Rathnam review : Review of Rathnam: Vishal and Hari fail to draw the audience in with this one because of the cliches and dated action.
Rathnam review
There will be plenty of intense action and battle scenes throughout any film directed by Hari, you can be sure of that. With Rath, the director—who is renowned for movies like Samy and Singam—reunites with actor Vishal for the third time in ten years. The film is also set in the interiors of Tamil Nadu, this time along the border with Andhra Pradesh, like the majority of Hari productions.
Three bandits ambush a bus in the Tirupati hills in 1994, setting the story in motion. In addition to the 26 victims of the attack, the police officer who is looking into the crime is also killed. Ten years later, the plot shifts to Vellore, where a 12-year-old orphan prevents Pannerselvan (Samuthirakani) from dying by killing the assailant.
Rathnam (Vishal), the young child in question, grows up to become the boisterous MLA Panneerselvan’s right hand. Rathnam and his men are viewed as goons in Vellore, but Panneerselvan uses them only to aid the poor and those in need of justice. To put it succinctly, Rathnam claims that they have morals and motivations for killing in addition to doing so for financial gain.
The raucous and altruistic Rathnam is going about his “business” when he unexpectedly crosses paths with nurse Mallika (Priya Bhavani Shankar), who is traveling from Tiruttani to take the NEET exam. Rathnam is confused since she looks like his deceased mother. What person is she? When an Andhra gang lead by Rayadu (Murali Sharma) unexpectedly shows up to kill her, Rathnam saves the day once more. What makes this group desire her? What is the relationship between Mallika and Rathnam’s mother?
If you have watched any of director Hari’s works, you are aware that there will be plenty of violence, violent jeep chase sequences, and men brandishing aruvals (machetes). Additionally, some comedians incorporate humorous features. Murders, car crashes, and fights involving guys flying around are all evident in Rathnam from the outset.
The movie has a lot of action, violence, and humor (Yogi Babu, VTV Ganesh, Mottai Rajendran), but regrettably not a lot of reason. The second part of the story moves the plot along with Mallika and veers off course, whereas the first half establishes who Rathnam is and is OK. In truth, the plot is extremely shallow and uncoordinated, with certain sequences that are out of sync with the rest of the movie. The boring story is told in fragments as we are dragged from one attack to the next. The emotional sequences don’t connect properly, and the movie isn’t very interesting or novel.
The music director Devi Sri Prasad, also known as DSP, is well-known for his danceable songs, particularly in Telugu movies, yet these are absent from Rathnam. The tunes are completely forgettable and below par. Actually, since they don’t really further the plot of the movie, two of the songs should have been cut. Naturally, DSP did a fantastic job with the BGM, as the action calls for a strong, booming sound.
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Regarding performances, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Samuthirakani, Yogi Babu, and Murali Sharma were merely passable, while Vishal gave a strong performance. Though Vishal is well-known for his action movies, Hari’s Rathnam regrettably doesn’t add much to this accolade.
In the end, Rathnam is merely old wine in an old bottle—a masala Hari template film.
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