Satya 2 trailer out: RGV's camera angles go wild in new underworld saga

Ram Gopal Varma released the trailer of his upcoming film Satya 2 along with his  latest outing at box office, The Attack Of 26/11.  A sequel to his 1998 hit underworld saga, Satya 2 features Telegu actor Sharwanand and will be made in two versions — Hindi and Tegulu. The original film, that released in 1998 became a cult favourite because of its gripping storyline, exciting screenplay by Anurag Kashyap, Varma’s daring filmmaking techniques, excellent narrative and memorable performances by JD Chakravarthy, Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee and Shefali Shah in important roles. To top it,  the film’s music by Vishal Bharadwaj were hits with many songs like ‘Goli Mar Bheje Mein’ and ‘Sapne Mein Milti Hai’ becoming extremely popular. [caption id=“attachment_647951” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Courtesy: ibn live[/caption] So, to try and meet expectations of the original film would be the biggest challenge for Satya 2. As for Ram Gopal Varma, he has the huge task of surpassing his own creation as a filmmaker. But, the trailer of Satya 2 hints that its rather unlikely it will outdo the original. The trailer of Satya 2 tries to establish the film as a tale of a man who undertakes the task to reestablish the foothold of underworld in the city of Mumbai in 2013. For the first few seconds of the trailer, with a flying eagle staring straight at the camera and a snake almost coming to eat you up, and the spooky background score that is apparently aimed at building up tension,  one might even mistake it for a horror flick if not for the cropped faces of the underworld like Dawood Ibrahim and others, being displayed on a grim earthy background to buttress the claim that the Mumbai police had completely wiped out the underworld in the financial capital. Varma known for his whimsical camera angles outdoes even himself, coming up with some absolutely outlandish angles. In the 2 minutes 54 seconds long trailer the camera revolves so many time and in so many different ways that one almost feels giddy. There is an upside down camera shot (his obsession with low angles at its extreme), there are several 360 degree shots showing the streets of Mumbai. The dialogues are extremely cliched and leaves you feeling like you’re watching one of the cop versus gangster films from the nineties. Varma, in order to bring out the ‘dark shades’ of human character has maintained a black and white colour scheme throughout. The performances do look somewhat promising, however, it will be the script and the narrative which will finally prove the film’s worth and that of Ram Gopal Varma too. Will Satya 2 be the filmthat brings back the filmmaker’s glory days? Check out the trailer and let us know. Watch the trailer of the film here: