Forum was no longer a happy place after Kslp left to USA. An year long separation was becoming very difficult for either parties. So much was it's agony that it burnt itself throwing the movie lovers out of the PVR half way into the their movie. With the events taking a serious turn, he had to come back to Bangalore and here he was this Monday. So, he had to call upon the PVR and that couldn't wait till the weekend. As PVR extended the invitation with 'Arundathi' on the cards, he was unstoppable and so was me with it's mention. Yesterday night, we did reach there well before 10 P.M and rushed off to the ticket counter.
With Kslp not wanting to miss even the trailers and the ads that run before the movie, we walked in soon. After the first ad, I got a blank face when I asked him what it was. Actually, I can't deny the anticipation that exists for the movie trailers that are played before the movie. Probably because they challenge our imagination to build the movie from a 2 minute teaser.
And so the movie started to a crowd that wanted to save some bucks by watching it on a weekday. Soon as the movie opened with Sathi pandu (Satyanarayana) walking into his house, I was anticipating his death. That's of course what happens when you walk into the theater knowing it's gonna be a horror movie. When Sathi stayed alive even after 5 minutes into the movie, it wasn't horror anymore. The introduction of Arundathi is awesome. Alas, the three second introduction is followed by a five minute stupid song. Even before i get back to senses, there's another tiny song that has nothing but the word 'Jejamma'(Yes, just keep reciting it in rythm). Anushka didn't completely justify her character. Especially the song where she had to dance to the sound of drums. Sonu Sood is at his best in is role if not for too loud voice lent for him. The music in the movie doesn't accentuate the horror levels at all. It probably pacified the scenes that are horrifying in visuals. Sayaji Shinde is ok in his role. The movie is good if you don't walk in with too much of expectations. But if you do, reading all the reviews that crowned it, you might come a bit disappointed.
Apart from that, watching it on a week day did no good for us. Having given 500 bucks for couple of tickets at the counter, we forgot to take back the change. That's spending 250 bucks for each ticket that costs 120 bucks. I only realized it this morning when i was looking for the change. At least, i could manage to pay for the coconut. And on the way back home we had to brave the cold without the gear.
With Kslp not wanting to miss even the trailers and the ads that run before the movie, we walked in soon. After the first ad, I got a blank face when I asked him what it was. Actually, I can't deny the anticipation that exists for the movie trailers that are played before the movie. Probably because they challenge our imagination to build the movie from a 2 minute teaser.
And so the movie started to a crowd that wanted to save some bucks by watching it on a weekday. Soon as the movie opened with Sathi pandu (Satyanarayana) walking into his house, I was anticipating his death. That's of course what happens when you walk into the theater knowing it's gonna be a horror movie. When Sathi stayed alive even after 5 minutes into the movie, it wasn't horror anymore. The introduction of Arundathi is awesome. Alas, the three second introduction is followed by a five minute stupid song. Even before i get back to senses, there's another tiny song that has nothing but the word 'Jejamma'(Yes, just keep reciting it in rythm). Anushka didn't completely justify her character. Especially the song where she had to dance to the sound of drums. Sonu Sood is at his best in is role if not for too loud voice lent for him. The music in the movie doesn't accentuate the horror levels at all. It probably pacified the scenes that are horrifying in visuals. Sayaji Shinde is ok in his role. The movie is good if you don't walk in with too much of expectations. But if you do, reading all the reviews that crowned it, you might come a bit disappointed.
Apart from that, watching it on a week day did no good for us. Having given 500 bucks for couple of tickets at the counter, we forgot to take back the change. That's spending 250 bucks for each ticket that costs 120 bucks. I only realized it this morning when i was looking for the change. At least, i could manage to pay for the coconut. And on the way back home we had to brave the cold without the gear.
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