This dance drama has some spirited dance performances, but is let down by a weak and unimpressive screenplay

Story: A bunch of gifted youngsters from a humble background, struggle towards all odds to emerge winners in a dance contest

Assessment: In relation to a contest, the journey of underdogs has all the time been an inspiration. Director Vijay, Prasanna JK, Mrudhula Sridharan use the identical trope in ZEE5’s newest providing, 5 Six Seven Eight, which could be billed as an extension of his 2018 movie, Lakshmi, which additionally revolves round dancing. Solely this time round, there are extra children within the fray and the battle to the victory comes with many extra challenges.

The plot of 5 Six Seven Eight revolves round a bunch of gifted youngsters, who hail from a humble background, however need to pursue their ardour for dancing and chase their goals of profitable a dance contest. Sadly, a few of them cannot actually afford skilled coaching. Their goals get wings when Keshav, a brand new member from the gated neighborhood joins them and trains them. Simply when issues start to look good for the kids, Keshav’s life is at risk and the pack decides to struggle towards all odds and assist him bear a surgical procedure to get again to normalcy. This implies they need to strike a friendship with the remainder of the kids hailing from an upper-middle class background as effectively.

If you find yourself thrusted right into a plot like this, you already know what to anticipate from the sequence – sequence of power-packed dance performances, some common appearing and a mediocre plot. 5 Six Seven Eight is precisely that, a formulaic sequence the place the director takes the effectively examined route. Whereas the dance performances which are fairly too many are fascinating to look at, the sequence would not go away a lot of an affect relating to the story.

Ditya as Semba is unquestionably one of many highlights of the movie and the kid artiste manages to repeat what she did in her earlier enterprise Lakshmi, with some extra heavy-duty dance performances on this one. Barring the performances (appearing as effectively) of the youngsters, the remainder of the supporting characters do not ring a bell with the audiences and at instances, come throughout as amateurish. The flashback portion comprising that of Balan Grasp is sort of unconvincing, too and would not actually go away an affect on the viewers.
Sam CS’s pulsating tunes and the high-octane performances by the lead solid are spectacular. The net sequence may have labored higher had the makers had experimented somewhat extra with the story slightly than stick with the run-of-the-mill plot which is additional marred by unimpressive performances.

Verdict: Strictly for dance lovers!