A History of Blood (Hindi: रखत चरित्रा (Rakta Charitra); Telugu: రక్త చరిత్ర (Rakhta Charitra); Tamil: ரத்த சரித்திரம் (Raththa Sarithiram)) is a two-part Indian biographical film based on the life of Paritala Ravindra, directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film features Vivek Oberoi as Ravindra in the lead role, whilst Surya Sivakumar as Suri, appears predominantly in the second part. Shatrughan Sinha, Sudeep, Abhimanyu Singh, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Sushant Singh, Priyamani and Radhika Apte play other supporting roles.
The film was shot predominantly in Telugu, with some scenes being re-shot in Hindi and Tamil. The Hindi and Telugu versions were released in two parts, six weeks apart, while the Tamil version was released in one film.
The film opened to mostly positive reviews from critics, garnering particular praise for its technical brilliance, Ram Gopal Varma's direction and powerful performances from the ensemble cast. On the review-aggregation website ReviewGang, the film scored 5.0/10 based on 6 reviews. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama claimed that Varma "handled a number of sequences brilliantly", drawing comparison with the filmmaker's previous successful ventures including
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