PremiumLove you Rachchu movie review: Ajai, Rachita put together a decent, but not nail-biting, suspense thriller
Though not entirely an edge-of-the-seat experience, debutant Shankar S Raj’s film delivers good suspense in the end.
Last Updated: 10.02 AM, Dec 31, 2021
Story: Happily-married couple Ajai and Rachana (Rachita) face a sudden and unfortunate twist in their life, when she is forced to commit murder to protect her dignity, on a day that he is not around. Instead of alerting the police, Ajai decides to get rid of the body. Unfortunately, though, someone gets whiff of what Ajai and Rachana have done, and blackmails them for ransom. How did the blackmailer know of the murder? Can Ajai and Rachana find a way out of this mess?
Review: Like all suspense thrillers, this one too has the most essential ingredient - a crime. In a little over two hours of run time, the movie gets on with the task of setting up the murder plot early on. In fact, it is the pace at which the story moves in the beginning that keeps the audience glued to their seats. The first half is not wasted with unrelated sequences.
The soul of the movie is that of a loving husband, who is ready to go to any extent to safeguard his loving wife, who unexpectedly kills their driver when her dignity was at stake. The husband who returns home from a business trip finds his wife in shock. In order to protect her from going through a long and arduous legal process, even if she were to be found innocent of the crime done in self defense, Ajai decides that his best option is to hide all traces of the crime and the body.
The plot is now set for its first major twist with the entry of a mystery man who claims to know all about the murder and blackmails for ransom. The director manages to keep it tight on who could be the mystery man and his connection with the murder. Sadly, some dull moments thereon hamper the narrative making the overall experience just average. Ajai and Rachitha, though, give their best as they shoulder a major chunk of the screenplay.
Verdict: When compared to all the brilliant suspense thrillers available on various platforms, Love you Rachchu doesn’t measure up. It’s not all bad, though, and entertains to a certain extent. It’s not a start-to-finish nail-biting experience, but it has enough to keep you engrossed for the duration of the film.
(Shashiprasad SM is a Bengaluru freelance journalist who writes extensively on Kannada films)