646f9e108c IAS officer Chanchala Reddy is imprisoned in a haunted house, while she is interrogated by law enforcers investigating a politician they suspect of corruption. Bhaagamathie (2018):<br/><br/>Bhaagamathie is one of few such films which was under production since 2 years and faced lot of inconsistencies which resulted in delay in its release.After several hurdles,the movie got released with decent buzz because of its lead actress and genre.Even the promos generated curiosity among audience.SO how is it?<br/><br/>Plot:<br/><br/>Eshwar Prasad(Jayaram) is an honest minister who appoints Chanchala IAS(Anushka)his personal secretary. As time passes by, he opposes the high command for a cause. In order to pull him down, the government targets Chanchala. They take her to an undisclosed location called Bhaagamathie bungalow. Upon their investigation, they get the shock of their lives when they start to see Chanchala behaving like Bhaagamathie. Who is this Bhaagamathie? What does she have to do with Chanchala? and what is the twist behind the whole political set up? To know the answers, you need to watch the film on the big screen.<br/><br/>My Review:<br/><br/>Even though Bhaagamathie is touteda scary horror with periodic elements,it is a political thriller filled with supernatural elements.He has used horror elements and royal setup to cash in on the image of Anushka who is known for such movies like Arundhati.The story of Bhaagamathie, is nothing like what was suggested by the filmmakers through the theatrical trailer and the nightmarish posters. It was supposed to keep the audience on the edge-of-the-seat with a spine-chilling backstory of the central character Bhaagamathie, a ghost from the past century. It was supposed to send the shiver down our spines while we witness the horrors suffered by the characters that wander into Bhaagamathie&#39;s territory. Instead, we get a blown-out version of Tamil film Pizza. And shades of all horror movies that have been made in the South Indian film industry thus far.<br/><br/>There&#39;s always a thin line between being scary and being loud. Horror films are always difficult to make because you cannot really tell if you&#39;re scaring the audience or boring them. Director G Ashok&#39;s flirts with this thin line on more than one occasion in his ambitious venture &#39;Bhaagamathie&#39; but with no success.<br/><br/>The scary moments that the director has relied upon are outrightly boring. Much of the movie is passive, only after Bhaagamathie&#39;s role gets introduced does it turn a bit interesting.Second half is decent but climax twist may sound interesting,it is heavily inspired from Pizza (which is in turn inspired from The Usual Suspects). Even the ending scene is inspired from Pizza.<br/><br/>Anushka has got a role that puts her at the center stage of the proceedings. She gets to play a character that has scope for multiple variations and thrill the audience. Unfortunately, despite the presence of all the elements she only manages to scratch the surface when there was much more to achieve.Unni Mukundan and Jayaram shined in their roles which brought us a fresh feel even when their roles are cliched.<br/><br/>Technically,Bhaagamathie is just average.Especially I was disappointed with Madhiethis is his weakest work.Thaman isusually loud.<br/><br/>So,Bhaagamathie is a typical political thriller dresseda supernatural thriller and hugely inspired from Pizza.<br/><br/>My Rating 5.75/10 The movie was so good. Anushka and everybody acted very good in the movie. The movie lagged a lot at the 1st half of the movie but the 2nd half of the movie was very interesting and thrilling. BGM in the movie was very good. There are many twists in the 2nd half which was very interesting in the movie.
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