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| Madha |
Release date : March 13, 2020
Starring : Trishna Mukherjee, Venkat Rahul
Director : Srividya Basawa
Producers : Indira Basawa
Music Director : Naresh Kumaran
Cinematographer : Abhiraj Nair
Madha is a film that has been won several awards at various film
festivals and has hit the screens after a lot of effort today. Let’s see
how the film is.
Story:
Nisha(Trishna Mukherjee) is an orphan who falls in love with
Arjun(Rahul Venkat). But to her bad luck, Arjun cheats Nisha and frames
her as a mentally ill person. Nisha is taken to an asylum and is treated
badly with drug abuse. Who is doing this? What is their motive? Why
have they targetted Nisha? and how does she escape from there is the
whole story?
Plus Points:
One of the biggest assets of the film is the entire premise. Director
Sri Vidya creates a unique world for her story which looks different
and at the same time is realistic. Her shot-making, the way she
unleashes the story at a neat pace and extracts superb performances is
quite good.
Sri Vidya succeeds in setting the mood right with multiple threads
running at the same time which are connected at the end. These threads
create a curiosity factor as to what is going on. The manner in which
she shows the girl going through so much trouble makes us feel pity for
her. All this has been nicely elevated by the director.
Coming to the performances, lead heroine, Trishna Mukherjee does an
awesome job in her role. She had a very emotional and trouble-filled
character to portray and she did it with aplomb. All her scenes where
she gets treated badly are superb and nicely emoted by Trishna. She is
surely a good find.
Hero Arjun Venkat was good in his important role. Anish Kuruvilla is
becoming a better actor with each passing day. After Kanulu Kanulu
Dochayante, he gets another key role and does supremely well. The
production design needs a special mention as the set work and art
direction is superb.
Minus Points:
The film is not for the regular audience who look for basic thrills
that a routine thriller showcases. Even though the film is one hour 45
minutes, it feels a bit slow in a few areas. Especially at the beginning
of the second half. Too many scenes are showcased featuring the heroine
going through torcher.
As three threads are run parallelly, many in the regular audience can
get confused. As all the threads are connected only in the end, the
audience can get a bit impatient. The main villain and as to how he gets
going in his act of finding the culprit should have been showcased in
detail.
Technical Aspects:
Once you see the film, you could understand why has it won so many
awards as it is technically brilliant. The camerawork is amazing and
showcases the proceedings in a unique manner. Especially, all the
visuals in the asylum are too good. Naresh Kumaran’s music score is
top-notch and his BGM is even better. The dialogues, costumes, and the
screenplay are pretty good. The aesthetics used look quite real in the
film.
Coming to the director Sri Vidya, she is an amazing find and is a
talent to watch out for. Her writing is strong as every character has a
purpose. She extracts solid performances from her actors and does not
rush through any of the scenes and makes them register nicely on the
minds of the audience. The different twists that she unleashes at the
end are also good. After a long time, we get to see a filmmaker who has a
strong grip on every craft of the film.
Verdict:
On the whole, Madha is a unique and dark thriller with an interesting
premise. Trishna Mukherjee’s performance, twists and turns in the
second half and crisp runtime are huge assets. As the film has a dark
theme and is devoid of commercial aspects, it will have its shortcomings
at the box office. But debutante director Sri Vidya is the one to watch
out for her in the future as she makes us engrossed into her universe
once you start watching the film. Give it a shot and you won’t regret
it.
See the Trailer Of Madha below...
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