King of Kotha movie review

Story:

Kanna (Shabir) keeps the city of Kotha under his grip.

He sells drugs throughout the city and does all kinds of illegal activities.

Newly appointed CI Hasan (Prasanna) tries to stop Kanna’s wrongdoings.

But Kanna puts a check on Hasan immediately.

Hasan finds out about Raju (Dulquer Salman) who is a good friend of Kanna and ruled Kotha at one point in time.

After knowing Raju’s story, Hasan decides to bring back Raju to Kotha.

What happens after that? Why did Raju leave Kotha? Answers to all these questions form the rest of the story.

Analysis

Directed by Abhilash Joshi, The first half is passable with decent twists and some good scenes but the second half could have been better.

One action scene arrives after another but the story doesn’t move forward.

No matter what role Dulquer Salman plays, he owns it completely. His acting is perfect in this movie.

This is the first time that he is doing a character with mass touch but he fitted in straightaway.

He suited the elevation scenes too and carried a lot of scenes with intensity too. His fans will immensely like his character and he is phenomenal.

He carried the film on his shoulders. Shabir who mesmerised everyone in the Dancing Rose role in ‘Sarpatta’ has impressed big time as a villain.

He played a completely different role from what he did in ‘Sarpatta’.

Aishwarya Lekshmi is fine in terms of acting.

Naila did well as the villain’s wife. Chemban Vinod is impressive as an English-speaking don.

The rest of the cast are okay. Jakes Bejoy who worked in a couple of Telugu movies has given a fantastic background score.

Rest of the technical aspects are passable.

Rating: 3.3/5