Screenplay by Swaroop RSJ and Naveen Polishetty, and directed by Swaroop RSJ, the story is about a private detective who is passionate in investigating crime, and is looking to make it big in crime investigation. He is smart and intelligent though he looks silly on the outset. While he carry out petty investigations for living, the real challenge for him arises when he stumbles upon a case where a bereaved father is looking for justice for his raped and murdered daughter, which is somehow being ignored by police. But our detective sees something fishy here and suspects that this murder is somehow linked to the unidentified dead bodies that are frequently found at the railway track. Whether and how our detective succeeds in unearthing the secrets behind the happenings forms the rest of the story.
The unpredictable nature of screenplay keeps us hooked till the end. The maze of twists that are worked out to keep the audience guessing, shows the efforts that were put into the writing.
The lead character Naveen’s humorous portrayal of the detective character keeps us entertained throughout, which otherwise could have been a serious story. Naveen’s histrionics are spot on in making us erupt into laughter. He is a talent to look out for in future.
When it comes to the writing, there are certain aspects where the motives of police to help the detective in the investigation are not clearly established. Many a times, things look quite easy for our protagonist to tread through.
Though the female lead character did justice to her given role, her character has nothing much to do except to blindly follow our detective in his investigation. A proper reasoning is missing as to why she ended up working as an assistant to out detective. Why would she risk her life in such lethal crime investigations. Though it could be some kind of cinematic liberty a simple reasoning for her being there could have added lot of depth to her character.
The director has succeeded in extracting believable performances from all the actors. Though a debutant in direction, and given the subject is not a run of the mill one, the director has pulled it off with aplomb, considering the difficulty in convincingly getting the story from paper to the screen. The director has succeeded with flying colours.
The background music by Mark K Robin is pretty good. It takes the edgy episodes in the film to another level. The cinematography by Sunny Kurapati ably supports the thriller narrative. As in one of the scenes the protagonist explains that the dull moody lighting helps him think more deeply in investigation, the moodily lit cinematography keeps us engrossed in the subject and helps in making this an engaging ride.
Finally, it has been a while we witnessed such a subject in Telugu. Its refreshing. If you can get along with the proceedings keeping this knit picking brain aside from trying to find the ignorable mistakes, you can actually enjoy this comedy laced investigation thriller that is racy, funny and engaging and that has its heart in place.
Rating: 3.25/5
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