Krack Analysis

 KRACK (2021)

Directed by: Gopichand Malineni
Starring: Ravi Teja, Shruti Hassan
Cinematography: GK Vishnu

Read this after you watch the film. Spoilers alert.

This film could've been a phenomenal commercial film - if they fleshed out a conflict within the film better. Shankar is a cop who beats up, and brutally tortures anyone who utters the word 'background'. In the process of dealing some cases, he deals roughly with a lot of people. When he shoots a civilian by mistake, and the higher officer summons him by saying that one of the person he tortures in the cell is now dead - they could've used this conflict and amped up the drama. They could've let him be a grey character, and show us a character arc like they did in Temper. But they resolve the conflict very soon, by saying that it's someone else. But Shankar is actually a guy who beats up and tortures people. We never deal with them. Torturing suspects is like such a casual thing in movies. People should watch Visaranai.

The film is shot very well, there were some wide shots in the song where we see Shankar as the cop, and the way the night sequences are lit - I loved these parts. Some action sequences are choreographed and shot very well - especially the bus-stand fight scene, and some sequences in the beach. Katari Krishna's character development is solid - I could sense some Vada Chennai's influence over there. But this isn't used very well - Shankar comes and randomly hits him and takes him to the station. It felt like the weight of his character, is suddenly let go. The mango, note, nail thing was okay. It didn't directly help the plot, or the theme. It was just an interesting element there. I liked the screenplay choices, like the way the entire film is in the flashback through the perspective of Katari Krishna. The Shruti Hassan twist was definitely fun. Ravi Teja is a delight to watch, in such roles. It's high time we let go of songs where we put up sets, or go to foreign locations. The film is forgettable, but we could definitely give it a shot. If you do, find a mass theatre. Don't watch it in PVR.