Kabzaa review: Chandru creates the much-needed magic for Sandalwood

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Kabzaa, produced and directed by R Chandru, does the job of bringing back the audience to theatres, the same by offering larger-than-life action drama with star performers in the lead.

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Like all the big mass masala action dramas, Kabzaa too comes with a little story. In fact, do not even bother to find a sensible story since it does have any!

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In a nutshell, the movie is set in a fictional kingdom and is about a patriotic family that had fought against the British before Independence.

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In between, there is a love story that runs parallel between princess Madhumati (Shriya Saran) and Arakeshwara.

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What follows for the next couple of hours is a pure action drama with hardly any logic attached to it. In a way, Kabzaa is the longest trailer for its sequel — Kabzaa 2.

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Real Star Upendra shines in the film along with the sparkling of Abhinaya Chakravarthy Kiccha Sudeep who plays the cameo of a senior police officer.

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Shriya looks beautiful and so does Tanya Hope in the special number “Chumu Chumu Chali Chali”.

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Kabzaa has so many that one may lose count of antagonists. They simply keep coming one after another. However, Arakeshwara kills them one by one in a jiffy!

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In all, Kabzaa ends on a high note with the entry of Karunada Chakravarthy Shiva Rajkumar, as it announces the arrival of its sequel — Kabzaa 2.

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