Rakta Charitra 2

Rakta Charitra 2
Theatrical release poster in Telugu
Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Screenplay by	Prashant Pandey
Produced by	Madhu Mantena Chinna Vasudeva Reddy Sheetal Vinod Talwar
Starring	Suriya Vivek Oberoi Shatrughan Sinha Priyamani Sudeepa Radhika Apte Kota Srinivasa Rao Sushant Singh
Cinematography	Amol Rathod
Edited by	Nipun Ashok Gupta
Music by	Dharam-Sandeep
Production company	RGV Film factory
Distributed by	Vistaar Religare Film Fund
Release date	3 December 2010 (2010-12-03)
Running time	130min (Hindi)
Country	India
Languages	Telugu Hindi

Rakta Charitra 2 (Rakht Charitra 2 in Hindi) is a 2010 Indian political action thriller film based on the life of Paritala Ravindra. The film was directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Prashant Pandey. Primarily shot in Telugu and Hindi, the film is a sequel to Rakta Charitra, which released two months earlier. Vivek Oberoi, Sudeepa, Shatrughan Sinha and Radhika Apte among several others reprise their roles from the previous film while also featuring Suriya and Priyamani.

This film marks the debut of Tamil actor Suriya into the Telugu and Hindi film industries. The film was eventually dubbed and released in Tamil as Ratha Sarithiram in March 2011, with the scenes involving Suriya, Priyamani and Kitty reshot once again in Tamil to suit nativity.

Plot

The plot of the film connects with the predecessor. For more information on the predecessor's plot, see Rakta Charitra.

The first half-hour is a recap of part I, such as the events of how Pratap Ravi (Vivek Oberoi) takes revenge for the murder of his father and brother, as well as how he comes to power. When no one in Andhra has the courage to stand up against Pratap Ravi, a man comes into the light to seek revenge on him. Yeturi Suryanarayana Reddy, a.k.a. Surya (Suriya) is seen waiting in the woods near the main road, waiting for Pratap Ravi and hurls a bomb at his convoy. Unfortunately for Surya, Pratap Ravi escapes the bomb blast. Pratap Ravi's henchmen attempt to kill Surya, but he manages to escape.

Surya informs his wife Bhavani (Priyamani) that he missed the chance of killing Pratap Ravi. Meanwhile, the media asks Pratap Ravi if this attempt is Surya's revenge for the TV bomb placed in Surya's home by Pratap Ravi himself. Pratap Ravi denies the charge. Shivaji Rao (Shatrughan Sinha) asks Pratap Ravi to stop this vengeance, but the latter insists on killing Surya. Pratap Ravi orders his action team to kill anyone who opposes him. DCP Mohan Prasad (Sudeepa) starts to investigate the case. He finds Bhavani and demands Surya to surrender or else he would harm his wife and baby son Arya. Surya thinks that he has missed a great chance and another chance will not come so easily, and so he decides to surrender for protection plots to kill Pratap Ravi. Mohan Prasad produces Surya in court to face his trial. Pratap Ravi sends a henchmen to kill Surya in the court, but Surya manages to fight the henchman and kills him in front of the judge. Surya is sent to prison.

Pratap Ravi decides to kill Surya inside the jail, he plans carefully and decides that someone from outside their camp should accomplish the task so that the police will not suspect them. In prison, Surya befriends Muddu Krishna by telling him his story. The flashback shows that after Pratap Ravi's attempt to kill Narasimha Reddy (Raja Krishnamoorthy), Surya's brother wants to take revenge. Surya, on the other hand, does not want to take revenge straight away and tells him to be patient and to leave the matter as it is, as he does not want to put his mother and sister in any danger. Within a few months, Surya's entire family is killed in the TV bomb blast. After hearing the story, Muddu Krishna decides to help Surya kill Ravi. The henchmen in prison try to kill Surya, but Surya fights them back. After this failure, Pratap Ravi is warned by Shivaji Rao. As a result, Pratap Ravi decides that he wants to stop this revenge, and he meets Surya in jail. Pratap Ravi tells Surya to stop this bloodshed, to which Surya promptly replies that he will stop after killing the former. Pratap Ravi thinks he cannot do anything because he is in jail, which makes him defenseless.

