PLOT
A isolated village in the heart of a tropical rainforest began experiencing a number of strange occurrences about 50 years ago, which they began to believe to be supernatural. This also happens to be the same time that Vikrant Rona, a peculiar police officer, shows up. Every person in the community is a possible victim and a suspect as a bizarre game unfolds.
Performance
Vikrant Rona, played by Kiccha Sudeepa, has a lot of swagger on screen. His persona embodies the ideal hero: he is audacious, fearless, and enigmatic. Vikrant Rona is in control of all clichéd clichés; he smokes a cigar, he just has one goal in mind, and, well, nothing can stop him once he makes up his mind to do something.
Performance
Along with Kiccha Sudeepa, Nirup Bhandari portrays Sanju, and Neetha Ashok plays Aparna Ballal, also known as Panna. Each does their roles admirably. But there are several red flags with the casting of Jacqueline Fernandez, mostly because all that is included in her character’s story is a dance performance (Ra Ra Rakkamma).
Direction/Technical Side
Anup Bhandari is a director who tells his stories in a highly visually spectacular manner. He like using bright colors, and that is how he imagines the world of a comic book. William David uses his DOP to help him capture everything in wide angle because their world is so exquisitely created. The movie’s most amazing aspect is the way action scenes were captured.
Direction/Technical Side
The main battle scene is shot in one take with a handheld camera, making it an intense scene. There is a subtext of a horror story, even though there is a lot of action and investigation like the classic stories we read about spooky creepers and the well full with snakes. Anup follows the typical turns from this point on and ends up turning into another cliché jump scare story that makes you wince more than it actually terrifies you.
Direction/Technical Side
Despite its shortcomings, the action scene in the bush and the twist before the intermission keep the first half interesting. Anup Bhandari confuses viewers in a number of ways when they were expecting the second half to move quickly. Twenty minutes into the movie, Kichcha Sudeep is introduced, and from that point on, there is no turning back in his eyes. Sudeep takes full responsibility even when the screenplay fails to excite.
verdict