looks perfectly fit and is utterly convincing in the role of an NIA officer. His antics in the comedy scenes are great & he is surely improving as an actor. Newcomer Tanya Ravichandran looks very pretty on screen. Her chemistry with Karthikeya is decent but she needs to improve a lot in terms of acting. Tanikella Bharani as NIA chief is decent in his role but he is completely miscast. A much younger actor could have been more convincing in this particular role. Sudhakar Komakula plays a vital role in the movie and he looks very promising in his parts. Kollywood actor Pasupathy is solid as the main villain. Harsha Vardhan as the Insurance agent manages to bring in a few laughs here and there in the first half. Sai Kumar is just about okay as the Home Minister. The rest of the cast are fine in their respective supporting roles.

Detailed Analysis

These kinds of thrillers need gripping narration and interesting twists & turns along with some intelligent writing, but the story lacked all of them which is a big minus for the film. Apart from this, none of the roles are written powerfully and executed well on screen. Main scenes like the trap for the villain, the counter trap, & the so-called twist about the villain, everything fell apart as they aren't executed convincingly. The comedy angle for the characters looks very forced as the authenticity of the NIA officers goes for a toss making them look like regular characters. Also, the Maoism element receives very silly treatment. Even the love track looks very poor. The classical dance element & the insurance policy scenes also look forced into the narrative. The whole Home Minister angle is also not appealing as the HM never behaves like an HM, instead, he is shown more like a gully politician.

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