SAILESH S

Sports nostalgia & heartbreak 💔 for a 90s kid

A wasted opportunity. Could've been a masterpiece.

Does it feel anything like The Shining? No. Nothing is comparable - not the cast nor the performances nor the plot nor the visual treatment but as a standalone movie this is good. I guess they've tried to use the same BGM, colours and lighting but somehow it didn't immerse me...like...I mean part of me remained in The Overlook for atleast a few months after I saw The Shining. I didn't even fall into this in the first place so there's nothing to snap out from. It's commendable they replayed the characters from there but here it just looked like a fancy dress competition. I particularly hated the "evil lady" traveling halfway accross the world like a satellite physically flying. That ruins everything. It should've been simple teleportation or it could've been filmed like a mystical astral travel. I guess especially since they're always sitting in yogic meditation postures that's the way it should've been, not physical flying. I guess all I'm saying is if you haven't watched this, it doesn't matter. If you haven't watched The Shining, and you like intense deep cinema, you've missed one of the most profound experiences of your life.

The only question I was left with after watching the whole movie is "Why the hell was this movie even made?" Mediocrity peddled as a masterpiece. It wasn't worth the few minutes it took me to download it for free. I want my two hours back. I waited from the start to the end of the movie hoping it would become worth watching but it never does. It's neither engaging nor is it a thriller. There is some humour but even that is pathetic. Script, screenplay, acting, music there's no saving grace. Even cinematography is below average. I can name 500 intelligent masterpiece emotionally engaging enriching heart racing soul stirring aesthetically sublime thriller movies (since 1980 upto 2020) that'll blow you away. If only you knew Malayalam & Tamil. But 'aphsos', you don't. Atleast whoever has seen and reviewed Andhadhun have obviously not been fortunate enough to know of world beating indian regional cinema.

Anjaam Paathira is a gazillion leagues ahead of Andhadhun and Ratsasan is a hundred times better than even Anjaam Paathira.