Actor and director Ravi Babu has not been seen on the screen in recent times. His comedy timing as an actor is quite good and he has delivered some amazing movies like ‘Allari’, ‘Party’, ‘Anasuya’, and ‘Amaravathi’ as a director. He constantly experiments with his movies and though they backfired a lot in recent times, he is regarded as one of the finest technicians around. He took some time off after the demise of his father Chalapathi Rao.
He is back again with a crime thriller titled ‘Asalu’ and it is streaming on ETV Win from today. This time, Ravi Babu gave the directorial responsibilities to Uday-Naresh while he took care of the story, dialogues, production and supervision along with playing the lead. With an impressive trailer, the movie generated decent buzz.
Going into the story, a Forensic expert Chakravarthy (Surya) gets murdered while giving an online class through Zoom. CID officer Ranjit Rao (Ravi Babu) enters the scene to investigate this case and suspects four people. Vandana (Poorna) who worked as an assistant to Chakravarthy is shattered after knowing about his death. The truths come out as the investigation goes on and when things get a bit dicey for Rajit Rao, Vandana goes to Guntur which leads to a big twist in the story. This leads to a lot of suspense and intrigue.
Ravi Babu took a lot of care to make sure that there is no lag in this movie which is just one hour and forty-two minutes long. Ravi Babu is decent as the hero and the crime element has been maintained well till the end. Though the logic is quite unbelievable at times, the screenplay is quite decent. The backdrop of the main plotline and the flashback should have been written in a more convincing manner. A lot of movies arrived with similar subjects before and it is why we need to keep our expectations in check before watching ‘Asalu’. The makers gave a twist at the end leaving the door open for the second part.
