The film boasts of everything that one can expect from a Ram Gopal Verma Film - Loud Music, Wierd camera angles, Lots of Extreme Close Up Shots etc. Though, have to admit Ramu does limit himself from all this in the film as there are very few scenes where we see the suspense kinda of camera angles.
There is way too much of violence, blood, killings, but then we were warned in advance not to enter the hall if we are Kabhi khushi kabhi gham lovers. Since I loved that Karan film, I am expected to dislike Rakta Charitra going by Ramu's theory. Unfortunately, not so the case. I quite liked the film. But the major credit would go to the trio of Vivek Oberoi, Abhimanyu Singh and Shatrughan Sinha.
These 3 actors keep you hooked towards the next scene as the next proceeding in the film would have a effect on one or the other. And all the three are powerful in terms of their expressions, and some dialogues too like "Topic over" trademark Shatrughan Sinha's dialogue in the film. When a director loves taking extreme close up shots, what becomes most important is the expressions and mannerisms of the actors, and here that works quite a lot.
Having said all this, there is Ramu's usual stuff seen in scenes like camera movement towards Jayalakshmi Reddy in two scenes, one when Gomti comes to her for help and other one when she is cooking in kitchen and Pratap Ravi enters the home. Also, there's a scene where the camera is given a complete 360 degree revolution. Ramu wont stop experimenting with camera.
Direction wise, it was a good attempt by Ram Gopal Verma. Though, its not his perfection yet. Screenplay was impressive. Dialogues were good, editing was fine. Climax was good, though the person narrating the story was a turn off, someone with better voice should had been used.
Performances wise,
Vivek Oberoi was superb, confident and totally into his character. Though his opening scene when he tries to style a bit and then with the actress date made me feel that he might not be that good. But, after that scene, I couldnt notice any problem with his acting. I specially loved his look in the latter half of the film.
Shatrughan Sinha, though had a small role in this part, probably will have more in next one. Still, he makes his part get noticed, firstly due to his look which even after knowing beforehand that its him I had to see few more scenes to confirm its Shatrughan only. And then, his powerful acting.. he should do more films or roles like this, Amitabh could get a competition then.
Abhimanyu Singh for sometime in film reminded me of Gulaal, probably because his 1st dialogues comes after quite a delay and the mannerisms, costumes were similar to Gulaal. He portrayed the evil role very well, special reference to scenes between him and Ashwani kalsekar. Only thing I wish though that there was one scene between him and Vivek in the film but script didnt demand that I guess.
Sushant Singh, Aashish Vidyarthi, Ashwani Kalsekar and Rajendra Gupta were good. Darshan Jariwala was slightly over the top in the only scene he has in film. Srinivas Rao Kota was a bit irritating, he had a funny pose, always tilting towards right while standing.
Music was below average, except for the title song which also was too loud, the other song used was unbearable. Background Music was good though.
Overall, when you come out of the theatre, you are bound to think about the film a lot which in a way confirms that the film does succeed, specially the performances of main leads. Though, it wont be liked by those who dont like too much of violence, blood etc. For rest, the film would be a good watch.
Rating : 3.45 Out of 5
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