Watching Rakta Charitra in a theatre with full of people who came not for their favorite hero but to see and hear a story would remind one why we go to the movies in first place. Not being a fan of any hero but being a fan of movies is tough for a telugu audience. Because all you get to see are launching pads for heroes these days. Today, after a long long time, I have witnessed the event where people sat rapt with attention and being spellbound by a telugu movie. For years, reading the reviews of the movies in terms of songs, dances and interval bangs diminished by interest in telugu cinema to a minuscule level. The only reason I went to see a telugu movie has been the love for my mother tongue and to be in company with my social network.
For nearly an year and half, since RGV announced the movie, I have been dying to see this movie. In the back of my mind, however I was a little scared that he would screw this up like the way he screwed up so many movies in the past few year. The RGV that we knew from Shiva, Satya and Company was long gone. Though Sarkar and Sarkar 2 were RGV kinda movies, they lacked that hard hitting element which sensationalized RGV in Shiva and Satya. Today, I saw him back.
Rakta Charitra is a landmark achievement for two reasons. The first and foremost is for just getting made amidst so much of discouragement, threats and hatred for the filmmaker. From the numerous number of interviews that I have seen I haven't seen a single person who did not say that movies like these should not be made. Bigwigs from the political arena and the movie world would be so cautious touching such a sensitive subject in a public forum let alone make a movie about it. When asked in a interview if it was necessary to put his life at stake just for the sake of movie RGV said that he cannot live with himself if cannot do what he wants to do. Bravo!!!. The second for making a movie which tells a story. Though it sounds like an obvious reason for a movie just ask yourself when was the last time you saw one which did not try to please all sections of audience but instead just told a story.
Coming to the narration of the movie many people might have problem with factual events of the movie. But basing on the pure dramatic value there is no question if RGV delivered or not. For me and many people this movie will be a double treat. Knowing about Paritala ravi and reading about the epic nature of faction tales in ananthpur piqued my interest for quite some time. I read and watched everything I could find on this epic tale in the last 3 to 4 years. On the other hand, being an RGV fan I have been disappointed for years with the movies he was making. I was waiting eagerly to see a movie in the genre of Satya and company. When RGV announced Rakta charitra, I couldn't imagine a better combination than this.
Finally, I feel the faction tale of Anantpur and RGV were made for each other. Was RGV born just to make a movie out of this story or did the real events happened just so that RGV can make a movie out of it. I have to agree with what RGV said in his blog. What happened in cinema was real and what really happened was cinema.
