Director: Yata Satyanarayana

Star Cast: Raj Arjun, Tej Sapru, Makarand Deshpande, Bobby Simha, Anushriya Tripathi, Vedika, Anusuiya Bhardwaj, Prerna, Thalaswal Vijay, Chandu Nath Nair etc.

Where to watch: In theater

Star Rating: 3.5

Razakar Movie Review: It has been the problem of many generations of India that the governments have avoided telling them the gruesome truths of history. The result of which was that when the hidden truths started coming to light, neither did the new generations of Hindus trust them easily and the Muslims considered it a false propaganda against them. All the stories of 'Kashmir Files' were recorded in the books of eyewitnesses like Jagmohan, newspapers and reports of that time, but people called them propaganda and now the same is happening with 'Razakar: The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad'. .

If today's generation is told that when Taj Mahal was being built, more than half of India was suffering from famine and instead of spending this money on them, will Shahjahan not agree? It will not even be accepted that Shahjahan had burnt a Brahmin alive for praising Sanatan. Jahanara, sister of Aurangzeb, who established Chandni Chowk, had installed the idol of Shri Krishna from Mathura on the stairs of Moti Masjid in Agra, but Kareena Kapoor was going to play her role in 'Takht'. We make Jodha Akbar but hide his murder mangoes and Fatahnama in Chittor Fort. Similarly, let's finish the history of Razakars in one or two lines, the situation was that 90 percent of the critics who reviewed the movie had never even heard the name of Qasim Rizvi before. This movie shows the same hidden gruesome truth, which not only Hindus but also Muslims should see to know why parties like the BJP get so much public support.

Story of Hyderabad State

This is the story of the princely state of Hyderabad, which did not join India even after independence, It was very rich due to the wealth of the Kakatiya kings of Golconda mines, which produced world-famous diamond mines like Kohinoor, at that time it was ruled by Nizam Mir Ali Osman. (Makarand Deshpande). The Nizam wanted the princely state of Hyderabad to become a separate country, Turkistan, and he made a one-year status quo agreement with India i.e. Stand Still Agreement. Obviously, like in Kashmir, Nehruji was adopting a lax attitude here too. But this one year had a heavy toll on the 85 percent Hindu population of the princely state of Hyderabad. Nizam's commander Qasim Rizvi (Raj Arjun) formed a large army of Razakars and started a jihad of religious conversion.

There was no port in the state, so preparations were made to buy Goa from the Portuguese, Rs. 20 crores were sent from Pakistan for military help, a lot of money was deposited in the banks of London, etc. Also, to suppress the rebellion in Hyderabad state, recruitment of Razakars started on a large scale. However, it is not shown in the movie how Rizvi wins the hearts of the people by donating all his property to his party Majli-e-Ittihadul Muslimeen and then creates his army, Razakar Sena. It was also not told how he later gave his party to Owaisi's grandfather before going to Pakistan and the same party is AIMIM today.

Sardar Patel (Tej Sapru) was getting news of atrocities happening in Hyderabad, but due to Nehruji, he and KN Munshi were left feeling sad. Here Qasim Rizvi wreaked havoc on Hyderabadi Hindus. Some local youth rose against that havoc at different places, director Yata Satyanarayan has worked hard to give respect to all those unsung heroes through this movie, and at the same time, the effort to make every scene iconic is visible. Each character seems to have been chosen with great thought, each scene, each set has been carefully planned. Special effects, set designing, cinematography, editing, music, and excellent direction take this movie many times higher than Kashmir Files. This movie is a wonderful example of production and for this, producer Gudur Narayana Reddy has to be praised, who has given free rein to the director. Every incident till Operation Polo has been woven into this movie.

Every incident of atrocities on Hindus has been included in this movie with research, be it the murder of a Muslim journalist by cutting off his hands the incident of stoning of children hiding in a pit, killing of naked women. Be it the incident of burning to death in a straw enclosure or the burning to death of a Brahmin family.

Raj Arjun did wonders

Since the film was on such a subject that big actors refused to work in the film, otherwise the film would have become even more discussed. Despite this, Raj Arjun has done wonders in the role of the main villain Qasim Rizvi, after 'Secret Superstar', you saw him in the role of Khabar in the recent film 'Section 370'. But in the role of Qasim Rizvi, he has gone several notches higher, you saw such ferocity in the characters of Gabbar Singh, Doctor Dang, and Shakal. Tej Sapru has donned the villainous attire and has come into the role of Sardar Patel, and despite having less dialogues in the part, has looked excellent, whereas, as always, Makrand Deshpande has fitted perfectly into the role of Nizam. Anushriya Tripathi's dialogue delivery comes to everyone's notice.

But we have to praise all the actors of the South who were playing the roles of rebels against the atrocities of Qasim Rizvi, in small roles they made the second half of the film so powerful that the movie will not let you take your eyes off the screen. Don't blink. Many iconic scenes have been created. The small roles of Vedika, Anusuya, Prema, Bobby Simha, and Tarak Ponnappa have overshadowed the entire film.

The review is incomplete without discussing the music, the song 'Zinda Hai Tu' in the voice of Kailash Kher is as emotional as Swami Dena Saath Hamara in Baahubali, there is a lot of energy in the song 'Bharti Bharti' and also in the song 'Vande Mataram'. For this, music composer Bhims Cecirollo has to be praised. This movie will be released in Hindi on the 26th of April, but it has been released in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam on the 15th of March.

information given in the history

However, for those who do not know the history, the history of Nizam and Hyderabad is narrated in the voice of narrator Mahesh Manjrekar at the beginning of the movie as background, but Qasim's political activities and rise to the top and how he later goes to Pakistan, All that has not been shown. But it is also true that 99 percent of the people of India do not even know about such a big villain of the country because all this was hidden and after watching this movie you will feel that you should have known about him earlier. While watching the movie, the audience should also be aware of the area of ​​the then princely state of Hyderabad, which included many of today's southern states.

This movie is being called 'Kashmir Files' of South. Although at the level of production, this movie is much better than that, in other Kashmir files there were scenes of how the neighbor is keeping an eye on your vacant house or is giving information about you to the terrorists, but in Razakar you will also see such Muslims. Those who, albeit slowly, oppose this genocide.