Bharat American Creations’ Bharateeyans (UA) is the story of six Indians — Telugu (Norroze Putcha), Bhojpuri (Subha Ranjan), Nepali (Sonam Thendup Bharphunga), Punjabi (Samaira Sandhu), Tripura (Peden O Namgyal) and Bengali (Rajeswari Chakraborty). All the six (three men and three women) have committed one murder each. To save them from imprisonment, some people send them on a mission to China. Leading the way is Tamil (Karate Venkatesan).
On the China border, Terrorist (Phurba Lama) gives the six persons a deadly virus to spread in India. When the six refuse to oblige, a battle ensues between the seven Indians on the one hand and Terrorist and his cronies on the other. Terrorist is killed. Even as the Indians are trying to escape, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali and Tripura are murdered. Bhojpuri, Punjabi and Bengali bring Terrorist’s father, Warne (Mahendra Bagdas), to India. What happens thereafter?
Deena Raj’s story is so childish that it’s a wonder that he could think of firstly, writing such trash, and secondly, making a film based on his own terrible story. Imagine, naming characters as Telugu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, etc. just to give the impression of Indian sentiments. Deena Raj’s IQ must be so ridiculously low that he probably didn’t know that a Nepali isn’t an Indian! It is revealed after the six people reach China that Tamil is a RAW agent. The question that arises is: if he is a RAW agent, why is he associating with Chinese terrorists to wreak havoc on India? Deena Raj’s screenplay is as idiotic as his story. His dialogues are rotten.
Nirroze Putcha (as Telugu) looks alright but his acting is dull. Subha Ranjan does an ordinary job in the role of Bhojpuri. Sonam Thendup Barphunga hardly impresses as Nepali. Samaira Sandhu just about passes muster in the role of Punjabi. Peden O Namgyal is average as Tripura. Rajeswari Chakraborty is passable as Bengali. Karate Venkatesan does a routine job as Tamil. Mahendra Bagdas performs well as Warne. Phurba Lama is nice as Terrorist. Others lend poor support.
Deena Raj’s direction is horrendously weak. Satya Kashyap’s music is terrible. Suresh’s lyrics are no better. Jayapal Reddy Nimmala’s cinematography is below-average. Judo Ramu’s action scenes afford some thrill. Shiva Sarvani’s editing is loose.
On the whole, Bharateeyans is an apology of a film and will face complete rejection at the ticket counters.
Released on 14-7-’23 at Movie Time Goregaon (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru UFO Cine Media Network. Publicity & opening: poor. …….Also released all over.