Rachcha

Story

Raj (Ram Charan Tej) is called as betting Raj because of his obsession for betting. James (Ajmal) is his betting enemy. Raj wants 20 lacs for the surgery of his adopted father. James is ready to offer 20 lacs as betting amount if Raj woos and wins over Chaitra (Tamanna). Chaitra is the daughter of a billionaire Bellary (Mukesh Rishi) The rest of the story is all about how Raj makes Chaitra fall for him and the troubles that follow.

Artists Performance

Ram Charan Tej: Ram Charan has proved himself as a terrific man for the masses with his first two films. He has chosen a safe and time-tested mass script this time. He is excellent with dialogues, dances, fights and mannerisms. You can find a lot of references to Gharana Mogudu in his mannerisms.

Others: Tamanna has a weighty role in this movie and does justice. She has danced with amazing fluidity. Ajmal (Rangam fame) plays an important role and he is good. Mukesh Rushi is routine. Brahmanandam's comedy is partly okay. Ali's cameo is nice. Parthiban is very good as the father of hero. MS Narayana is a miscast for the role of hero's adopted father. The sympathy factor will not work out if you cast a comedian for role of a patient with critical illness. Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao did an important role.

Technical departments Story - screenplay - direction: Story of the film is in an old-format. There are a couple of interesting screenplay twists in the second half. Director Sampath Nandi chose this film to be a tribute to Chiranjeevi's early 90's films (Gharana Mogudu, Gang Leader etc). If you look at hero's entrance scene, he gives away winning money to friend sister's studies. In Gharana Mogudu, hero gives away winning money to hero friend sister's marriage (chelli nikka pakka). When the purpose is to make a film as a tribute 90's films, you can't expect the direction to be fresh and new. Sampath made sure that there are fun elements in the first half and surprise elements in the second half.

Other departments: Dialogues written by Paruchuri brothers are powerful as well as funny at times. They came out of their trade mark lengthy dialogue pattern and penned short/smart dialogues. There is a controversial dialogue - "Edo choosukuni thodalu kotte type kaadura nenu". Cinematography by Sameer Reddy is mostly good. Cinematography for a few scenes in the first half is inconsistent. Music scored by Mani Sharma is good - Dilak Dilak and Vaana Vaana being the best in terms of visuals. Editing should have been crisp. Fights are well composed. Production values are grand.

Analysis: First half has a bit of fun. Second half has story and twists. Plus points of the film are Ram Charan Tej and dialogues. On the flip side, freshness in story and better handling of the film would have made this film connect with the contemporary audiences. Racha film is made for fans and masses

Another Failed attempt of Ram Charan of making Masala entertainer. After Magadheera, waiting for his next masterpeice

Racha has a weak story line, I found it interesting at first when I heard the backstory of the two families etc but then it ended up being Ram Charan trying to make a girl fall for him for a bet. I mean imagine you get a girl to fall for you and she finds out everything you did and said was because of a bet... I predict a unhappy ending there lol. Anyway the story was rather weak as I said, it didn't make the most sense and was rather wonky to follow. However put aside the logic and it's not absolutely terrible. You don't watch Racha for the story... You watch it to see Ram Charan and Tammanah.

The cast was really good, Ram Charan is good looking and kicked ass throughout the film. Tamannah is well... Tamannah. She is absolutely stunning, like seriously, she is just so god damn beautiful, especially when you see her in the songs Dillaku Dillaku and Vaana Vaana. Both Ram Charan and Tammanah gave good accounts of themselves in terms of the script and the opportunities they had on screen.

The music is the best part of the film, like I absolutely loved the songs. Racha (Title song) was nice, Dillaku Dillaku was my favourite song in the entire film, for the lyrics and also for Tamannah in her stunning red outfit. Vaana Vaana was also great and I just really enjoyed all the songs and dance performances in the movie.

I give Racha a 6/10. 2,5 stars for Tammanah/Ram Charan and another 2,5 stars for the music. The story gets 1 star from me. If you looking for a fun movie to enjoy, with some over the top action, silly storyline and happy romantic ending then give Racha a try. I did enjoy it after all and would probably watch it again eventually.

The movie is very bad. Nothing is good in the movie. Songs and BGM are also very worst. The movie is not at all interesting. Movie was very boring.

I enjoyed racha because I didn't have any expectations before watching. It keeps you engaged throughout. Ram charan does action and dance very well. Tammana is glamorous.