- Manchu Vishnu
- Idea behind the film
- Re-recording.
What Is Bad
- Flat Narrations
- No Thrills/Suspense
- Predictable Screenplay
- Direction
- Forced Comedy
Anukshanam Review - Story
Surya plays serial killer Sitaram, a deranged
psycho who targets women, picks them in a cab and drags them back to his
house in the middle of nowhere to stab them to death. Special officer
Gautham (Vishnu Manchu) gets appointed for this special case. In a short
span, killer strikes fear into people's hearts. With the help of
behavioral science specialist Shailaja (Revathi), Gautham gets closer to
the killer. But Sitaram never stop producing bodies all over the city,
makes a major mistake when he captures Aasha (Madhu Shalini). Gautham
fails to capture the serial killer and gets suspended from his duties.
Will Serial Killer gets captured? Will Gautham succeed in the hunt forms
the rest of the storyline.
Anukshanam Review - Star Performance
The serial killer Surya has the right look but
his approach to this character could have been much better. Vishnu
Manchu delivers a better performance – it's a bit more demanding,
requiring both quirkiness and emotion. Revathi’s character may not be
perfect, but she plays it very well. Shravan and Supreet are decent as
colleagues to Vishnu Manchu. Tejaswi Madivada, Madhu Shalini over emotes
on every possible occasion. Tejaswi’s relationship with the protagonist
also never quite rings true. Even Samatha’s voice didn’t go well with
Madhu Shalini’s character. Veteran actors Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivasa
Rao are decent in their roles.
Anukshanam Review - Techinical Team
Anukshanam is an odd attempt at creating suspense
– thriller, but ultimately fails for two reasons. The characters either
are completely stupid or completely unrealistic at times. As real
serial killers don’t play cat and mouse with profilers. The writers also
drew inspirations from about 5 different serial killer movies [like The
Lovely Bones (2012), Chained (2012), Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara
Story (1994), American Psycho… etc] also turning this one into a flat
and incoherent mess. The premise behind the film isn’t bad at all.
Instead of witnessing cops and bystanders, they engage in heroics, how
about a look at the pressures of a victim or behavioral specialist can
go through. Unfortunately the writing is unbelievably melodramatic,
cheesy and laughable. It just cannot be sustained for 100 minutes
though. At around 20 – 25 minutes in the clichés, stupid characters,
Incongruous murders, forced comedy and over dramatic dialogues
completely take over. By the end you feel like you are watching
completely different movie. Ram Gopal Varma tries to showcase his
research on Psycho serial killers, and provide us possible indications
about them (Extreme anti-social, Tendency towards to Voyeurism,
Dominance from early age, Killing Animals, No remorse or regrets).
Director also refers to top serial killers like Ed Amos, Gary Ridgeway,
Randy Woodfield, Ted Bundy and also our very own Auto Shankar, even
their reference fails to create the much needed interest over the
scenes. There are zero adrenaline moments. The amount of focus on Serial
killer made me think this would turn out to be something out of the
box. But it was below expectation, even with all the flair. The idea is
great, but the script and the direction by RGV make Anukshanam an
extremely boring watch. When it comes to serial killer movies, the key
is to thrill the audience with the twists around as serial killers are
hard to catch when they are relishing their victims.
Yet another uninspiring element in the film is its dialogues. Right from the obvious “Sachin ki Cricket ante istam, Naku champadam ante istam”, to the melodramatic “Champedi Dabbula kosam kadhu, Anandam kosam”, the dialogues literally show the laxity with which the film gets handled. The music is by-the-books, and the cinematography is also competent. Technically, it doesn't strive for much, but it doesn't have many flaws, either. Production values of 24 Frames Factory is fine.
Yet another uninspiring element in the film is its dialogues. Right from the obvious “Sachin ki Cricket ante istam, Naku champadam ante istam”, to the melodramatic “Champedi Dabbula kosam kadhu, Anandam kosam”, the dialogues literally show the laxity with which the film gets handled. The music is by-the-books, and the cinematography is also competent. Technically, it doesn't strive for much, but it doesn't have many flaws, either. Production values of 24 Frames Factory is fine.
Anukshanam Review - Analysis
RGV makes these low budget clunkers probably
because he continuously finds both producers and desperate out-of-work
actors willing to offer their services for a modicum. Logic, movie
aesthetic or entertainment value has nothing to do with his enterprise.
Coming to Anukshanam, it’s a slow-moving "suspense thriller" which at
times seems to have more in common with a typical investigation movie
than a serial killer mystery. I hope there's a better edit of this film
somewhere as the current version makes little sense, seems to have
scenes missing and rushes to an unsatisfactory ending. Anukshanam can
only be enjoyed by people who have spent the last decade in caves and
missed out on the many better films that clearly inspired it. On the
whole, Anukshanam does manage to deliver an irie atmosphere but
unfortunately doesn't deliver on the rest.
The only silver lining, it is infinitely better than RGV’s Ice Cream.
The only silver lining, it is infinitely better than RGV’s Ice Cream.
Anukshanam Review - Cast & Crew
- Title : Anukshanam Telugu Movie Review, Rating
- Star Cast : Manchu Vishnu, Madhu Shalini, Navdeep, Tejaswini
- Director : Ram Gopal Varma
- Released on: 13-09-2014
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