{"id":124581,"date":"2022-09-23T21:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=124581"},"modified":"2022-09-23T03:33:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T22:03:36","slug":"hit-the-first-case-movie-review-rajkumar-rao-adds-gravity-to-the-plodding-criminal-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/movies\/hit-the-first-case-movie-review-rajkumar-rao-adds-gravity-to-the-plodding-criminal-thriller","title":{"rendered":"Hit: The First Case Movie Review: Rajkumar Rao Adds Gravity To The Plodding Criminal Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Star Cast<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rajkumar Rao as Vikram, a police detective<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sanya Malhotra as Neha, a forensic expert<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Director<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dr Sailesh Kolanu<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Duration of the movie:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a02 hours 15 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">First, let\u2019s talk about the storyline:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">HIT (Homicide Intervention Team) investigator Vikram (Rajkummar Rao), haunted by glimpses of a horrible past, is forced to set aside his fights when two women go missing under unexplained scenarios.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Preeti, a college girl, vanishes after her vehicle breaks down on a Jaipur expressway, and Vikram&#8217;s girlfriend, forensic expert Neha (Sanya Malhotra), is also missing. Is there a link between the two instances, and who is to blame?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Film Review<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There has been a trend in recent South films to feature chain-smoking troubled intellectuals as protagonists, and this adaptation is no exception.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As Arjun Reddy, the jilted lover, was an experienced alcoholic surgeon, Vikram (Rajkummar Rao) is an anxious investigator who prospers at work despite his repeated nightmares and post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">HIT, on the other hand, does not celebrate its hero&#8217;s experience. Despite his brilliance, it takes courage to declare him &#8216;unfit&#8217; for his critical fieldwork. Vikram&#8217;s quiet courage and logical reasoning abilities, rooted in anguish, keep you involved, if not on the edge of your chair.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Two years after his Telugu original of the same name, Sailesh Kolanu remakes his movie in Hindi with a different cast and locale.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The police process is now taking place in Rajasthan rather than Telangana. Besides a change in the climax, Kolanu keeps the character names and the tale.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This was a logical change given how rapidly spoilers for whodunits can be released. Because Vikram&#8217;s prior trauma is not disclosed here, expect additional sequels to this narrative.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">HIT avoids preconceptions to a large part, but it also succumbs to them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A beautiful love song, for example, must be followed by a terrible event involving the lead actress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The treatment is straightforward and honest, yet it does not transfer into a gripping, gritty thriller.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The film is more of a wandering, leisurely criminal thriller with a fascinating build-up but an unsatisfying ending.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As we relax into Kolanu&#8217;s tumultuous environment, the tension rises. However, the plot struggles to tie loose ends, and the events building up to the significant reveal don&#8217;t match up.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With numerous suspects involved, the rationale of the one guilty appears absurd and far-fetched.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The puerile finale undermines the unpredictability built in the first half, and the gay track is shamefully misappropriated.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Aerial images of the expressway, ambiguous looks, Vikram&#8217;s worry, and his destructive interaction with an arrogant coworker (Jatin Goswami) all contribute to the heaviness of the proceedings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rajkummar Rao adds gravity to the plodding criminal thriller. He has the power to elevate jumbled writing and does so again here. Despite the missteps, he keeps you on his team. HIT is primarily a hit-or-miss proposition.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What&#8217;s satisfactory<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rajkummar Rao acting leads you to believe in his reality, and even the minor melodrama is understandable because of him. Half of the narrative is also pretty amazing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What&#8217;s terrible<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The payoff for putting in so much effort. It might have been more detailed and edged.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Cast Rajkumar Rao as Vikram, a police detective Sanya Malhotra as Neha, a forensic expert Director Dr Sailesh Kolanu Duration of the movie:\u00a02 hours 15 minutes First, let\u2019s talk about the storyline: HIT (Homicide Intervention Team) investigator Vikram (Rajkummar Rao), haunted by glimpses of a horrible past, is forced to set aside his fights [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21834,"featured_media":125074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12190,12202,10028,12238,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-124581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-actors","8":"category-blog","9":"category-bollywood","10":"category-crime","11":"category-movies"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21834"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124581"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125042,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124581\/revisions\/125042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}