By Madhuravani
Rachcha is what it promises – an entertainer through and through. The film has all the ingredients required of a potboiler that Ramcharan Teja has been so badly wanting after Orange.
Rachcha does justice to fans’ expectations with some good masala thrown in the form of heroics, a few foot-tapping songs, good dance moves by Ramcharan and some reasonably good action sequences in the climax.
The story is a little convoluted with elements of old and new. The hero is a betting Raja and he was forced to enter into a bet to save his father’s life. The bet involves – very cinematically- to make a girl,daughter of a super-rich mining baron Ballary, fall in love with him.
As usual, our hero does some dangerous gigs that impress the lady love Tamanna. Meanwhile, the story takes a turn as the hero and and the heroine, running away from Ballary and his goons, realize that they had a past together. In the final confrontation, the hero fulfills his real father’s mission, even while winning his love.
The film’s pace is neither too fast, nor too slow, though at times it does drag a bit. Director Sampath Nandi has been able to narrate the story engagingly, though not always convincingly. The way hero is brought into conflict with the villain is a little forced. It is also a little far-fetched that Raja should be drawn into her personal family problem by Tamanna blindly just because he was a tough guy.
Ramcharan reminds in most part his father, and in some scenes his Babai, especially in dialogue delivery, body language and emoting. Some of his dialogues are aimed for the front benches, and one dialogue even makes fun of Balakrishna. Ramcharan is a good dancer like his father, and his moves in Rachcha title song and remix Vaana Velluvai are great fun to watch. Tamanna, the porcelain beauty, fills the slot adequately.
The other songs by Manisharma are not very catchy, though his background score makes some impact. The camera work does not look too great, partly because the locations and landscapes keep changing too fast. The much talked-about China fight sequence is actually a little out of the place in the film (location-wise) and the stunt itself is not out of the world.
Among the other characters, Tamil actor Parthipan and Nazar have very brief roles. Paruchru Venkateswara Rao, Kota Srinviasa Rao and Dev Gill are okay. Azmal Ameer of Rangam fame has an interesting, though brief, character.
Comic interludes with Jayaprakash, Ali, Venumadhav, Srinivasa Reddy and Brahmanandam provide some relief but these episodes are not rip-roaring. In fact, showing Brahmanandam as a professional choreographer somehow does not jell.
One major drawback of the film is the role of the villain Mukesh Rishi,who looks threatening but acts like a fool most of the time. That Ravi Babu, as head of an elaborate security, should behave like a joker with the hero somehow brings down the quality of villainy in the film.
On the whole, Ramcharan Teja carries the film on his shoulders with reasonable success and the audience will have some good time-pass with this entertainer. Ramcharan can look for a hit after the cold reception to Orange with this film.
