‘12A Railway Colony’ movie review: Allari Naresh’s film has a decent premise, marred by erratic execution

12A Railway Colony, the Telugu movie directed by Nani Kasaragadda, changes its hues astatine each turn. It works arsenic a pleasant surprise, to statesman with. The protagonist Karthik (Allari Naresh) experiences visions astir redeeming a miss successful a snowslide. He is led to a video astir spirits and however they interaction people. Then, the absorption shifts to his boss, Tillu (Jeevan Reddy), a person who is hopeless for an electoral win.

As it hints astatine a high-stakes governmental drama, a mates of men are killed. Before the culprit is found, a emotion way has Karthik falling for his neighbour, Aradhana (Kamakshi Bhaskarla), an aspiring badminton player. A mysterious antheral is connected a pursuit to reconnect with his woman and daughter. Barring the banality successful the execution, determination is curiosity astir the communal nexus that binds the threads.

Cut to the 2nd hour, the movie unfolds similar an probe thriller, unpacking assorted layers of the story, wherever the bull Rana Pratap (Sai Kumar) amazingly takes a backseat, and the protagonist is successful a unreserved to find the information astir duplicate crimes. When the feline is yet retired of the bag, the aftertaste is somewhat underwhelming. Towards the end, determination is desperation to confuse the viewers.

Allari Naresh’s movie has an absorbing premise and each the ingredients indispensable for a decent thriller, but determination is nary condemnation successful storytelling. The penning is loose, and the execution vague. The emotion communicative pans retired similar a mathematical equation, a look of sorts. The conversations are random, and the actors look excessively indifferent to care.

The expected genre-bender handles its tonal shifts poorly, banking solely connected the daze worth of a twist implicit prime storytelling. It struggles to physique the small pieces that marque up the whole. While it restlessly moves from 1 subplot to the other, it forgets to archer the audiences wherefore these characters oregon their relationships are worthy of their time.

Despite the flurry of crippled turns, it takes astatine slightest an hr for the movie to aftermath up from its slumber. It is hard to explicate wherefore the makers had to beryllium truthful laidback astir the screenplay. It takes a fewer astute editing choices, arsenic the communicative goes backmost and distant crossed timelines, to make immoderate anxiousness and physique hostility into the movie — a lifeline of immoderate thriller.

A batch of clip is wasted connected silly formalities specified arsenic the quintessential intro number, a emotion way explaining wherefore the miss impresses the guy, and a mandatory pathos opus station a tragedy. The beingness of an experienced histrion similar Sai Kumar during the probe shows what the movie has been missing each on — an assured performer who tin steer the communicative and not simply capable up the frames.

With Sai Kumar’s quality too, the movie makes the mistake of restricting the bull arsenic a passive figure. The enigma constituent successful the climax is revealed successful a hurry; a deluge of accusation is dumped connected the spectator astatine once. Certain elements successful the movie and the wide communicative benignant somewhat echo the vibe of the two-film Polimera series, helmed by the film’s showrunner, Anil Viswanath.

Allari Naresh’s quality lacks consistency, shifting betwixt goofy, vulnerable, and street-smart. Kamakshi Bhaskarla is effective, though her relation lacks agency. Abhirami puts up a spirited amusement successful her extended cameo, portion Sai Kumar holds the fort well. Jeevan Reddy shines successful a repetitive yet meaty part. Madhumani, Anish Kuruvilla, Viva Harsha, Getup Srinu and others walk muster.

The mostly formidable Bheems Ceciroleo’s songs mostly service arsenic speed-breakers, adjacent successful a two-hour film, portion the inheritance people does the dense lifting successful immoderate portions. The cinematographer’s regard is problematic successful a fistful of scenes — the 1 that peculiarly sticks retired similar a sore thumb is the pistillate lead’s establishing shot, focusing connected her thighs.

12A Railway Colony has respective promising ideas, but the execution is excessively erratic to marque an impression.