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Director Gopichand Malineni’s Krack, starring Ravi Teja and Shruti Haasan, is a clichéd entertainer with some interesting surprises, says our review.

 

Any Sankranti is incomplete without a big film release. In 2020, Mahesh Babu’s Sarileru Neekevvaru and Allu Arjun’s Ala Vaikuntapurramloo clashed at the box office. However, this year, with the Covid-19 pandemic, the equation has changed. But, Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja decided to entertain people with the release of his film, Krack, nonetheless.

Director Gopichand Malineni’s Krack follows a typical cop-story template, which pushes the audience to mainly focus on the screenplay and how he keeps us engaged throughout. Poturajju Veera Shankar (Ravi Teja) is an extremely violent police officer. He thrashes and cuts body parts of gundas when they commit crimes. Veera Shankar gets a transfer to Ongole where Katari (Samuthirani) along with Jayamma (Varalaxmi Sarathkumar) rule. As Katari commits a murder, Veera Shankar takes up the case to punish him.

With Krack, Gopichand Malineni has concentrated on keeping the screenplay interesting. In some places, it gets too much as certain scenes have an overload of information. But, he makes up for it by throwing some surprises at fans on and off. But, it is this inconsistency that puts off the audience at times.

Krack begins with a love track between Ravi Teja and Shruti Haasan and then moves to show their adorable family. But, Gopichand keeps it short and concentrates on the actual story. Though Shruti vanishes a few minutes into the film, she takes everyone by surprise with her act in the second half.

The main problem with Krack is how it glorifies police brutality. Sometimes, a director needs to ask, “How much violence is too much?” In order to show that Ravi Teja is a hot-headed cop, several scenes have been jammed in to establish his brutality. And perhaps all that wasn't required.

That said, Krack is a treat for Ravi Teja fans. It has been quite a while since the audience saw Ravi Teja in a fun role. Though he is called Mass Maharaja, his last few films were drab. It is safe to say that Mass Maharaja is truly back with Krack. His is completely in his element. He has enjoyed playing Veera Shankar on screen and it is quite evident.

Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Samuthirakani have delivered neat performances as the antagonists. The entire stretch involving these two stars worked well for the film and packed a nice punch. Composer Thaman’s score at certain places amp up the emotion, exactly as expected. Cinematographer GK Vishnu’s work, which was extremely impressive in Vijay’s Mersal and Bigil, impresses here too. Our favourite was the part where he showed the villain’s gang. Excellent.

On the whole, Krack is a decent masala entertainer with a neat blend of commercial elements, brilliant stunt sequences and interesting storyline. The film could have been so much more if they had done away with too much detailing. Yet, Krack holds the audience’s attention for the most part and entertains us.

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