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When it comes to recounting tales of political and bureaucratic corruption, Shankar’s oeuvre is admirable. Unfortunately, ‘Game Changer’ does not execute a good segue.
This time, the power is given to an IAS officer, Ram Nandan (Ram Charan) who challenges a minister, Bobbili Mopidevi (played by S J Suryah). It is the classic tale of a minister seeking a more important post and a brave officer opposing the entire act.
Even though Jayaram, Srikanth and Samuthirakani are talented performers, their roles in the film don’t reach their full potential. The scenes are rushed, which leaves a lot of plot gaps and disrupts the narrative. The film’s modest creative triumph is when the hero and villain become the main duo. The hero-heroine duo is marginalised and does not appear as a supporting segment.
The story offers some respite, especially in its comprehension of the roles of different administrative officers/offices and the extent to which even a chief minister is constrained by the judiciary. Apart from this, the expectation of larger-than-life characterisations and settings from a Shankar film is met to a certain extent.
The song and fight sequences appear forced into the script and have been positioned abruptly. Significant characters who help advance the plot in the beginning disappear unjustly.
The audience is bound to be perplexed in attempting to come up with a rationale for the actions of these characters.
Overall, the film’s storyline appears flimsy and implausible at times, while the execution remains hurried and abrupt.