Cop-and-robber stories in Tollywood read more like cock-and-bull stories, which is why Bharath Chandra comes as such a surprise. Yes, it does have that feel of being a completely parallel universe where crackerjack policemen speak in poetic verse to goons and are oddly favored by gravity. The dubbing from Malayalam has also bonked off on the wayside resulting in distended dialogues that sound like they have been put through time slicing. The dialogues come out jerkily, like a derailing train.
These two factors apart, Bharath Chandra is something of a masterpiece. This sequel to ....