Adavi Review | Telugu Adavi Movie Review | Adavi Telugu Film Review
Movie: Adavi
My Rating: 1.25/5
Music: Bapi-Tutul, Imran
Producers: Ronnie Screwala and Ram Gopal Varma
Direction: Ram Gopal Varma
Cast: ithin, Priyanka Kothari, Goutham Rude, Ishrat Ali etc
Sound: Dwarak Warrier etc
Story
A film shooting crew go deep into forest but they lose the contact from outer world and also the way to return back. Sharman Kapoor (Goutham Rude) is the popular film star who keeps on showing his airs on his colleagues. Sujan (Nithin) is the Assistant Director of the movie who loves Asha (Priyanka Kothari), the heroine in the crew.
Murthy (Ishrat Ali) is the producer of the movie who speaks Hindi in his typical Tamil accent. Along with them a director JJ (Harvey), forest guide Sethu (Joy) a spot boy Laxman (Istheyak), Sameera (Rasika), an action director (Ravi Kale) and a cameraman walk through the forest.
They find each one among them getting killed by a mystic predator. At last two would remain alive. But the secret of predator is left unknown for audience. The word ‘Coming Soon Adavi 2’ flashes on screen!
This unbaked product is RGV’s ‘Adavi’ (released in Hindi as Agyaat).
Highlights:
1. Excellent Camera Work
2. Hair raising sound
Disappointments:
1. No freshness in narration
2. No enough hilarious moments for cushioning
3. No big horror elements as required
4. No Priyanka Kothari’s bikini act that was used for publicity
Final Analysis:
The following impressions, either one or many, would linger in the minds of everyone who watches this film:
1. Ram Gopal Varma might have made a trailer for his Adavi-2
2. Ram Gopal Varma might have lifted the content from one of his amateur juniors and made this one.
3. Ram Gopal Varma must be feeling over confident about himself and hence arrogant about his products
4. Ram Gopal Varma failed to understand what he was making and hence concluded the movie shoot all of a sudden and released this 1:45 Hr stuff
5. Ram Gopal Varma might be thinking that he has started a new revolution in film industry- screening the pre-interval part as one movie and post-interval part as another
6. Ram Gopal Varma must have gone insane
7. Ram Gopal Varma must be considering his audience insane
That’s not a problem, indeed.
The major factor in this film is to generate fear and thrill among audience with sound effects, unforeseen scenes and sudden surprises. But there are no sufficient things packed in this film.
Although there are a couple of trials to generate fear, they didn’t gel well with the immunity of audience. Some laughs took genesis in theaters at interval, instead of fear filled silence.
There weren’t any chills and shivers except those brought by Air Conditioners in theaters. The conclusion line is not the routine ‘The End’ but ‘Coming Soon- Adavi 2’!!!
So, one need to wait till RGV comes out with his Adavi-2 to unleash the secret of that predator, shown in this film.
Considering this Adavi as a full-movie, it brings utter disappointment for audiences. If it’s considered as half-movie that’s bigger displeasure.
Climax Could Be Convincing If:
The justification would have been given stating some villager is doing this ‘nara bali’ with some superstitious belief, using some ‘black magic’ elements.
