Rakhee features one of my favorite 'bad stars' (pardon the anagram), Jr NTR in one of the worst avatars he could possibly don. Now, I have always made statements on how not to get confused about an actor's on-screen and off-screen character, but NTR's role as Rakhee, the savior of women, made me feel like i was witnessing Pamela Anderson give a speech on chastity. For a star whose each and every film (including the one under scanner) carries several songs and other sequences with two or more heroines in skimpy garbs and compromising positions, it was indeed very funny to listen to several lines referring to the sanctity of womanhood and how not to take advantage of the fairer sex.
Not only does he make infinitely long, tearful, boring speeches on the same topic, Rakhee (short for Rama Krishnan and also refers to the pious arm-band ) also takes revenge on behalf of his beloved multi-million number of sisters on anyone who has ever (a) teased (b) molested (c) raped (d) tortured (e) traded (f) killed them. The motivation - his real sister's tragic death in the hands of her in-laws. He begins with finishing off the entire family responsible for her death and takes up the bigger cause. So we get to see a Rakhee who goes on a killing spree without caring about the degree of crimes committed against women.
As is the case with most serial killers whose have made their presence on screen, Rakhee too follows a pattern but unlike them he takes a much lesser complicated one. He carries a small plastic bag filled with petrol and walks/drives up to his target in broad daylight and breaks the packet on the victim's head . Soon, the victim gets drenched in the inflammable liquid from head to toe (with just a quart litre) and our hero finds enough time to light a match and burn him to ashes. Now, a killer of this sort should leave something on the crime scene as his signature and what better choice than a brightly colored rakhi.
Pic: A typical Rakhee assault
The Police Department shown in the movie deserves a special mention and so does actress Suhasini. Her role of a Deputy Police Commissioner in Rakhee can single-handedly shatter all the good work she has done in her past movies. And expectedly her character who begins pursuing the killer ends up supporting Rakhee for all his 'good deeds'. She goes to the extent of shouting at her superior that Rakhee is the only real cop out there. All this adds more fun to the plot and lets us laugh out loud at the absurdity of it.
As promised by the promos, we have several songs featuring NTR either with a gorgeous Ileana or a voluptuous Charmi, both being in their near-naked best and proved to be the much needed breaks between laughs.
Pic: All those rakhis on his arm were tied by his innumerable 'sisters'!
