Banner: Photon Kathaas Productions
Cast: Veera, Sameera Reddy, Samantha
Cinematography: Manoj Paramahamsa
Editing: Anthony
Producer: Ashok Vallabhaneni
Story, Director: Gautham Menon
Nadunisi Naaygal Review – Erra Gulabeelu Review – Nadunisi Naigal Movie Review: Gautam Vasudev Menon who is undoubtedly the best craftsmen at his work has a special liking towards psycho thrillers. He often makes films in this genre and Nadunisi Naaygal is another thriller from GVM. It is dubbed into Telugu as Erra Gulabeelu and both the versions were released today. Here is the detailed review of Nadunisi Naigal…
Story:
Veera (Veera) is a psychopath who traps or kidnaps girls and kills them. He was sexually abused by his sex starving father as a child and he was later taken care of by Meenakshi (Meenakshi). However, Veera is often haunted by the images of his disturbed past and in this process he develops lust towards Meenakshi, who treats him like a son. When Meenakshi marries some other person, Veera turns violent and kills him. In this attack, Meenakshi gets burnt and left with an ugly face. Then Meenakshi and Veera go on a killing spree together. Veera has a soft corner towards his classmate Sukanya (Sameera Reddy). He gets caught by the police when he kidnaps Sukanya and starts revealing about his past to the cops.
Analysis:
This movie has a strong message about how sexual abuse at tender age could show nasty effects on young minds indulging them to take the violent path. When the director chooses such a concept few disturbing images and adult content is ought to be there in it. So, this movie is strictly an adult flick.
Gowtam Menon chose a spaced flashback narrative to make this thriller work. The first half is racy and arrests you. But the second half heads on a routine path where the thrill factor takes the backseat and the psychopaths multiple personality disorder is highlighted.
Background score plays a big role in thriller films. But Gowtam Menon boldly made this film without BGM. He also shrugged off the weird camera angles. This is purely a content based thriller and when there is no music to support it will definitely show impact on the viewer. The shock factor is completely missing and the film looks weak without it. The sound affects are aptly used and covered up the lack of BGM to some extent.
This type of roles and concepts are not alien to South cinema audience. We have watched better thrillers than this and hence it remains as a failed experiment.
Performances:
Veera’s performance as a psychopath is very good. He did a good job to show different body language at different ages. Sameera Reddy looks older to Veera. She did a fine job. Deva is Okay. Samantha has a blink and a miss role. Meenakshi gives a stunning performance especially with that weird makeup on her face.
Technicalities:
Manoj Paramahamsa camera work is splendid. As there is no BGM in the movie it is an extra burden on cinematographer to keep the audience interested solely with his camera work. Manoj comes out in flying colors in this test. Editing by Anthony is another asset. The film is slick and well paced especially in the first half. Editing technique has kept the interest levels alive. Production values are good.
Gautam Vasudev Menon’s work as a director is flawless. Had he concentrated on the script it would have been a well made film.
Plus Points:
- Cinematography
- Editing
- Veera performance
Minus points:
- Not so new concept
- Lack of thrilling moments
- Predictable climax
Final Word:
You can watch it if you are a fan of thriller movies. Not a bad one and not a good one either. We have to wait and see how multiplex audience laps it up.
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