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HIT
HIT links:
• Pre release function - HYD
• Pre release function - Vizag
• Press meet
• Trailer launch
• HIT team at Vizag Gitam college
• Movie launch
• First look
Jeevi
rating: NA
Punchline: Stylish thriller
Genre: Thriller
Type: Straight
Banner: Wall Poster Cinema
Runtime: 126minutes
Censor Certificate: U/A
Release date: 28 February, 2020
Theater watched: screen 4, Prasads multiplex, Hyderabad
Cast: Viswak Sen, Ruhani Sharma, Bhanu Chandar, Brahmaji, Hari Teja, Murali Sharma, Kalpika Ganesh.etc
Music: Vivek Sagar
Cinematographer: S. Manikandan
Action: Nabha
Art: Avinash Kolla
Lyrics: Krishna Kanth
Editor: Garry BH
Story, Sreenplay & Direction: Sailesh Kolanu
Producer: Prashanti Tipirneni
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Vikram (Vishwak Sen) suffers from post traumatic stress disorder due to a couple of horrifying incidents in the past. He works as a lead investigating cop in a separate police unit called HIT (Homicide Intervention Team). A teenager Preethi goes missing. He starts investigating. His girlfriend (Neha) too goes missing after a while. Being a patient of traumatic disorder, Vikram goes through further stress. Rest of the story is all about how he solves the missing cases.
Actors: Vishwak Sen who has done a volatile and temperamental role in Falaknuma Das has toned down and did a subtle performance in the first half of the film. However, he has to go a little eccentric in the second half due to the trauma disorder he has. His histrionics in the beginning episodes are subtle and very likable. He proves that he is a good actor and can mold himself into any type of character. Ruhani Sharma has a limited role and did well. Murali Sharma plays the role of a suspended constable who is in the middle of an entire investigation. He does well. Hariteja did the role of a divorced socialite and has substantial footage in the film. She does justice to her role. Bhanu Chandar does the role of the boss. Brahmaji has another interesting role. Kalpika Ganesh played the role of a shrink. There are a lot of aptly cast new faces in the film.
Story - screenplay - direction: The story is about how a cop suffering with a post traumatic disorder solves a mystery when his girlfriend goes missing. Debutant director Dr. Sailesh Kolanu has a knack for telling story in a stylish way and with suspense in tact. The way the hero solves a couple of initial cases proves how intelligent the hero is. It’s very difficult to narrate a thriller with limited characters and make sure that we never have an idea about who the real villain is. The director has succeeded in making sure that we never guess who the culprit is. But, in the process he has deliberately projected a character in the middle to divert our mind till the pre-climax of the movie. The director has chosen to show visuals of the hero’s traumatic flashback intermittently, which resulted in repetitiveness in the film. The director has also shown too many flashbacks of the heroine which also added slowness to the film. Hero goes into unconsciousness whenever he sees fire. The director has used it excessively whenever the hero is about to find a clue. When this was used towards pre-climax (where a tree is struck by lightning) it turned out to be ineffective. The moment a final clue at tollgate is revealed, the audience can guess how it happened. But, the director chooses a more complicated way of revealing the climax than going by what the audience thinks. The climax of the film is not very effective. The motive is unconvincing. Instead of showing so many visuals about the hero's traumatic past, the director should have shown the flashback of what really happened (he saved it to the sequel). We end up pitying Rajesh's character who is given innumerable tasks by the hero at every opportunity. Nonetheless, the director has done decent work for his debut. 
Other departments: Background music by Vivek Sagar is excellent and helped the film get the required suspense mood. Cinematography by S Manikandan is another asset. The color palette and visuals are very good. Dialogues are good. There is one entertaining dialogue with principle that lightens up the mood of the auditorium. Production design of the film is very good. Editing by Garry BH is good. Production values by Wall Poster Cinema bannerare slick. 
Analysis: Vishwak Sen’s splendid work, Vivek Sagar’s pulsating background music and director’s stylish taking are assets to this film. HIT is a slick investigative thriller with some issues. It has got everything right except for an unconvincing climax, repetitiveness and a few unsatisfactory diversions. This film had the potential to be a riveting thriller but for a few issues!