Thursday, October 7, 2021

Bhramam : Those who remember Andhadhun this is SHIT HAPPENS

 

Andhadhun was released in 2018. Those who did see it will find Bhramam, an entertaining thriller. Prithviraj easily walks through a role of a con man musician, Mamata Mohandas acts as the same like in My Boss ( probably a few volume level less) and then the usual Jagadish ( reminds of Dentist Appukuttan) and for a change Unni Mukundan does a submissive role. Good to see  good old Shankar back on screen.

Now the dialogues are quite artificial and theatrical. It looks like it was written for the Tamil version. We have some gems like ` Like in Drishyam’ that we are expected to roll over in laughter. Raashi Khanna has a short role and so there is not much to talk about her . Despite the film being that of a pianist, the songs by  Jakes Bejoy is nothing to write about.

.Lets move to direction and cinematography handled by the ace Ravi k Chandran. The screenplay, I think is not his but from the original. The comedy and the whole film on a whole appeared banal and loud for a Malyalam film. Coming to the cinematography part, I was looking forward to what he had done as he was quoted as - `pushed the envelope’. I did not find any such frames in this film.  K U Mohanan work still remains the best.

Those who saw Andhadhun in 2018 October and still remember it, the dialogue in  Bhramam -  SHIT HAPPENS.is most apt for this remake. Now general comment is that it is a scene by scene remake. Then it cannot be bad than the original. But Ravi K Chandran has accomplished this.

I thought Bhramam would be a lesson on how a remake could be better- Director Prithviraj and an ace cameraman Ravi collaborating.  Making a wild rabbit to Wild Boar is the biggest change made ( here too the symbolism is lost) and then taking away the creepy chilly moments  like the third guy hiding in bathroom or when the crab cooking is explained all fall flat.  The cinematographer  turned director  does not even bother to bring in the locales that Kerala has to give  it a Malayalam film feel..

 

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