Energetic Star Ram Pothineni’s RED was delayed for eight months due to the lockdown. It is the remake of the Tamil film Thadam. While Kishore Tirumala helmed the megaphone, Ram’s uncle Sravanthi Ravi Kishore produced it. Let’s check the review of RED.
Plot
It is a crime thriller at the core but the makers have done a grave mistake by infusing a slow love track into the film which tests the audiences’ patience. Ram plays the roles of twins Aditya and Siddharth. After the death of a character named Akash, Siddharth gets arrested by the Police and Aditya also follows him after a while. The rest of the plot revolves around the questions like, Who killed Akash? Why did the brothers get involved in it? and What is the reason for the animosity between them?
Analysis
A crime thriller needs to have a tight plot with a gripping screenplay to get succeeded. The proceedings are unnecessarily procrastinated in the first half which makes audiences lose interest. Director Kishore Tirumala failed in adapting an interesting Tamil screenplay into Telugu. He ends in creating boring scenes instead of racy ones which we get to see in the original.
The first one hour drives us to nothing and while we think that the story is getting spiced up with Akash’s murder, it loses steam again. Mani Sharma’s music is lacklustre and we miss his iSmart Shankar magic in RED. Hebbah Patel’s item song provides relief in an otherwise uninteresting fare. Nivetha Pethuraj and Amrith Aiyer’s roles have zero significance. We can’t understand why Pavithra Lokesh is cast in for the first place. Ram has oodles of energy and his performance is top-notch.
Highlights
Ram’s performance, Akash murder scene, and cinematography.
Cast
Ram Pothineni, Malavika Sharma, Amritha Aiyer, Nivetha Pethuraj, Satya, Sampath Raj, Posani Krishna Murali, Vennela Kishore, etc.
Music: Mani Sharma
Camera: Sameer Reddy
Producer: Sravanthi Ravi Kishore
Director: Kishore Tirumala
Release Date: 14-1-21
Final Verdict: Lacklustre thriller
THE REVIEW
2/5