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| JAGANMOHINI
MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Behindwoods review board |
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Starring:
Namitha, Raja, Vadivelu, Nila.
Direction:
N.K. Vishwanathan
Music:
Ilayaraja
Production:
Murali Cine Arts |
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Jaganmohini
is the remake of veteran Vittalacharya’s
horror-comedy of the same name.
Remaking cult classics isn’t
really a bad idea, but what
made the original Jaganmohini
tick was its imaginative plot
premise and the visual effects,
done with very modest technical
advancements available during
the seventies.
The latest version that has
Namitha in the quintessential-ghost-with-an-unrequited-love
role, however, lacks the required
finesse to hold your attention
and with a choppy screenplay
the movie ends up more comic
than horror. That’s not
to mention, we also have Vadivelu
in the cast with less than desired
results.
The story, as we all know, feels
like it’s taken straight
out of the Amar Chitra Katha
series. Namitha gets murdered
for having fallen in love with
a prince. Despite her death,
she seeks the love of her life,
the prince, Raja. However, the
prince also has a suitable bride,
Nila, within the family. To
win Raja over, Namitha also
must fight an evil sorcerer,
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Kota Srinivasa Rao, who sets out to capture
the prince for his human-sacrifice that
will bestow colossal powers upon him. That
is Jaganmohini’s plot in a nutshell.
There’s also the wicked prince from
the neighboring state Riyaz Khan, his father
Bala Singh and Vadivelu, who plays Namitha’s
brother.
If not anything, the plot has immense scope
to amuse kids, but falls short with only
a few visual effect scenes promising to
hold attention – like the one in which
Namitha attacks the village after taking
a water form. Namitha’s fans might
enjoy her in a full-fledged role where she
gets to rule the screen for the major part
of the movie. With her enormous frame, she
does a neat job of a ghost – no pun
intended, of course. The climax would have
suited the seventies, but since we have
evolved so much over the past 30 something
years, it looks and feels so preposterous.
It’s even doubtful that your kid might
like that kind of lame climax.
The N. K. Vishwanathan directed Jaganmohini
is neither spooky nor amusing. Even if you
are a die-hard Namitha fan, don’t
be surprised if you become incensed towards
the end of the movie, for she’s all
over it.
Verdict:
The old-fashioned ghost!
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