Radha Krishna Kumar’s Radhe Shyam (2022) is set in the 1970s in Europe. A good-looking young man, Vikram Aditya (Prabhas), meets the young and beautiful Prerna (Pooja Hegde). The guy believes only in ‘flirtationship’ because, according to his mother’s prophecy, love and marriage aren’t meant for him. But he falls for Prerna and vice versa.
Later in the trailer, we realize that Vikram Aditya is a genius astrologer and known as the ‘Einstein of palmistry’. Leaders from around the world are eager to meet him. In fact, the musician John Lennon from the pop group Beatles once took his autograph. All hell breaks loose when a catastrophe of enormous proportions takes place.
The makers have got the period right through the production design and outfits. The visuals are pleasing to the eye. But the trailer appears like a mix of two different films — the love story of the lead couple and the natural disaster. A smooth flow seems missing. The scene where a big ship sinks appears straight out of the James Cameron classic Titanic (1997).
Just like in the teaser, a major problem area here is Prabhas’s Hindi which is difficult to ignore. The same was the case with the Hindi version of his previous film Saaho (2019).
Produced by Bhushan Kumar of T-Series and Vamsi-Pramod, Radhe Shyam is set for release in theatres on 14 January 2022. Watch the trailer below and let us know if you are keen to watch this film: