Lucky Baskhar has been made as a true-blue con-artist financial crime thriller drama. It is produced jointly by Sithara Entertainments and Fortune Four Cinemas.
Story:
Baskhar Kumar is a regular bank employee from a middle-class background in the Bombay of the late 1980s. We are told his debts are a multiple of his monthly income. His doting wife Sumathi and his school-going son are his world. Pushed to the wall by mounting financial pressures, he turns to a small-time crook named Anthony to make some quick buck. Small frauds eventually grow in size, tempting Baskhar to join hands with the big fish in the town. Will he be able to survive his own greed? ‘
Analysis:
Writer-director Venky Atluri decided to make a film revolving around a financial scam even before the release of Dhanush’s SIR in 2022. Lucky Baskhar is more than just a rags-to-riches story; it is a script that happens when you do your homework thoroughly. Usually, filmmakers tend to be lazy in exploring the details of high-value scams. They write a few politician characters and be done with it. Lucky Baskhar is NOT lazy. It narrates how staffers in banks discover the modus operandi on the go, how they react to irresistible offers, how they get into a mess, and how they handle the consequences of their actions.
Compared to the first half, the second hour becomes more genre-specific. The plot-turns and the conversations are more intense in the second hour.
Dulquer Salmaan’s performance is so flawless that you don’t get bored of him even though there are one too many close-up shots of him. He is a phenomenal actor who can shoulder any genre with grace. And Venky Atluri proves to be a filmmaker deserving of such a brilliant actor.
Ramki as Anthony, Sachin Khedekar as a white-collar lead, Maganti Srinath of Animal fame as a broker, and Meenakshi Chaudhary as Sumathi are seen in prominent parts. Sai Kumar as a CBI officer, Tinnu Anand, Rajkumar Kasireddy and Sivannarayana as Baskhar’s colleagues, Manasa Chaudhary (in a cameo) are well-cast.
GV Prakash Kumar’s background score attains levels of perfection, through and through. Nimish Ravi’s cinematography is dexterous.
The Magadha Bank ambience looks lived-in. Usually, commercial films make such properties look plastic. Lucky Baskhar’s production design and execution adhere to the ever-growing standards of Telugu cinema.
Verdict:
Lucky Baskhar is a must-watch if you are a fan of new-age crime dramas with a con artist at the centre of the story.
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