Enters Krishnaswamy, the opposition party leader, who decides to meet Surya. He says that to kill Pratap Ravi, Surya has to become a bigger name in Anantapur than Pratap Ravi. Krishnaswamy requests Surya to ask his wife to stand in the election, to which he does. This makes Ravi to fear for his life and also for his ministerial post; consequently, his henchmen want to eliminate Bhavani, but Nandini (Radhika Apte) pleads with Pratap Ravi not to kill Bhavani, causing Ravi to abort the plan. However, one of Ravi's closest gang members, Umapati, is already on his way to kill Bhavani. Muddu Krishna kills Umapati and saves Bhavani. Krishnaswamy comes to the prison to thank Surya, and Surya thanks him in return.

A scared Pratap organises a meeting involving the leaders of all the districts in Andhra Pradesh. Knowing this, Surya plots to kill Pratap Ravi. He realises that in the meeting, all the leaders will participate with their bodyguards. He orders Muddu Krishna to dress like a bodyguard since no one would be able to identify whose bodyguard belongs to whoever. Using this ambiguity, Surya's henchmen can kill Pratap Ravi. After the meeting comes to an end, Pratap Ravi plans to leave. As he was leaving, he sees a familiar face and is struck. He sees Surya standing in front of him with his handgun. Surya fires at Pratap Ravi until he dies in a pool of blood. Surya's friends put tear gas and create panic, and under the cover of smoke, Surya escapes from the scene and returns to the prison.

Muddu Krishna takes the blame for killing Pratap Ravi for Surya. Mohan Prasad comes to meet Surya in jail and justifies why Pratap Ravi became a factionist: it was the circumstances that made him do so. He tells Surya that the same circumstances will change him into a Ravi. Surya thanks Mohan Prasad but assures him that he will not become a Ravi. The movie ends with the birth of Pratap Ravi's child.

Cast

Suriya with Ram Gopal Varma on the set of Rakta Charitra 2

• Suriya as Yeturi Suryanarayana Reddy alias Surya (Surya Narayanan in Tamil) (based on Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy alias Maddelacheruvu Suri)
• Vivek Oberoi as Kattula Pratap Ravi (based on Paritala Ravindra)
• Shatrughan Sinha as Konda Shivaji Rao (based on Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao)
• Sudeep as DCP Dasari Mohan Prasad
• Priyamani as Yeturi Bhavani Reddy (Bhavani Gounder in Tamil) (based on Gangula Bhanumati Reddy)
• Radhika Apte as Kattula Nandini (based on Paritala Sunitha)
• Zarina Wahab as Gajula Jayalakshmi (based on Paritala Narayanamma)
• Tanikella Bharani as Padalaneni Ramamurti
• Pragathi as Harita
• Sushmita Mukherjee as Bolla Gomati
• Anupam Shyam as Recharla Omkar
• Vishwajeet Pradhan as Rajidi Puru Reddy
• Subrat Dutta as AK
• Ajaz Khan as Bhondu
• Ragesh Asthana as Jailor
• Subhalekha Sudhakar as Swami
• Ruchi as Suryanarayana's sister
• Swapnil Kothari as Chandrabhan
• Narsimha as Shiri
• Umesh Jagtap as Nara
• Sushant Singh as Thota Shankar Ravi (based on Paritala Hari) (cameo in flashback)
• Raja Krishnamoorthy as Nalla Narasimha Reddy (based on Gangula Narayana Reddy) (Narasimhan in Tamil) (cameo in flashback)
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Rajidi Nagmani Reddy (based on Sane Chenna Reddy) (cameo in flashback)
• Abhimanyu Singh as Rajidi Bukka Reddy (based on Sane Venkat Ramana Reddy) (cameo in flashback)

Narrated by Ram Gopal Varma in Telugu.

