‘Virupaksha’ movie review: Sai Dharam Tej and Samyuktha Menon’s film invokes fear without the gimmicks – The Hindu

When a narrative discusses paranormal actions, it’s simple to brush it apart as superstition. The duty of the storyteller, then, is to construct the world of the story such that the viewer is drawn into it and stays invested within the mysterious happenings and begins to empathise with among the characters. Director Karthik Varma Dandu who has written the story of the Telugu movie Virupaksha, which has screenplay by Sukumar, builds the make-believe world of Rudravanam village diligently. When a sequence of eerie occasions unfold, I discovered myself questioning why a personality ought to invite bother by strolling into the jungle at night time or why one other character crosses a line that’s supposedly sacrosanct. An hour into the movie, a very spooky incident units the stage for the protagonist, performed by Sai Dharam Tej, to start a quest. 

An incident that occurred within the late Seventies turns into the premise for a bit of the story that takes place in 1991. The Nineties setting helps the makers construct the worry quotient minus cellphones and social media; assist will not be a name or click on away.

Surya (Sai Dharam Tej) visits Rudravanam village accompanied by his mom. They’re greeted by what the mom thinks may very well be a nasty omen. Surya dismisses it as a chance within the forests. In Rudravanam, life revolves across the village deity and ritualistic practices, guided by the temple priest (Sai Chand). A hurried and superficially written romance brews between Surya and Nandini (Samyuktha Menon), daughter of the sarpanch (Rajiv Kanakala). 

Virupaksha
Forged: Sai Dharam Tej, Samyuktha Menon, Rajiv Kanakala, Sai Chand, Brahmaji
Path: Karthik Varma Dandu
Music: B. Ajaneesh Loknath

Srinagendra Tangala’s manufacturing design and Shamdat Sainudeen’s cinematography assist in giving the village an genuine look and most characters appear match into that world. The one one who’s given the allowance to look glamorous is the feminine lead. Greater than the Surya-Nandini love story, the subplot involving one other couple comes throughout as reasonable. 

The story follows a number of predictable trajectories. We all know that Surya will find yourself staying longer within the village and can turn out to be their saviour. For a very long time, he’s aware about the occasions within the village with out being immediately linked to them. The sense of goal kicks in when there’s a menace to a cherished one and he begins a quest. 

We get loads of night time sequences (a few of which doff the hat to Manoj Night time Shyamalan), unexplained deaths, a desolated mansion and rituals of various sorts. Together with the cinematography, Ajaneesh Loknath’s background rating, Navin Nooli’s modifying and memorable sound design be sure that the curiosity is sustained and the narrative delivers chills once in a while. There aren’t any screeching ghosts, no gory jumpscares however sufficient conditions to invoke worry. A narrative equivalent to that is additionally certain to be flashback heavy to unravel a number of plot factors. These reveals are efficient and likewise assist to sidestep sure cliched tropes. To elucidate additional would imply revealing spoilers.  And fortunately, the movie has simply two situational songs and half an motion sequence that quickly outlives its welcome.

Sai Dharam Tej matches the invoice as an outsider investigating a thriller. He’s completely happy being a bystander till he finds himself in a spot. Samyuktha has display screen presence and makes it rely within the later parts that demand one thing extra from her. The one quibble concerning the narrative is the weak romance early on. Had this portion been written and narrated higher, the ultimate parts would have had a greater influence. Sai Chand, Brahmaji, Sunil, Ajay and a number of other others within the supporting forged add to Virupaksha’s energy.

Virupaksha has loads going for it and is among the many effectively made supernatural thrillers in Telugu cinema in recent times. A giant thumbs as much as the technical workforce particularly.

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