‘Karthikeya 2’ movie review: A partially engaging thriller that gets too didactic

imagine dan brown The Da Vinci Code In an Indian context, with a story built around Hindu symbolism and semiotics. Writer-director Chandu Mondeti Kartikeya 2 Set in an area where the protagonists (Nikhil Siddhartha and Anupama Parameswaran) are searching for clues and posing as members of a secret society trying to find out the truth. Aadhar also reminds of Ashwin Sanghi’s book Krishna Key, This does not mean that the stories are the same, but there are broad similarities – secret societies, codes and symbols, anthropologists and archaeologists and the everlasting threat from those who have hidden motives behind them.

telugu movie of chandu mondeti 2014 Kartikeya: There was a shorter and more intimate film in which Dr. Karthik (Nikhil), an atheist, relied on science and logic to unravel mysteries at the Subrahmanya Swamy Temple in Subrahmanyapuram. Driven by curiosity, he refuses to believe in superstition and gets to the bottom of the mysterious murders.

Kartikeya 2 There is a different chapter in Dr Karthik’s life. She is still driven by curiosity but this time, the turn of events warrants her not to look at everything through the lens of science and logic. The film begins with a note stating that it is a fiction based on history. Later in the film, a character says that God is our ancestor and that what we call mythology is history. An anklet of Lord Krishna, safely hidden in a corner of the earth and containing the answer to the world’s problems, is the crux of the controversy in this story.

Pro. Rao, an archaeologist, learns of some historical truths from a library in Pantenos, Greece, and that sets the ball rolling for this story. Dr Karthik, who has no relation with the Professor, finds himself in a difficult situation when he goes to Dwarka with his mother (Tulsi). in the same condition The Da Vinci CodeKarthik is helped by the professor’s granddaughter Mugdha (Anupama), who studied Hindu semiotics at the Banaras Hindu University.

Nayak, accompanied by Karthik’s uncle Sadananda (Srinivasa Reddy), a staunch Krishna devotee, sets out on an adventure to Dwarka, Bayt Dwarka, Mathura, Radha Kund, Bundelkhand and Himachal Pradesh. Production designer Sahi Suresh and cinematographer-editor Karthik Ghattamaneni do a good job as the story settles in these locations, and they are suitably helped by the background score of Kaala Bhairav.

However, the story doesn’t capitalize on the potential of the nail-biting thriller. In many scenes the dialogues over-explain the protagonist’s actions. The characters are made to talk more than necessary without increasingly addressing the issue.

The mixing of religion and the exciting elements also does not happen easily. The story pauses to preach and praise the ideologies that underpin the thriller.

An ancient telescope, a peacock-shaped structure and an anklet are some of the objects that carry the story forward. Payal’s discovery in the religious-cultural background could also have turned into a fictional story like the old-fashioned Kodi Ramakrishna films. Thriller mode only sets in the final act, setting the stage for Kartikeya 3,

The acting – Nikhil’s restrained acting and Anupama’s effective acting – strikes a chord with what is needed for the story; Harsh Chemudu plays the role of a friendly Muslim driver who helps the protagonist in his quest. Praveen and Satya appear in brief parts.

Kartikeya 2 is co-produced by the makers of The Kashmir Files And knows how to capitalize on the dominant socio-political mood at the moment. If the story was far from its didactic tone, Kartikeya 2 Would have been a thrilling thriller.