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| BOMMAYI
MOVIE REVIEW |
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| Review
by : Behindwoods review board |
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Starring:
Sudeep, Amruta Khanvilkar, Ahsaas
Channa, Kenny Desai, Ashwini Kalsekar.
Direction:
Ram Gopal Varma
Music:
Amar Mohile
Production:
One More Thought Entertainment
Pvt. Ltd. |
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After
a horror fest in the first half
of the year, now we have the
first horror/supernatural flick
of the second half. 2009 is
proving to be a fruitful year
for the horror genre. Yaavarum
Nalam and Arundhathee met with
success unexpected and were
followed by some dubbed movies
like Shivapuram and Thanthra,
the latest to follow in this
line is Bommayi.
Dubbed to Tamil from the Hindi
original Phoonk released last
year, Bommayi is a tale of rationale
vs. supernatural. Black magic
and voodoo like methods form
the basis of the movie. The
movie starts with a young engineer
being dismissed from his job
by his boss after he tried to
unethically subvert a project
to his advantage. He is literally
insulted in public and fired.
More than him, it is his wife
who feels great rage at the
boss for the strict action taken.
She decides to settle scores
in a dark way. Using her knowledge
of black magic she casts a spell
upon the boss’ family.
Focus shifts to the boss’
family where things seem to
be getting weird by the day.
He is having nightmares and
strange visions. But, the more
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concern is his daughter (a girl of around
8 years) who is showing strange and terrifying
changes in behavior, split personality,
ferocious voices, and great anger.
Unaware of what has gone wrong, he takes
his child to a psychiatrist. However, his
wife seems to believe in the possibility
of some evil force at work and decides to
consult a witch doctor. In an interesting
battle of science and supernatural, Bommayi
tells the tale of how the issue is finally
sorted out, with a very interesting twist.
Which side wins, science or wizardry?
Ram Gopal Verma has taken this small story
in his trademark style and manages to spook
and intrigue us. With no familiar faces
at all, Bommayi rides entirely on the ability
of the maker to keep us engaged. The young
girl’s performance is the highlight
of the movie; she literally transforms herself
into another person in some scenes. Dubbing
from Hindi to Tamil has been done without
any major glitches. Bommayi may make an
interesting couple of hours for those who
fancy the genre.
Verdict:
Spooks and intrigues
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