A dry crime drama with baffling intentions
Evaluate: Hunt, directed by Mahesh Surapaneni, is the remake of 2013 Malayalam, Prithviraj-starrer Mumbai Police. Now, when you’ve seen the unique, you already understand how this movie will play out. If not, the movie is an investigative drama that unravels slowly and steadily.
ACP Arjun (Sudheer Babu), Commissioner of police Mohan Bhargav (Srikanth) and ACP Aryan Dev (Bharath) are steadfast associates who at all times have one another’s backs. Nicknamed the ‘Mumbai trio’ by the press for his or her previous within the Mumbai counter terrorism squad, they now spend their mornings chasing down petty goons and lifting a drink or two come night. Arjun meets with an accident and loses his reminiscence. Sadly, it’s extra than simply his job at stake as a result of he holds the clue to fixing a thriller that’s necessary to the buddies. As he slowly tries to hint the necessary moments of his life, Arjun would possibly simply find yourself discovering a solution he doesn’t like.
Hunt doesn’t waste any time stepping into the thick of issues. Barring an pointless particular quantity that includes Apsara Rani, it additionally doesn’t dilly dally with the standard niceties of a tune, combat, punch dialogue, et al. And whereas that ensures the movie sticks to Arjun and his predicament for probably the most half, it sadly doesn’t at all times make for partaking cinema. The way in which the story is usually dry and whereas the lead character will get emotional at instances after his reminiscence loss, it isn’t sufficient to maneuver you as a result of he is often morose. The non-linear narrative may additionally not sit properly with everybody, however it’s essential to the story. Purple herrings are thrown up within the type of Roy (Mime Gopi) and Colonel Vikram Singh (Kabir Duhan Singh) however that doesn’t interact a lot.
Additionally setting this movie other than the standard investigative dramas is the truth that Arjun is a really unlikeable character. The extra he begins discovering out about his previous, the extra you are inclined to dislike him. He revels in poisonous masculinity, makes use of the phrase magadu unironically at the least as soon as, mishandles his suspects regardless of gender and is simply throughout a brash man, apart from relating to his associates and their other halves. Actually, that is refreshing. Hunt would not glorify his behaviour, he is even referred to as out by a fellow officer in a scene. What’s odd is how Mohan retains asking a person who misplaced his reminiscence, “Evaru adi,” (who’s that) every time he speaks to an unknown individual. Arjun cannot bear in mind something, that’s the purpose! A stand-off between the military and police departments seems foolish, whereas a terrorist angle feels force-fitted to deliver the story to the climax in a round-about approach.
With out giving a lot away, it’s necessary to speak of how this movie encompasses a gay character. Whereas it’s nice that an effort is being made in mainstream cinema to symbolize the LGBTQIA+ neighborhood, the illustration appears to veer between spreading consciousness and borderline homophobia. There’s a specific scene the place the gay character dry heaves after realising their sexuality which may be learn two methods. Mahesh by no means places within the effort to veer the viewers in direction of the way it ought to be interpreted. There’s additionally a scene that appears to endorse homosexuals staying within the closet. It actually is a head-scratcher. Whereas any illustration at this level looks like a win, to not point out the way it’s all unravelled with out an excessive amount of hoopla, it begs the query if the movie ought to have spent extra time exploring internalised homophobia.
Sudheer Babu, Srikanth and Bharath do an excellent job. Arjun is the brash one, Mohan the mature one and Aryan the meek one in comparison with the opposite two. They offer their all to it and make you consider of their equation with one another. Abhijeeth Poondla is given a cookie cutter position and the remainder of the solid do their finest with what they get. Ghibran’s background rating, other than Arun Vincent’s cinematography don’t have anything to write down house about.
Hunt is the form of investigative thriller that doesn’t rely upon the standard hijinks. In case you’re on the lookout for one thing completely different from the standard fare, that is it.
