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#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews Film: #SitaRamam #Tamil #Runtime: 157mins Genre: Drama Rating: * * ½ Cast: #DulquerSalmaan #MrunalThakur #RashmikaMandanna #TinnuAnand #DalipThahil #MurliSharma #PrakashRaj Writer/Director: #HanuRaghavapudi Dialogue: #JayKrishna #RajKumarKandamudi #LycaProductions #Subaskaran #VyjayanthiMovies

A period romantic drama set amidst India-Pakistan strife, this film loses appeal as it tries for greater complexity. Its 1964, POK terrorist camp is putting the finishing touches of Operation Gibralter involving the Mujahideen crossing into Kashmir. A young Indian lieutenant who falls in love with a Hyderabadi Muslim Princess(later on, his wife), is tasked with destroying the Pakistani camp – but he gets caught and tortured while his wife goes from Pillar to post to rescue him. Shades of ‘Roja’ in the story but the plotting involves sequences with the Indian army in Kashmir. The narrative spends too much time in setting up the love story amidst strife and loses the romance of it completely. To add to the miseries, the casting is inappropriate – especially Mrunal Thakur ( though a wonderful and competent actress ) who doesn’t fit the character of Hyderabadi royalty, a princess betrothed to an Omani Prince, who instead, falls in love with an army officer. In fact too much detailing makes the viewing tedious and unromantic. The intermingling of timelines also make it a less than lucid experience. The cinematography, music and performances are fairly good though