Vikrant Rona Movie Review : A solid mystery that unfolds a bit too late

A fictitious village in an undisclosed era sees mysterious sightings as the children go missing. Is the culprit man or devil? 

Can Vikrant Rona (Kiccha Sudeep), the cigar smoking, badass new cop in the ghostly town crack the puzzle and hunt down those responsible when everyone’s a suspect? 

Vikrant Rona Review: Made in Kannada and dubbed in Hindi, Anup Bhandari’s dark fantasy adventure (in 3D) is a brave attempt. 

However, the director struggles to find a direction and specificity to his story. It starts off like a children’s fable, then moves to being a supernatural-horror thriller, then a mystery, and a western.  

It tries to be a lot of things. The story lacks a proper timeline as well. The first half wanders aimlessly and drags on forever with no character or story development. 

All we see is Kiccha Sudeep giving a smoldering hero look in slowmo with a jarring background score that never lets the fear creep in. 

Strangely, never has a second half been more contradicting. The film actually begins in the second half where there’s some semblance of story. 

The mystery that unfolds a bit too late is solid and gripping. Had it gathered momentum earlier, this film had the potential to be a cracking thriller. 

Four years in the making and shot even during Covid, visually, the film tries its best to live up to the genre’s ambitious scale.

Four years in the making and shot even during Covid, visually, the film tries its best to live up to the genre’s ambitious scale. 

The film see a good opening collection with 20 crore in its first day.

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