Changure Bangaru Raja is a Telugu-language crime comedy-drama film written and directed by debut director Satish Varma. The film stars Karthik Rathnam & Goldie Nissy in lead roles along with Ravi Babu, Satya, Ester Noronha, Ajay, Nitya Sri, Vasu Inturi, Raj Tirandasu, Moin and others in key supporting roles. The music is composed by Krishna Saurabh and the film is produced by Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja, under RT Team Works banner.
Story:
The film happens in a village named Duggada, a place where everyone is in pursuit of colour stones that fall on earth when it rains. One day when it rains, Bangarraju (Karthik Ratnam), a bike mechanic gets into a fight with Somu Naidu (Raj Tirandasu) for a colured stone. The next day Somu Naidu is found murdered. Police arrest Bangarraju, but he manages to come out on bail and is focused on knowing who murdered Some Naidu. How does he crack the case and find the real murderer? How Tatarao (Satya) and Gateelu (Ravi Babu) are connected to the story? Needs to be seen in the film.
What about on-screen performances?
Karthik Ratnam doesn’t suit the part perfectly but he does his best to do justice to the character with his sincere effort. A well-known lead actor could have been cast for his particular role.
Goldie Nissy is just about fine in her role as the female constable. Her love track with Karthik Ratnam is boring and they do not share a neat chemistry on screen too.
Satya and Ravi Babu as usual tickle the funny bones with their unique comedy timing. Both their respective scenes are the only parts where the film works.
Nitya Sri looks cute and does a pretty decent job in her limited scenes as Satya’s girlfriend.
Ester Noronha, Ajay, Vasu Inturi, Raj Tirandasu, Moin & others are fine in their supporting roles.
What about off-screen talents?
The story by Satish Varma is not so interesting. The storyline is one of the weakest aspects of the movie. The story might have seemed exciting on paper, but it’s not that engaging on screen. The film primarily runs around a murder and the murder that happens does not raise any curiosity or a sense of interest in making us know about the proceedings.
The screenplay too is poorly written. The narrative pattern of showing the murder from 4 different perspectives which the makers choose to follow does not work as expected. Except for a few comedy bits of Satya & Ravi Babu, all the rest of the scenes fall flat with their comedy. The characterizations too are pretty weak, especially both the female leads and the role played by Ajay look undercooked.
The dialogues by Janardhan Pasumarthi & Satish Varma do not add the required value to the plot or the much needed fun to the film’s genre.
Debut director Satish Varma’s work is pretty underwhelming. Despite having Ravi Teja as his producer, the director misses the opportunity to deliver a strong crime comedy due to the weak screenplay and boring scenes. With better writing and more comedy, the movie could have been a more entertaining crime comedy.
The cinematography by Sundar NC is just about adequate for the film while the edit by Karthik Vunnava should have been a lot crisper as almost about 15 minutes in the film could have been easily chopped off, especially in the latter half of the film.
The music by Krishna Saurabh fails to leave a lasting impression. The songs are forgettable and the background score too is very ordinary.
The production values by RT Team Works are good.
What’s Hot?
* Satya & Ravi Babu’s Comedy Scenes
What’s Not?
* Uninteresting Story & Poor Screenplay
* Pathetic Love Tracks
* Forgettable Songs
* Unnecesary Fights & Commercial Elements
* Weakly Written Characters
* Dragged Out Second Half
Verdict: Overall Changure Bangaru Raja is a completely disappointing fare with the writing and the execution. Except for a few comedy portions of Satya & Ravi Babu, the rest of the film is a snooze fest with boring and uninteresting scenes. Can avoid it in the theatres!!
Telugubulletin.com Rating: 1.5/5