Rudramadevi Full Review, Rating

Cast and Crew

 

Director: Gunasekhar

 

Producer: Gunasekhar, Raagini Guna

 

Writer: Gunasekhar

 

Screenplay: Gunasekhar

 

Story: Gunasekhar

 

Music Director: Ilayiaraaja

 

Cinematography: Ajayan vincent

 

Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad

 

Production Company: Gunaa Team Works

 

Finally, the much awaited movie of the year, Rudramadevi hit screens on Friday. 

Story

Italian merchant traveller Marco polo (Gary Tantony) shares his views of Kakatiya kingdom in Orugallu ruled by Ganapathi Devudu (Krishnam Raju) and his daughter Rudramadevi (Anushka) who was raised as male child Rudradevudu to safeguard the Kakatiya Kingdom rule as its successor, due to the threatening invasions from neighboring rivals. Prince Maha Deva (Vikramjeet Virk), a Yadava King from Nidadavolu, and their cousins Hari Hara Devudu (Suman), Murari Devudu (Adithya Menon) were the arch rivals of Kakatiya dynasty, who waits for the right time to invade a war to capture the Kakatiya Empire. Rudradeva alias Rudramadevi has to work on her mission to safeguard Kakatiya dynasty from the rivals and how Gona Ganna Reddy and Chalukya Veera Bhadra joined her in war is the rest.

Performances

Anushka looked royal, majestic, and the warrior queen roles seem to be tailor-made for the actress. She gets into the skin of Rudramadevi role showcasing the male and female traits simultaneously in her act, with varied emotions.

Allu Arjun in the role of Gona Ganna Reddy delivers stellar performance. He has terrific screen presence and impresses with his powerful dialogue delivery with his dialect, body language and attitude.

Rana as Chalukya Veerabhadra does his act well, but his characterization hasn’t had much scope, Nithya Menon plays yet another crucial role as princess, though is limited to four-five scenes.

Prakash Raj is perfect as Rudrama Devi’s guru Shivadevayya, who has some crucial scenes in second hour. Krishnam Raju is justifying in Ganapathi Devudu role, Suman, Aditya Menon, Baba Sehgal were limited but played significant roles.

The other characters including Krishnam Raju (Ganapati Devudu) and Baba Sehgal (Nagadevudu) have performed well and leave an impression. 

Highlights:

Story

Anushka and Allu Arjun's stellar performances

A Visual treat

Rich backdrop

 

Drawbacks:

Dull moments midway

Graphic works are not up to the mark

 

Analysis:

After SS Rajamouli's magnum opus Baahubali, Rudramadevi is another big budget movie to release in theatres this year. But don't go with high expectations like Baahubali, it might disappoint you. However, the efforts of the director deserves a round of applause. Gunashekar gives you a peek into history and his deep research throws up a few interesting revelations about Rudramadevi. 

 

It's Gunasekhar's dream project and he has invested his soul into the film. Finally, Gunasekhar's hard work has paid off and won the battle. He has made the film which can be watched by everyone. The film is touted to be India's first stereoscopic 3D film but may not leave you surprised. 

 

Battle sequences in the end could have been trimmed. The outcome of the story is no surprise, but there are enough clever tactics to keep the audience hooked. Eminent music composer Ilayaraja's music is not that impressive this time. 

Technical Analysis

Ilayaraja’s musical scores aren’t pleasing and the background score could be more elevating in the crucial war scenes and significant episodes. Cinematography is not grand enough for such historical movie. Such historical 3D films need grand technical values especially VFX works, but the graphics works are bad. Dialogues were apt, Art work by Thota Tharani is grand and the sets are lavishly designed. Neeta Lulla’s costumes were regal. Srikar Prasad’s editing could have been crisp. Production values of Guna team Works are ok.

Verdict: Rudramadevi- Gona Ganna Reddy is the saving grace!

Rating: 3.25/5