Karthikeya Movie Review.

                                 

 Starring: Nikhil, Swathi, Rao Ramesh and others.

Directed by:  Chandoo Mondeti
Produced by:    Venkat Srinivas
Music by:   Sekhar Chandra
Cinematography:   Karthik Ghattamaneni
Edited by:    K. Srinivas
Banner:    Magnus Cine Prime Banner

Rating :3.0/5.

 

Story:

 Story begins with introduction to Endowments Employee (Raja Ravindra) killed by snake bite while doing a research to break the mystery behind Kumara Swamy temple in Subramanya Puram. He works under Endowments Officer Pruthvi (Rao Ramesh) who believes in divinity. Along the series, a Police Officer (Kishore) and a pair of love birds are also killed in same temple backdrop.  

Medicos Karthik (Nikhil) and his group of friends (Praveen, Sathya) are posted to the same village of Subramanya Puram on medical camp. Meanwhile, Karthik’s girl friend cum dentist Valli (Colors Swathi) hails from same temple village while his father (Tanikella) is a priest. Enthusiast Karthik peeps into the temple mystery and some pale secrets are unraveled in the process.

Plus points:

Nikhil had complete justice to the movie as medical student and his lovely looks and comedy is plus point in the movie and Swathi with her glamor and beauty is attracted everybody other actors done justice to the movie.

As per present day suspense thrillers, directors are more believing in technical department excellence rather than actual stuff in their subject. Debutant Chandoo Mondeti followed the same line of elevating thrills more by camera work, BGM and less in substance. The acceleration picked up by Chandoo in very starting of story narration declined in graph as it proceeded on. The slow paced story movement is made bearable because of new locations grabbed beautifully by the camera work of Karthik Ghattamaneni. He cranked the camera in all possible angles to generate shivers. At the same time, Sekhar Chandra’s BGM cannot be looked down. He did a very good job. Editing by Karthik Srinivas lost the sharpness in crucial climax. VFX work is high on standards. Production values of Venkat Srinivas, Magnum Cine Prime Banner are just mind blowing.

Performance wise, for the first time Nikhil gave a settled performance as medico. His character is etched neatly enthusiastically without any extras. More than the zeal in chasing temple secrets, he was good in romantic episodes with Swathi. Their chemistry is well worked. Swathi was made to look a bit hefty yet she is captivating in a less prominent role. Rao Ramesh was into his routine best. Kishore as police officer did justice but he is ended on unconvincing note. Tanikella Bharani, Raja Ravindra, Jogi Brothers also did well. Comedy portions on Praveen and Sathya are easily swallowed. Of the rest Tulasi and family of Nikhil did a decent job.

Minus points:

Story is rountine nothing new in the movie the climax part is done in hurried manner.

Technical points:

The story starts off with mysterious murders and with the introduction of hero, heroine, it quickly picks up pace. Sekhar Chandra’s music is appealing and he elevated the film with his background score. Karthik Ghattamaneni’s cinematography is excellent. Dialogues are thought provoking ,Editing of K.Srinivas is quite good.

conclusion :  Kartikeya a interesting thriller movie.