Radhe Shyam: "No need for a palmist to predict Prabhas's career, if his choice continues like this!!!"

The Telugu film industry is known for its larger than life type of movies with heroes that can bash an entire battalion as easily as swatting a fly. However, many of us still loved watching them & this explains the reason for the popularity of stars like Allu Arjun , Chiranjeevi etc. Another person who has steadily built a fan base for himself is Prabhas  courtesy of the Baahubali series. Incidentally, I started watching his flicks after the magnum opus & though "Saaho" was a disappointment, Radha Krishna Kumar's "Radhe Shyam" still provided hope. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a test of our patience.

The story unfolds in the 1970s where Vikramadityan (Prabhas) is a world renowned palmist & known as the 'Einstein of Palmistry'. Apparently, he believed that he could never be in a serious romantic relationship as he didn't have a love line. But when he met Prerna (Pooja Hegde), it felt that there could be more to destiny than just what the lines in the palm said. 

Since I havent watched Radha Krishna's debut venture "Jil", I had no prior expectations about his caliber. With regard to this particular project, it is lavishly mounted & the frames were elegant & pristine for which Manoj Paramahamsa deserves praise while S Thaman's music was ok. But what's the point of all this, if the basic story as such was preposterous to say the least. It didnt make any sense (at least to me) & made me question why Prabhas would even agree to do something of this sort. It meanders along at a snail's pace for close to 140 minutes without adding anything worthwhile that would attract our attention.

Well there is previous little that the artists can do if the story is so weak & hence with the content provided, Prabhas, Pooja & Satyaraj did their parts ok. There were a host of other artists who barely had any relevance to the story such as Jayaram, Jagapathi Babu & Kunaal Roy Kapoor and some others such as Bhagyasree, Murali Sharma etc who were there I guess to complete the quorum.

Verdict: The addition of "Shyam" to the title might have made it marginally better than Salman's "Radhe". If Prabhas doesn't make some smart choices going forward, he will surely squander the good will that he garnered from Baahubali. In short, dont bother!!!

Rating: 1/5

Regards...Ben