Friday, June 17, 2022

O2 Movie review: You will not survive this survival drama

O2 movie will make you remember Director Bharathan - Baby Shamili - Urvasi and Jayram for the all time classic Malooty (Malayalam film) . It won Baby Shamili the Kerala Award for best child actor. If you have not seen it then please see it on any of the streaming platforms. This film's director has been clearly told that it is for OTT release and so 3/4th of money goes to Nayanthara on whom the story should revolve. Only then the film be bought and so damn the back stories of supporting actors. Next is that include melodrama as much as possible as it is about mother- child bonding. 

So you have O2 on Disney Hotstar. I saw the Tamil version as from pre- publicity, it was promoted as a Tamil film. Friends say Malayalam version has horrible dubbing for Nayanthara. Real time survival happenings are beamed by news channels as when such incidents happen and so in which way does director Viknesh ( Not Wikki) gives us a new story ?. As the script gets pulled too much to focus  USP Nayanthara , she too gives up some way down the line. Child actor Rithvik (YouTuber) is an apt casting.

Art director too is handicapped with budget as he has to spend it on only those scenes where Nayanthara comes. Rest be damned. A film buff came with a bit to add - It is rehash of film Buried. My foot !!!. Those who live in Kerala or those watching TV can never forget the 16 year old lone survivor Fathima in Malapurram who lay buried for 14 hours under the debris of the house hit by a landslide. It was in 2019 when entire nation prayed for the girl who lost her parents and sister in the landslide. Sitting at home the public watched this real life happening. As you watch O2, you feel that these guys deserved to be left to their fate. It was not that Bharathan came with an original . He had taken an idea from famous US TV  film `Everybody Baby ( 1989). His adaptation and use of Shamili with Urvasi- Jayram  clicked. 



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