Rao Bahadur

An aging, frequently delusional man looks back on a lifetime dominated by indoctrination into the Indian class system in this Tollywood social satire. The movie is stylish and occasionally imaginative, but for every imaginative scene there are multiple deadly dull ones, and…

Adam Forrest

Venkatesh Maha’s Twitter handle reads MahaIsNotANoun. It’s true. It’s an adjective. The relevant question here isn’t ‘how is the film’ or ‘how good is it.’ If you must, it’s excellent. Maha is a world class filmmaker. The relevant question here is… can you completely…

RahulR23

Venkatesh Maha does it again with a uniquely original whimsical social satire, this time wrapped as a psychological drama that blends mystery, dark comedy n magical realism. As unconventional and as imaginative. I still consider C/o kancharapalem one of my all time favorite…

Michael James

The meaning of “art films” is so lost among some Telugu audiences/media that certain people are k*lling mainstream entertainers like Sing Geetham and Rao Bahadur even before their respective releases or on day 1 by showing “ilaanti cinemaalu aadaalandi”-like sympathy… asalu…

M S Krishna Prateek

Humans may differ physically across places and eras, but mentally we remain remarkably the same Burrapaadra maha...

Dil_eep🦇

Rajula goppathanam gurnchi manam pustakallo chaduvutunnanta kaalam, mana desham nijamaina prajaswamyam kaadhu.Rao Bahadur buries its real subject of caste, class, conditioning, the inherited weight of who you were born as inside the rotting grandeur of a palace and a man…

parzival

*achiamma enters the room* achiamma : LAVANABABUUUUU!!!!!!😭 A Satya Dev and Venkatesh Maha acting masterclass.

Ashwithh

Average first half, Good Second half. Loved the performances of everyone involved, the camera work is outstanding and the music hits the right notes. Excellent presentation and loved the visual style during Kusuma's backstory in the second half. The final reveal feels…

CringeAnteLuvuu

Some films ultimately fit into good or bad. Some simply don't. And that's not a flaw,it's the very nature of what they're trying to achieve. Rather than seeking approval, they leave you with an experience. Rao Bahadur is one of those films. I walked into this solely for two…

Sai Kumar