Chandra Sekhar Yeleti’s story of a prisoner who seems to be a chess champion doesn’t dwell as much as its potential
Almost halfway by means of the movie, the results of a check is asserted to be inconclusive. That phrase echoed my ideas of the movie till that time. For, right here’s a movie that has the potential to rise above the odd, however every of its strikes within the narrative appeared shaky.
Chandra Sekhar Yeleti’s Check is the story of Aditya who commits a small-time white collar crime however finally ends up being framed as a terrorist. Languishing in jail for against the law he didn’t commit, he lives within the hope of taking authorized recourse. Meanwhile, he learns chess from an older prisoner Sriman Narayana (Sai Chand) and the game turns into his passport to fame and perhaps, freedom.
Check
- Cast: Nithiin, Rakul Preet Singh, Priya Prakash Varrier
- Direction: Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
- Music: Kalyani Malik
In his earlier movies, one of many strengths of Yeleti was the dexterity with which he may circumvent predictable character and story arcs and usher in surprises. In Check, as soon as we all know the journey of Aditya from his childhood and what he has been as much as earlier than being framed as a terrorist, it turns into simple to foretell what talent units he would put to make use of and who would assist him do it.
A memorable second within the movie is the reflection of the criss-cross window grills on the ground of the solitary confinement cell, forming a chessboard-like sample. It offers Aditya hope to look ahead to daylight; he mentally sharpens his chess abilities, ready for the day he can reveal his abilities. The bond that develops between Aditya and Narayana isn’t one thing we haven’t seen in worldwide jail movies or sequence, however but, it really works. But, when Narayana emphatically states that Aditya can tackle any chess participant in a state championship, and perhaps even play all of them collectively, it jogged my memory of The Queen’s Gambit!
In reality, there are a handful of latest popular culture references — Master and Vikram Vedha being the obvious, however one can also be reminded of The Shawshank Redemption, Prison Break and extra. Irrespective of whether or not a few of these had been intentional or not, Check would have labored higher had the narrative been immersive enough.
Each time there’s a glimmer of hope on the story taking a brand new flip, it falls a number of steps again. Instead of rooting for Aditya’s rise to fame as a chess champion and cheering his lawyer Manasa (Rakul Preet Singh)’s coming-of-age story, one feels let down. No, mythological references and philosophical statements don’t assist to salvage the movie.
Rahul Srivastav’s cinematography, Kalyani Malik’s background rating, and the manufacturing design work effectively for the movie. Nithiin makes good use of the chance to do one thing aside from the routine and is convincing because the prisoner going by means of the uncertainties of life. Rakul tries to work with a component that might have been fleshed out higher. Priya Prakash Varrier stays only a glamorous addition. In current occasions, that is one other movie that banks on Sai Chand to play a outstanding function and he does it effectively.
Whatever was the concept behind the Vikram and Vedha characters? And why waste an actor like Karthik Ratnam for a type of elements? Murali Sharma and Sampath Raj play polar reverse characters and do what’s anticipated of them. Simran Choudary’s function doesn’t give her scope to make an impression.
An unintentionally humorous second was to solid another person as Vishwanathan Anand. It’s one other factor to indicate somebody’s profile with out disclosing the face, if the sports activities legend hadn’t agreed to seem in a cameo. Having another person in his place elicited guffaws within the cinema corridor. When small issues don’t add up, the seriousness of the ultimate moments too get diluted.
Check could be considered one of Chandra Sekhar Yeleti’s weakest movies, and that’s a pity.
