Director Chandra's Telugu movie Radha, starring Sharwanand and Lavanya Tripathi, has received mixed reviews from viewers, who are not happy with its routine plot.
Radha is a romantic comedy movie with a good dose of action. Besides directing the film, Chandra Mohan has also written its story and screenplay. The movie is produced by BVSN Prasad under his banner Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra. Radhan has composed the music for the film while Karthik Ghattamneni has handled the cinematography.
The movie narrates the story of Radha Krishna (Sharwanand) who nurtures the dream of becoming a police officer since childhood. He is a staunch devotee of Krishna. After he joins the police force, Radha is posted at a place called Barsanapalle (Warangal), where the crime rate is zero. He then falls in love with a girl named Radha. He is subsequently transferred to Dhoolpet, Hyderabad. How he fights against two warring factions in this area forms the crux of the story.
Viewers say that Radha has a dull and predictable story. The first half has nothing new to offer in terms of the storyline, and a few romance scenes and Sharwanand's comedy keep the film goers entertained. The twist at the interval is good, but the second half is not so impressive with its routine narration. The climax also lacks freshness.
Sharwanand has delivered a good performance and his comic timing is the highlight of Radha. Lavanya Tripathi looks glamorous and her chemistry with the hero is one of the attractions of the film. Ravi Kishan, Aksha Pardasany and others have done justice to their roles. JP Reddy, Saptagiri and Fish Venkat's comedy are the other assets of the film, says the audience.
Radha has decent production values, with the music, picturisation at beautiful locations, action and dance choreography, and punchy dialogues being the other attractions.
We bring you some viewers' verdict on the film shared on Twitter. Here is the live update of Radha movie review by the audience:
Vamsi Shekar @UrsVamsiShekar
Superb First Half with ample Entertainment...Scenes between #Sharwanand @Itslavanya #ShakalakaShankar are hilarious #Radha
God of Masses @ImkaNTRi
Entertaining 1st Half. #Radha
Starky @starky_afdb
#Radha #RadhaUSAPremieres routine formula movie.. Average to be honest
Cult Prabhas Fan @ivdsai
#Radha now interval @actorbrahmaji #Sharwanand stylish acting dialogues @Itslavanya (Rabit) beautiful presence Continuing 2nd Half
Mouth Talk @MouthTalkk
Routine Story added with highly routine screenplay spoils the show. My rating : 2.25 (Flop) #Radha Sharwanand
M Naveen Bala @Bala12m
#Radha Finished 1st half. Sharwanand movie-movie Ki different variations chupistunadu...movie bagundi till now
HARI KIRAN @harikiranroyal
#Radha 1st Half - Nothing New. Routine Rotta.
RaviTeja @bezawadatej
1st half bagundi entertainment #Radha Strictly average.... 2nd half #Radha
AYYAPPA REDDY @lucky59000
Completed 1st half full fun ride #Sharwanand done good role as a police #Radha #RadhaOnMay12th
Bittuuu ! @tharungstars
Good 1st half.. Routine aina comedy worked well ! Sharwa shines Timepass Flick ! But seriously Sharwa should get back to serious roles.. Comedy akkadakkada OA anpistundi #Radha - A Routine movie
Sravan @sravanrox
Ok first half.. routine rotta 2nd half.. avoid #Radha
SreenuBangaram @GSMEDIASREENU
#Radha Interesting interval block n entertaining first half
Varun Kilaru @varunkilaru
#Raadha #radha - half way into d film, dis one is a definite goner! Wat a dampener after d massive storm 2 weeks ago!
Telugu360 @Telugu360
#Radha Second half is laced with some nice comedy scenes. #Radha Climax very predictable.
Censor Reports @CensorReports
#Radha - U - 128m + first half + Comedy + Rich locations/ DOP + Pre-Interval - Kona-Vytla type 2nd half - Heavy scenes 3/5 abv avg to Hit
యతి™ @ursyathi
Good 1st half, Comedy scenes worked well. #Radha below avg stuff #Radha
RK @RKTwts
Except two three comedy bits pretty much routine scenes .. avg first half .. #Radha Second half little better .. routine timepass flick .. sharwa serious roles ki baa set avuthadu comedy konchem OA la undi .. #Radha Sapthagiri sir overaction aapakapothe chala kastam NKP spoof lo narakam chupincheru kasepu .. #Radha
RC Styling @bleedblue111
Parledu 1st half #Radha Ade kurkure story with couple of comedy scenes #Radha Sharwa is a brilliant actor, he should stick with his intense roles rather than these comedy roles.
Mega Power @kasi_CineFan
#Radha offers nothing new Overall
Sundeep @sunny438
Ok first half #Radha Done. Strictly avg #Radha
Ramya @PinkyGal16
@Itslavanya wow #Radha movie is Super Good ❤ & your acting Amazing Loved it. Positive vibes everywhere Congrats for the success ✨
Suresh Kondi @V6_Suresh
Entertaining first half.. #Radha
Hemanth kumarsharma™ @hemanthkumarbhk
Good First Half Comedy bavundi jayaprakash reddy & Shakalaka Shankar comedy bavundi #Radha
Jalapathy Gudelli @JalapathyG
#Radha: Has regular 'material' but has enough entertaining moments too. Sharwanand's cop act & Sapathagiri's comedy are good. Masala drama.
SATHVIK @SathvikM9999
Routine Stuff..Below average #Radha
Siddhu Manchikanti @TravelwithSid
Sharvanand's #Radha is a half baked film with finer comedy at some moments .. Skip it successfully