Some critics cried about the audacious genre sub-versions of the director and some preferred to belittle the background score terming it grossly undermining and some found that the lead actor, rather the antagonist was not allowed to do what he does best.
After reading so much about the film you subconsciously develop your own preconceived notion about the offering and you begin to watch it with some fixated judgement. But I was in for a pleasant surprise since the movie buff in me felt satiated for seeing something far from banal. Of course you have the initial cringe moments wondering about the characters who behave more like caricatures with some exaggerated gestures. But within few minutes you are definitely transported to their world and you get sucked into that ghost town and the solitary creepy house which in fact is a hackneyed feature in movies of this genre. You actually spend some time listlessly waiting for something to unfurl. You quickly go through their drive in the dark and the blind alleys and as expected you are witness to an accident due to the callous attitude of one of the members in the group.
The intermission actually descends on you before you blink and then the antagonist appears and the second half is filled with some tense don’t breathe moments which is short with great finesse. The cinematography gives you several knockout moments and the background score is such an integral part of the tense proceedings. The dilapidated factory created is so astounding that you are clearly taken to the desolate place and you hopelessly root for the hapless victims. Some of the scenes Karthik tries to create here are visualized and executed in clockwork precision with never before seen cinematography angles.The antagonist has done more than justice to his role of someone who is out there with a vengeance to demolish his ill-fated victims.
The sudden twist in the end looked a little contrived and not so spontaneous but nevertheless have to give it to the director for every time venturing into some hitherto unexplored terrain at least for the Indian audience. For those of us who would not accept the stereotypical, thanks for unearthing the other dimension of Prabhu Deva who is definitely multifaceted and also for not getting deterred in trying to give us a environmentally conscious (! ) horror film. The director is definitely a winner in terms of giving the movie goer an experience he would remember for the right reasons without questioning the liberties taken to paint his canvas in his specialized way and just loved the way he showed the shadow of the couple getting intertwined and intermingled in the dark clouds. Movie lovers are here to savor such moments and have appetite for more Karthik. So continue to think differently and we wouldn’t mind even if you drew inspiration from some legends but you definitely have a class of your own and thanks for engaging us with your work which is definitely something to write home about.
