Saturday, January 29, 2022

After Pushpa comes Ram Asur in Amazon Prime top trending films

Bollywood gets another shocker with Telugu film Ram Asur being the second most trending movie after Pushpa in Amazon Prime. Released on January 14th, same day Pushpa's Hindi dubbed was released, Ram Asur according to the numbers got from Amazon, has become second most trending film. The film has new comers in the lead except for Chandini Tamilarasan, the actress known in Kollywood for her TV serial Rettai Roja . Ram Asur being a film of debutants  hardly got any hype when released in theaters but critics had praised it. For the budget, the film did okay at the box office. If Pushpa ! is still running in movie halls after OTT release, Ram Asur after the theater release Nov 19, 2021) has now got an extended life through OTT.

Ram Asur might look like a crime thriller  by the story but what makes it stand out is the concept. Director Triparna Venkatesh takes us to the world of synthetic diamond making , a new area. Here e one story is set in 1989, the other story runs concurrently set in 2020. What’s the connection between these two stories - Ram (Ram Karthik) tries to make a synthetic diamond. He tries hard but doesn’t get lucky, leading to depression and fissures  in his relationship with Priya (Sherry Agarwal). They break up, and Ram is disturbed by all the failures. With the help of a friend, Ram meets Ramachari (Shubhalekha Sudhakar), a scholar from Vaidishwarun Koil, Tamil Nadu, with the intention of recovering from the bad phase of his life. At his suggestion, Ram tries to meet a man named Suri (Abhinav Sardar). Who Suri is and how Ram’s life changes after meeting him forms the rest of the story.  

Both Ram Karthik and Abhinav perform excellently. Music by  Bheems Ceciroleo ( Bengal Tiger fame) especially Emchesavo Maya song featuring Chandini was good. Prabhakar Reddy camerawork too is good. The first half goes towards sketching out the characters and second half is just full action and fast paced. Budget constraints play a spoilsport.

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