A befitting trailer for a movie touted to be a thriller was certainly called for and more than that an edge of the seat screenplay is of foremost importance - the latter seems to be lagging in debutante Kaushik directed ‘Aadhiyum Andhamum’.
The plot involves a psychiatrist (Ajay) visiting a mental asylum in order to help the ones who need his assistance. He encounters strange things there and “sees dead people” and hears voices. All we get revealed during the latter half was as predictable as the next morning’s sunrise.
Among the many hiccups the ones that stand out and seemed to have pulled the rug under the movie were the screenplay and performances. The plot seems to slide in quite fast and infuses too much of drama in a short span of time and then struggles to move on with hardly anything left to hold the plot and so tries to substitute it with a few doses of itchy melodrama. The story seems to have been plucked from so many well etched Hollywood psychological thrillers including ‘The Secret Window’ and ‘The Sixth Sense’.
The performances from Ajay, Kavita and Mitali can be weighed on the same scale as there was nothing exceptional from anyone. In fact Kavita looked much older for her age and Mitali wore a thrusted smile on her face for the most part that she appeared. Ajay on the other hand made merry in his small screen avatar but here he seemed really uncomfortable for reasons unknown.
Music was bad - period. The BGM was jarring! Cinematography was bizarre as there were so many close-ups at places where they were never called for. Especially watch out for the scene where Kavita and Ajay were shown really close to each other when they were supposed to exchange a tense dialog and above all they were just acquainted at that time.
A somewhat decent plot suffers at the hands of an immature director and writer, who tried to lace thriller with melodrama, but was left stranded on the highway to find his lost way!!
Verdict: Avoidable!
Rating: 1.5 / 5
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