Cast: Vishwak Sen, Chandini Chowdhary, Abhinaya, Mohammad Samad, Harika Pedada, Shanti Rao, Mayank Parak
Crew:
Music by Naresh Kumaran
Cinematography by Vishwanath Reddy Ch
Edited by Raghavendra Thirun
Written & Directed by Vidyadhar Kagita
Produced by Karthik Sabareesh
Presented by UV Creations
Gaami Movie Rating: 2.5/5
Vidyadhar Kagita has decided to make a short film with a highly interesting idea. Then, he started to expand it bit by bit to make it a feature length film. Vishwak Sen, Chandini Chowdhary have been cast in lead roles and the movie has been titled as Gaami. After seven years being in production, the movie released on 8th March worldwide. Let’s discuss about the movie in detail.
Plot:
Shankar(Vishwak Sen) suffers from Haphephobia, the fear of being touched. He joins Aghoras and leads a life away from human touch. As they keep challenging him for brawls, fights and he is unable to overcome his fear, he decides to take a journey to find out solution for his issue. On the other hand, a young girl Uma(Haarika) hates her mother Durga(Abhinaya) for becoming Devadasi and ignoring her.
Meanwhile, we are introduced to another boy who is being held hostage in detention chamber where he is subjected to different experiments due to his unique biological condition. Shankar goes to Maha Kumba Mela and finds out that for his untreatable condition, he needs to find Malipatra or Shining Mushrooms that grow on Himalayas in Dronagiri range. A doctor Jahnavi(Chandini Chowdhary) decides to join him in the quest. How these three stories are interlinked? Did Shankar find the solution for his issue? Watch the movie to know more.
Analysis:
Vishwak Sen has been choosing variety of stories that belong to different genres to keep audiences guessing and interested about his next film. With Gaami, he has shown Telugu people that he is not afraid to try something hollywood-ish. He performed well for the character he has been given. Chandini Chowdhary, Haarika, Abhinaya all performed well within limits of what they have been asked to perform.
The writing for this ambitious film fails in keeping the ambition consistently alive throughout the film. Movie keeps losing grip in the second hour and the climax portions fail to awoke an emotional reaction to the conclusion of a journey that looked never-ending with one hardship after another challenging the protagonist’s will and desire, dedication to overcome them. While ideas behind the hardships are big, deep and self-aware, the execution lacks the same depth.
There are many things in the film that seem to have suffered due to budget constraints. The scenes involving Durga and Uma have been executed well to some extent but writing needed a little bit more engaging quality. Director switches between melodrama and reality in those portions and that harmed the proceedings. Shankar and Jahnavi journey starts off realistically, but keeps hanging by the rope between real and surreal.
Had the tone of the movie been consistent, the engaging factor would have been better. Few scenes needed even more breathing space and some could have been avoided. The intent and dedication to stick to the original ideas and honesty in material is visible. To some extent, the scenes and plot point have been highly engaging. But at the time when we needed some more elements add on, the stories have been halted from progress for the last punch. These portions could have been handled better. On the whole, Gaami remains an ambitious attempt with few good results where it could have been even better.
Positives:
Vishwak Sen’s performance
Initial narrative style
Novel point
Engaging Drama scenes
Negatives:
Tonal shifts
Non-linear screenplay that could’ve been thought out better
VFX work in several scenes
Logical loopholes
Gaami Movie Bottom-line: Could’ve been much better