Anukshanam is a good attempt at creating suspense – thriller Story begins with introduction to a taxi driver Sitaram (Surya) who is on a killing spree. Yes, he is our serial killer with different motive and fascination. As count and cruelty of murders targeted at a particular sex, age group and timing shakes the city, Goutham (Manchu Vishnu) is roped in to solve this mystery. The strict police officer along with his team (Supreet, Shravan etc) begins to trace for clues but fails to even find a hair of Sitaram. Then enters a US returned Behavioral Science Professor Shailaja (Revathi) to help the police team. While Home Minister (Kota) and media (Madhu Shalini) embark with huge criticism against the police failure and Hyderabad begins to shiver with ever increasing victims, a small clue takes them close to Sitaram. However, they miss the chance while Shailaja begins to study so deep into Sitaram's childhood and family. 'Anukshanam' is not a regular commercial cinema. It has a hard hitting subject with commanding performances from Vishnu, Surya. In conclusion, 'Anukshanam' is a far better film than RGV's past record. Bloodshed, barbarism, cruelty and severity are showed in RGV's Psycho Angle. Recommended for gutsy and gallant audience!

"Maverick RGV is always a good seller for good reasons linked to his technical skills and ability to market a film. Performance wise, Manchu Vishnu is carving a new image of own by selecting this kind of films. Being producer and hero here, Vishnu is acknowledged with advantages of experimenting on this subject. The level of maturity Vishnu attained as an artist was consciously visible in one episode of Police Station when Navdeep, Revathi, Supreet are sitting besides and Vishnu receives a shocking parcel from bloodthirsty killer. The frustration, self possession, confusion and complexion in character are dealt with equilibrium. If Revathi's role was meant to impart knowledge on psycho killings, Madhu Shalini was over (re)acting. Psycho character done by Surya was simple, grabbing the attention. Kota was regular; Brahmanandam irritating and Supreet, Shravan got a tragic end. "

"Goutam (Vishnu Manchu) is a sincere police officer who stays with his loving-wife Satya (Tejaswi). Everything goes well for him till he confronts a trouble in form of Seetharam (Surya), a cab driver-turned- serial killer who brutally murders beautiful girls in Hyderabad for pleasure. And now, Goutam launches a manhunt for Seetharam. In the mission, he is assisted by Sailaja (Revathi) who mastered in the behavioral sciences and has a knack over the psyche of Killer. Vishnu Manchu's ""Anukshanam"" has received good reviews from critics. Vishnu delivers a decent performance showing the right emotion in the entire film. "

The story is crime thriller about a Serial Killer and why he murders the girls and explores the mind of a serial killer. Gowtam (Vishnu Manchu) is an ACP and tries to nab the serial killer. A USA return behavioral science specialist Shailaja (Revathi) helps Gautam to catch the serial killer. Ram Gopal Varma has done a good job in directing the movie but there are no thrills in the movie. The story is told straight with out any twists in the tale. The acting by Vishnu Manchu is the best part in the movie. The idea behind the movie is good, as there are less number of movies that tell us the mind set of a serial killer. The Cons of the movie are no twists in the plot, simple narration. Overall the movie is a one time watch.