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Cast: Raj Tarun, Chitra Shukla, Sitara, Priyadarshi
Director: Shree Ranjani
Producer: Akkineni Nagarjuna
Music: Sricharan Pakala
Editor: Sreekar Prasad
Production House: Annapoorna Studios
Every Sankranti paves way for high-budget films in Tollywood. 2017 Sankranti saw Khaidi No.150 and Gautamiputra Satakarni. Both the film fared well at the box office. In between these films, Sharwanand’s ‘Shatamanam Bhavathi’ was released and emerged as a super hit film. Hoping for the same magic, Raj Tarun came up with ‘Rangula Ratnam’ amid PK’s Agnyaathavaasi and NBK’s Jai Simha, which ended toppled at the box office. Let us see whether Raj Tarun made his presence felt!
Story:
The story is quite simple. It stars with Vishnu (Raj Tarun) and his mom (Sitara). Later, the lead pair; Vishnu and Keerthi (Chitra Shukla) work at ‘Emotions’, a greeting cards company. They both bump into each other in a wedding. Vishnu and his mom show extreme fondness towards each other. Keerthi takes a while before she accepts Vishnu’s proposal. Later, Keerthi calls for a break-up for unknown reasons. She becomes very possessive of Vishnu. The perspectives given by Vishnu and Keerthi are pretty realistic and justified. The film finally ends with a decent comedy.
Analysis:
It feels as if the director lost his plot in the first half. Though the core point; ‘everyone has a perspective’, is justified towards the ending, the heavy dose of sentiment and slow-paced narration throws a challenge to the audience. Despite being promoted as refreshing romantic drama, the film falls flat in the first half.
The director could have focused more on Vishnu – Keerthi episode than Vishnu and his mother right from the first half. The Mother-son episodes seem overboard for the young audience, and the comedy scenes fail to bring any laughs. Priyadarshi’s comedy worked well on the screen. The lead pair has done reasonable justice to their roles, and Sitara (as Raj Tarun’s mom) is her usual self. Chitra Shukla shines well on the screen. Raj Tarun’s comedy and the timing could have been much better.
The possessiveness shown by Keerthi, after calling-off the relation, will surely impress the audience. The dialogues between the lead pair, justifying their perspectives is worth watching. Sricharan Pakala’s music doesn’t make any impact, except for two songs. Priyadarshi gets a meaty role, and he is the only saviour. Characterisation of the lead pair could have been much better. Production values are poor. This film marks hat-trick flops for 2018 Sankranti.
Highlights:
Priyadarshi comedy
Core Concept
Comedy in patches and bits
Drawbacks:
Direction and script
Characterization of lead pair
Heavy dose sentiment in 1st half
Telugu Bullet Punchline: Nothing colourful in Rangula Ratnam!
Rating: 2.5/5
