Bellamkonda Sreenivas‘s Chatrapathi Hindi remake is irredeemably cringe and passé, with ridiculous, unappealing action set pieces and utterly forgettable songs. Nushrat Bharucha is wasted in this insipid flowerpot role.
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Rating: 1.5/5
Director: V.V Vinayak
Cast: Bellamkonda Sreenivas, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Sharad Kelkar, Bhagyashree, Karan Singh Chhabra
Runtime: 2h 3m
Storyline:
Shivaji (Bellamkonda Sreenivas) is the adopted son of Savitri (Bhagyashree) and the apple of her eye. But her biological son Ashok (Karan Singh Chhabra) is immensely resentful of his step-brother.
Shivaji and his mom get separated after a tragic fire burns down their house, and Ashok lies and tells her Shivaji has died. Meanwhile, Shivaji grows up in the refugee camp, working under the tyranny of the politician-gangster Bhairav.
Shivaji continues to seek out his mother and meets Sapna (Nushrat) along the way and falls for her. When Shivaji overthrows Bhairav’s oppressive rule, he is hailed as ‘Chatrapathi‘ by the masses. But Bhairav’s brother Bhavani (Sharad Kelkar) is out for his blood. Ashok too comes back to stir up trouble…
Will Shivaji aka Chatrapathi defeat all his enemies and be reunited with his mother?
What Do We Think:
Chatrapathi is the remake of the 2005 Telugu film of the same name – which starred Prabhas. Telugu actor Bellamkonda Sreenivas is making his Hindi debut with this remake.
However, this Bellamkonda Sreenivas-Nushrat starrer is unbelievably cringe. The humour is forced, the action is ridiculously slow-mo and exaggerated, and the song-dance sequences are extremely random in some places, and plain and forgettable in others.
Bellamkonda Sreenivas tries his best, but is pretty monotonous in his expressions and just comes across as yet another cringe, loud, rage-filled hero with bulging biceps and glowering eyes, who is punching his way out of the problem. The whole thing is incredibly passé and really tests one’s patience.
Nushrat Bharucha is utterly wasted in this silly, insipid flowerpot role – she appears merely to dance awkwardly and make googly eyes at the hero. An actor of Sharad Kelkar’s calibre too is wasted potential here.
Hit Or Miss:
This one’s a miss unless you really want to watch some mindless masala film.