Raju Gari Gadhi 2 Review

'Raju Gari Gadhi 2' is the sequel to 2015 super hit movie 'Raju Gari Gadhi' and it features Nagarjuna and Samantha in important roles. The trailers and interesting posters helped the movie to create a good pre-release buzz and the movie has hit the screens today. The film starts off in a resort which is owned by three friends and slowly they observe weird things happening in the resort and they approach Rudra (Nagarjuna), a mentalist. What is the reason behind those weird things and how Rudra manages to solve them forms the rest of the story.

Coming to performances, Nagarjuna played the role of Rudra very well and he brought in a lot of weight to the film with his amazing screen presence. He got a role with a lot of content and he grabbed it with both the hands and makes a long-lasting impression. Samantha performance as Amrutha is one of the best in her entire career as she stole the show in the second half. Ohmkar has written the role Amrutha very well and Samantha did complete justice to the role. Vennela Kishore, Praveen, and Shakalaka Shankar played their roles perfectly and Seerat Kapoor has nothing much to do performance wise.

Coming to the technical team, one must appreciate Thaman's background score for the film. He has put his heart and soul for the film and that can be seen in the film, his re-recording for the film took the movie to next level. Production values of PVP Cinema and Matinee Entertainments must be appreciated as the film looks quite rich. Art director A.S. Prakash has done a good job with sets and R. Diwakaran's cinematography is adequate.Abburi Ravi's dialogues compliment the story well and some of them deserve a round of applause. Technically the film is very good.

Coming to director of the film, Ohmkar has done a decent job with the film as he handles crucial scenes exceptionally well. He selects his cast well and perfectly uses Nagarjuna and Samantha's acting capabilities. Though he has many comedians in the film he doesn't make proper use of them and comedy portions of the film are not as hilarious as in 'Raju Gari Gadhi 1'. Nevertheless, he is getting better with each film and if carefully planned he will have a long career in Tollywood.

Verdict: 'Raju Gari Gadhi 2' is not a regular horror comedy where you can expect loads of comedy, but it has enough comedy and sentiment to make it an interesting watch this weekend.