Hanakya is a meandering drama that seems stressed about whether it wishes to be a spy-thriller that takes itself way too critically or a commercial drama that has a little bit of everything. It falls someplace in between, neither maintaining you on the edge-of-the-seat, nor pleasing you. It’s accurate that Thiru made his Telugu debut, if only he had better cloth past what seems like a mix of each Indian undercover agent film ever made.
Arjun (Gopichand) is a RAW marshall who’s stated to be one of the satisfactory in the field, and but in no way follows even the simplest of orders given with the aid of his Chief, Gulkarni (Nasser). His character is meant to be sharp, stoic and heroic, but the way the story progresses only makes him appear like a petulant child who loves getting his way honestly because his missions always magically work out, even when his cover is blown and he’s in enemy state. The marshall even likes to lead a double lifestyles as bank worker Ramakrishna, whose preferred activity is to sing duets with Aishwarya (Mehreen Pirzada). In the story is also Arjun’s band of boys, his team, which additionally points Aadarsh Balakrishna and Raja Chembolu.
Cue dialogues which has random humans surprise the place Ramakrishna maintains disappearing off at random intervals and the expose of how Arjun is an orphan which his band of boys as his solely family. Chanakya begins in a cliché and predictable route, however a high-octane one with a mission, but it quickly meanders into awkward territory with jokes about dogs mating and a bank supervisor misunderstanding it for the lead couple’s sex life.
When the story ultimately comes returned to track, it’s still no longer adequate due to the fact no matter trying way too hard, the film’s ‘twists’ by no means genuinely manipulate to shock you. Zareen Khan makes her Telugu debut as Zubeida, every other agent who aids Arjun in his covert, private mission for motives never revealed. While enough time is spent hammering domestic the point of how Arjun doubles by means of working at a bank, Zareen makes her entry dancing to a daft quantity and later, random human beings maintain greeting her and asking her for selfies. It’s never truly clear what she does different than be an agent to be famous ample to be asked for selfies.
The three songs with the aid of Vishal Chandrasekhar and Sricharan Pakala pop up at the most inopportune moments and the cinematography by way of Vetri Palanisamy, editing by means of Marthand K Venkatesh fail to convey the movie together. Abburi Ravi's dialogues and Sricharan Pakala's BGM try. The only ones who appear earnest about the movie are Gopichand, Mehreen Pirzada and Zareen Khan, giving it their all and trying to make the shoddy fabric work.
By the time Gopichand’s Arjun exhibits in a throwaway dialogue why in the world the movie is named Chanakya, the sigh that escapes one’s lips is not of shock but sheer exhaustion. Go watch this one at your personal chance