Rating: 2/5
Banner: Sri Vijayabheri Productions
Cast: Sree, Kamal Kamaraju, Avasarala Srinivas, Adonica, Madhavilatha and others
Music: Vijay Kurakula
Cinematographer: Rajendra
Dialogues: Surendrakrishna
Editor: Tirupathi Reddy
Story, screenplay, direction: Shekhar Suri
Producer: G Ravi
Release date: 29/03/2013
Shekhar Suri impressed with ‘A Film By Aravind’ but could not repeat the same with his next ‘Three’. After a long gap, he is back with ‘Arvind 2’ but it is not a sequel or continuation. Let us see how this killer thriller is.
Story:
In a remote forest area, whoever goes in doesn’t come out. They get killed by a person.
At this point, Arvind’s (Sree) girlfriend Priya (Madhavilatha) and few other friends go missing in that same forest. Arvind decides to go and search for them. At the same time, a film crew (Kamal Kamaraju, Adonica, Avasarala Srinivas) also goes to the same forest for shooting.
Arvind is taken for the role of the other hero. But the killer’s eyes fall on this unit and he starts eliminating them one by one. What happens after that forms the rest of the story.
Performances:
Sree of ‘Ee Rojullo’ fame was a total disaster in this role. His diction is terrible and he was not able to fit into the role in any angle.
Kamal Kamaraju has not been getting any offers lately so it looks like he decided to show the talent of four to five films in this single role.
The lesser we speak of Adonica the better. She is neither attractive nor does she have the performance quotient in her. What she has is a curvaceous body with right assets, that’s all.
‘Nachchavule’ fame Madhavilatha had very few scenes so she went overboard with her expressions and body language just to make her presence felt.
Yet again, Avasarala Srinivas has proved that he is indeed a man of talent. He gave a controlled and balanced performance once again displaying his mettle for acting.
Highlights:
- Cinematography
- Background score
Drawbacks:
- Lead actors performance
- Weak script
Analysis:
It took nearly forty five minutes for the director to start the real action so till such time the audience gets bored in a big way. Secondly, when the characters start dying one by one in this thriller the audience must feel sympathetic to the characters and that happens only when they are introduced properly and the image is registered rightly.
Most of the characters have been shown with negative shades so when the killer is on a spree more than feeling bad one feels happy that they deserve to die like this. The killer becomes a hero because of this. This negative feeling has been caused due to the director’s wrong depiction. The other big blunder is revealing the killer beforehand.
As long as the identity remains in suspense the thrill factor is maintained but in this, the killer is revealed quickly. Compared to ‘A Film By Aravind’ the narrative was very flat and didn’t have any suspense element. None of the scenes had that tension and the killings happen in a normal way. The last thirty minutes have been dragged unnecessarily and due to unwanted addition of characters it all resulted in time waste. Instead of all this trash, if only the film was made with one and half hour duration the end product would have been a lot better. The plus point for the film was the background score. Same is the case with cinematography. Editing was very bad. First half hour and last half hour was unnecessary dragging. Production quality was good.
The director loves to deal with thriller flicks and in this he showed his brilliance at few places but he didn’t have the command over the script or the depth like before. Instead of relying on his own intellect, he banked on some copy formula. Overall, this is a film which won’t really work and appease the chill seeking audience.
Bottomline: A tasteless treat for thriller lovers
(Venkat can be reached at [email protected] or https://twitter.com/greatandhranews)
