‘Anubhavinchu Raja’ movie review: Nothing redeeming about this one

‘Anubhavinchu Raja’ has a sliver of a story and a messy screenplay, making it an ordeal to sit through

A twist in the tale happens midway through Anubhavinchu Raja. It was a chance to sit up and think that finally, something is happening. It seemed like an indication of some semblance of a story in the rest of the film. For, whatever preceded the pre-interval twist was meandering and lacklustre, to put it mildly. Sadly, the twist is far from intriguing. Had it been written and executed better, Anubhavinchu Raja could have been a coming-of-age story of an entitled brat. But as it stands, it’s a story that’s lost in a messy narration.

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The film, produced by Annapurna Studios, begins by doffing its hat to Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Akkineni Nagarjuna and introduces us to the protagonist named Bangarraju (Raj Tarun), clearly a hat tip to the character essayed by Nagarjuna in Soggade Chinni Nayana (2016) and the sequel Bangarraju which is now in the making. However, all this referencing fails to give this film’s protagonist a glamorous edge.