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Story:
A predictable tale, the story is about Rajeev (Sudeep) who has one happy family in the form of Aarti (Amrutha), Raksha (Ahsaas), Rohan (Shrey) and his amma (Jytohi). Rajeev is a short tempered person but then he is a man with a good heart and dotes on his daughter. Also, he is a very practical person and god does not exist for him, however he lets his family do whatever they want when it comes to such things. His life takes a turn when he discovers that his close associates Anshuman (Kenny) and Madhu (Ashwini) have been cheating him in business and have eaten a lot of money. Enraged by this, he lashes out at both of them in a party and fires them in front of everyone. Days pass by but soon things begin to change as weird things happen at Rajeev's place, even the new replacement for Anshuman and Madhu gets killed in a freak accident. Things begin to change at home as Raksha starts behaving strangely and soon she is taken to a doctor and then to a psychiatrist who diagnose her with a psychological disorder. However, Rajeev's mother voices out that it is due to black magic and the incident that happens few days before. What is that incident? How does Rajeev solve Raksha's problem? Is it a mental disorder or is there something more than that? All this forms the rest of the story.
Presentation:
The director has come out with a known story line but then the treatment and the backdrop is different, the presentation has been good but the narrative was not captivating enough. A major credit goes to the music and camera departments for delivering an excellent tune and picture but the editing could have been better, the script was not that strong and the screenplay was well executed but the dialogues could have added more punch. Sudeep has come up with good performance and has a good screen presence. Amrutha was pretty but did not have much to her role, the real credit goes to Ahsaas for a superb performance, Bharat Kaul was excellent and Ashwini did her bit with the perfect elements of evil. The others did their bit with the required standard and contributed well in terms of quality and performance.
Conclusion:
The concept of belief and non belief was shown clearly but then the plot lacked enough gravity to keep the audience in a suspense mode. While the first half goes about with some imaginative scenes, it is the second half which actually picks up the momentum and the climax has been quite gripping though everything is known. The technical values of the film are quite good which has been Varma's forte but then it did not have the required dose of fear factor that can give the viewer few sleepless nights. Commercially, the film might just cross the profit mark but a hit is ruled out.
24Rocking verdict: Not very scary but different...
24Rocking verdict: Not very scary but different...
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