Starring: Ram Charan, Arvind Swamy, Rakul Preet Singh
Director: Surender Reddy
Producer: Allu Aravind, N. V. Prasad
Music: Hiphop Tamizha
Rating: 3/5
Story:
Dhruva(Ram Charan) is a sincere IPS officer who wants to eradicate crime in the city of Hyderabad. Instead of catching the small time thieves, he decides to trace out that one man who is behind all these crimes. He hunts down various big wigs and through them finds out that a man called Siddharth Abhimanyu(Aravind Swamy) is behind all the corporate crimes.
Rest of the story is as to how Dhruva makes some clever plans and nabs the powerful Siddharth down and ends the crime in the city.
Performance:
Ram charan’s screen presence and his styling needs special appreciation. Costumes, physique and hairstyle all suited well for a IPS trainee role. And performance wise we’ll see a new charan in Dhruva who can emote fairly better than his previous movies. In two scenes his performance stands out. One when he fears and frustrates about possible defeat against Siddhardh and another when he responds to Rakul’s proposal.
Aravind swami is superb in villainous role. He has to portray a look of award winning scientist on one hand, and on another a ruthless villain. He excelled in both the shades.
Rakul preet singh got a small but cute role. Her makeup and costumes are stylish as well, with her perfect slim body she looked voluptuous.
Posani characterization could have been better, Navadeep got a decent role after a gap.
Plus Points:
Ram Charan
Aravind Swamy
Cinematography
Music
Minus Points:
A bit rested screenplay in second half
Technical Aspects :
Dhruva is one of the most stylized films that has come out in the recent times. Credit should completely go to Geetha Arts for spending a bomb in making the film look quite rich. The camera work is top notch and the way Aravind Swamy and Ram Charan are showcased through out is very good.
Music by Hip Hop Thamiza is impressive but his background score is what takes the cake here and elevates crunch scenes to another level. The screenplay is racy during the first half but gets slightly slow in the later part. Editing is decent but a few scenes in the second half could have been deleted to make the film, even more, crispier.
Coming to the director Surender Reddy, he has done a superb job with the remake. The way he has showcased Charan is too good. Suri stays with the concept and does not hamper with the story much. He gives his own touch through his stylish taking and engaging narration.
Verdict:
On the whole, Dhruva is a perfect comeback film for Charan. He should be credited for choosing a unique film like this and giving his best through a standout performance. The engaging narration, interesting twists and some superb mind games are huge assets of this film. The film will impress each and every section of the audience and is bound to do well. If you ignore the small glitches here and there, this film is a perfect action entertainer to watch out this weekend.