sid-coolking Acting, Direction and dialogues were the highlight of the movie and bloodshed in the movie was too much. Reminded me of Gangs of Wasseypur and it's at the same level with this one...Those who saw Abhimanyu Singh's Gulaal will be in a shock to see him in this one as he is menacing and scary as the villain Buka Reddy...Vivek Oberoi underplayed his role and he deserved an award for this alongside reminded me of his own debut Company...It's a film not for faint hearted and require a lot of patience to watch...Those who were able to go through Gangaajal and Gangs of Wasseypur will love this otherwise give it a miss if u weren't able to tolerate the above films...Action lovers will enjoy it and for them it's a highly recommended movie...

namashi_1 Ram Gopal Varma is one of the most talented filmmakers in the Hindi film industry, 'Satya', 'Bhoot' and 'Rangeela' have gone down as one of Indian Cinema's favorites. Lately, RGV lost his charm by making some snobby and shoddy films, but his latest offering 'Rakta Charitra', has brought him back in the game! Now, 'Rakta Charitra' is not only RGV's, but also Hindi Cinema's most violent flick to date. Based on the life of Paritala Ravindra, a man who roared bloodshed and gained power, a factionist who was later assassinated by his rivals at that time. As a cinematic experience, the Legend of Paritala Ravindra, unfolds with loads of violence and bold steps. RGV knows 'Rakta Charitra' will be talked about for the violence shown in the film, but what he wants to say through this flick, is that Power is Everything. Period.'Rakta Charitra' has a terrific first half, and an equally interesting second. Sure there are minuses here and there, but, RGV is in full form this time around. His direction moves from gore, to zany camera angles, to powerful approach to his characters, and finally on empathizing power. Easily, one of RGV's most accomplished works to date.The Action Sequences are raw and real-to-life. While the Background score and the haunting narration, compliments the dark and gritty structure of the screenplay well.Performance-Wise: Vivek Oberoi as Paritala Ravi, is superb. The actor gets into the skin of the character, and lives his role from start to end. Abhimanyu Singh is awesome as the evil villain. The actor causes hatred and terror in you each time he appears on screen, that effective his performance is. Radhika Apte is excellent. Shatrughan Sinha is stylish in his brief cameo, while Zarina Wahab is absolutely flawless. Ashwini Kalsekar and Sushmita Mukherjee are great. Rajendra Gupta, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Sushant Singh and Ashish Vidyarthi lend good support.On the whole, 'Rakta Charitra' is meant for those who can digest gore in cinema. And for those, who like to see powerful cinema! From this writer, Two Thumbs Up!

haiyumcool First of all if u don't like movies having blood defying action, then this one is not your flick.For all those action lover guys, Rakhtcharitra is one of the best action movie in 2010. Based on the true events of AP, the movie never disappoints due to the marvelous action and acting of the stars.Vivek is kind of actor which has specialized himself in Gangster kind of roles. Raghu of company, Mayabhai of Company and now Pratap of Rakhtcharitra. He has portrayed the character of Pratap with an ease and never let you down.But the surprise act was from Abhimanyu singh (Bukka Reddy). He has proved his acting skills in Gulaal, but he still needed a big one to solidify him self. And he come with Bukka reddy: A character which reminds you of a Rakshash. He has snatched this movie from all other actors. You must watch this for Abhimanyu Singh.And lastly the King of Dark movies in India: Ram Gopal Verma. He always make good movies pertaining to Politics, Gangster and Horror. He is the Quentin Torrentino of Indian Cinema. Great work by him behind the scene, which makes this movie a delight for eye.For action lovers: Strongly recommended.

pratip-apz Ram Gopal Varma has given Bollywood some of it's most famous movies. But may be he has given all he had, because in Rakht Charitra I he tries to stuff in all the elements he ever had in his kitty. What new he adds to it is sheer loudness. A grumpy,irritating voice-over unnecessarily explaining what we could otherwise easily see with our eyes and make out leaves not much for the audience to do - treating them like school children being dramatically read out a history lesson in class. And the overtly loud background music, with repeated,unnecessary,harsh chantings(whose meaning we couldn't often make out) tries to keep the audience engrossed in their 'lesson' and never miss the feel - but it fails miserably as it sounds simply ridiculous at times and doesn't go with the pace of the film. May be RGV was too afraid that his audience would not be able to relate to his story, like they couldn't in Agyat,Aag,Darling,Nishabd etc.The director overdoes with some of his poor clichés which he should have done away with by this time, like trying to involve the family a bit too much and not transforming characters well with time. Women readying breakfast on the table while serious matters are dealt with a few hands away; the maid cleaning a candle-stand while state-level politics is being discussed in the room and with a transformed Vivek Oberoi his aides' wardrobes remain pretty much the same as before. Similar things we have seen and spared in hits like Company and Satya - but we expect the director not to repeat them emphatically, which he does here! May be all these to hide the bit jumbled up script.In terms of acting is where the film does best - with a host of talented actors(a few too many, one may think) with bits of parts to play. Vivek has a little lesser screen-presence to my liking and does look a touch confused n shaky with his characterization right from his first scene where he strolls a scooter down the neighbourhood.(not a grand entry) But he does well to get into his character as the film progresses. And the topsy-turvy transformation journey he is set into is handled efficiently, showing glimpses of his earlier brilliance in the dying scenes of the film. May be RGV could have left a bit more on his shoulders since he is supposed to be the central character - hopefully we will see more of him in the 2nd part. Shatrughan Sinha is provided with the bulk of the smart dialogues which he does justice to. But the show is stolen by badman Abhimanyu Singh who gets lots of screen presence and intrigues some real fear in this otherwise hyped-to-be- violent movie. Almost all the violence is left to him alone and will be missed in the 2nd part. Radhika Apte and Subroto Sen deserve mention for their expressive characterization! The kind of violence didn't intrigue the nausea I had prepared for(prepared for a lot) but it's the music and voice-over which does the job instead! The Telegu version I guess is a better watch with a more suiting screenplay and better dialogues(don't know about the voice-over?)Better can be expected of the 2nd part.