Suraj C K

Boring. Frustrating. Infuriating. I don't think LJP should be given this kind of budget for trying out his weird ideas. For me this movie ranks below Thor Ragnarok, for mishandling the emotions of the "target audience". SPOILERS AHEAD The first half slowly made me bored and irritated. The repeated looong walking shots that add nothing but runtime, the dialogues that only make you rather hope you get more loong walking shots instead of people speaking. I could sense the theater going from quiet, to restless murmur. The point where Lord Mccauley started dancing I felt like walking out. From then on it was a battle for me to stay till the end. The fight sequence that followed really did not have my attention because of this. The Arrakku song was the next jarring moment completely out of place and infuriating. The following yellow powder sequence lost me because of this. Even without that, most of the main people acted out of character and all their relationships were shown to be very fickle and brittle during that sequence. And the ending, LJPs half cooked intellectual sci-fi vomit that only the most hardcore LJP fan who feels obligated to watch and praise everything touched by lord LJP will be able to digest and convert to hype. My only feel good take away was Danish Sait's character, the scenes with him were quirky and added a little bit of something to the movie. And his accent actually added to the feel of the character. I'm eager to see more of Danish the actor now! I'll surely rewatch at a later point, and when I do that I genuinely hope to find the right sliver of mental frame where this movie can be appreciated, or enjoyed even.

Watched it again during the 2020 lockdown. What a damn good movie, kickass comedy for when you are looking for a good laugh, and not in an overly critical mood. A gem from the bygone golden age of Dileep, there aren't many actors who can pull off rom-coms as well as he did back then! A good story, lots of laughs, many memorable one-liners, almost everyone playing their part well, a stellar Dileep and Kalabhavan mani (maybe he has 10 dialogues in this), and a good job by the new comer actress. I'll watch it a few more times down the road for sure!

I watched it yesterday after hearing about it for a few years now. Pleasantly surprised about how good it was. This is a new premise for horror, where they didn't need to show gory scenes of ghosts n all that, none of the cgi or makeup that is usually associated with horror movie. None of that. One of the few instances of being hunted in broad daylight, the movie kept me interested n scared throughout. The helplessness in the forest, open yet claustrophobic. It's supposed to be inspired by Blair Witch Project, but who cares! It's a good watch!