It’s an Olympian feat to remake an International hit film to local standard and at the same time make their fans happy. However, debutant director while trying to do so, failed to grab the soul of the film completely from the original. The film leaves you with a mixed kind of impact in the end and would appeal to only a limited section of audience. All in all, Cheekati Rajyam is a remake of Nuit Blanche but lacks the finesse and gloss of Frederic Jardin’s worth watching action thriller.

Even though, Cheekati Rajyam is not exceptional, it makes for an engaging watch.

Director Rajesh stuck to the subject and did not deviate from the main topic. He narrates the story with conviction and with Kamal Haasan’s screenplay, he keeps viewers interested for most part of the film.

Only problem with him is the film never picks up pace and looked like a documentary. After sometime viewers get disconnected especially in the second half. Overall Rajesh started off on a promising note.