Soundtrack

Rakta Charitra 2
Soundtrack album by Imran-Vikram, Dharam-Sandeep, Sukhwinder Singh, and Amar Desai
Released	2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Film soundtrack
Length	23:11
Label	T-Series

Hindi tracklist

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Patthar Ko"	Sandeep Singh	Sukhwinder Singh	Sukhwinder Singh	3:09
2.	"Khel Shuroo"	Vayu	Dharam-Sandeep	Armaan Malik, Shreekumar Vakkiyil	4:03
3.	"Nagendra Haraya"	Prashant Pandey	Sukhwinder Singh	Sukhwinder Singh, Viveka	4:02
4.	"Maar De" (Remix)	Shabeer Ahmed	Imran-Vikram	Jojo	6:04
5.	"Mila Toh" (Electro Mix)	Shyamraj Dutta	Dharam-Sandeep	Sandeep Patil, Ravindra Upadhay, Vishvesh Parmar	3:48
6.	"Patthar Ko" (Theme Music)		Sukhwinder Singh	Instrumental	2:05
Total length:					23:11

Tamil tracklist

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Sathathin Soodhattam"	Tippu	4:29
2.	"Thuninju Vettiven"	Abishek Nailwal	3:42
3.	"Manidham Yendra"	Ravi	4:20
4.	"Kollada"	Tippu	5:48
5.	"Kathigalin"	Krishnaraj	4:17
6.	"Karma Dharma"	Vardhan, Aditi Paul	3:08
7.	"Aattam Arrambam"	Armaan Malik, Sreekumar	3:33
8.	"Nagendra Haraya"	Manikka Vinayagam	4:00
9.	"Thottale Unnai"	Manikka Vinayagam	2:09
10.	"Kollada" (Remix)	Tippu	6:02
11.	"Thuninju Vettuven" (Remix)	Tippu	6:02
Total length:			46:10

Critical reception

From left to right: Vivek Oberoi, Suriya, and Priyamani during the press meet of the movie.

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated 3.5 out of 5 and said that "On the whole, RAKHT CHARITRA 2 highlights the emotion called vengeance most convincingly. It is chilling, raw, revolting, crass and ghastly, the kind that is meant to repulse you. But let's face it: It's a true depiction of human emotions." Renuka Rao of DNA India gave the movie 3 stars in a scale of 5, concluding that "Watch it if you had watched the first part, but don't be surprised if you don't like this as much." Nikhat Kazmi of Times of India gave the movie 3 stars out of 5, stating that "Rakht Charitra doesn't break new ground like Satya and Company, nevertheless it remains a must-see film for Ramu fans." Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave the movie 2.5 stars out of 5, and wrote that "Like in the first part, RGV's intention is not so much to delve into the complexities of Andhra politics, which stay firmly in the backdrop, but to create sequences where death is choreographed in varying ways. After a point, you are oblivious to the gore. But you cannot, at any point, bypass Suriya : he has eyes that speak. Bollywood is ready for him."

Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the movie 2.5 out of 5 stars, noting that "I’m going with two out of five for 'Rakht Charitra 2'. More blood and more killings leave you numb your seat.".NDTV rated 2 out of 5 stars vstating "Suriya saves the film from being a total loss. His expressive eyes have a quiet strength and his presence sears the screen."The Economic Times rated 3 out of 5 stars stating "The sequel carries forward the tale of power and revenge which exploded in Rakht Charitra 1."Rediff rated 1.5 out of 5 stars stating "RGV doesn't have anything new to offer in Rakht Charitra 2. The film does have some high points but they are too few to keep you engaged." Rakta Charitra 2 was simultaneously released in Telugu in Andhra Pradesh. 123telugu.com rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, praising the story, but noting the second half slows down and that, "Yes the climax could have been better". Greatandhra.com rated the film 3.25 out of 5 and credited the film as "A Technical Masterpiece" and said that "This is an Charitra that haunts for a decade".

Awards and honours

Year	Award	Award Category	Nominee
2011	Screen Awards	Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male	Suriya
2011	Stardust Awards	Stardust Award for Superstar of Tomorrow – Male	Suriya

External links

• Rakta Charitra 2 at IMDb