Adavi

Starring: Nitin, Priyanka Kothari, Gautham Rode, Ravi Kale and others

Director: Ram Gopal Varma                                                       

Music:Bapi-Tutul                                                                        

Release date: 07 August 7, 2009

Director Ram Gopal Varma comes up with yet another horror and suspense film. This time the film is set in a dense forest in Sri Lanka. RGV tries to come up with a film that tries to entertain while creating fear in the minds of the audiences. Let us see how far RGV has succeeded in his attempt.

Story:

The film is set in a deep forest in the Sri Lankan jungles. A film unit consisting of director, hero, heroine, assistant director, script writer, fight master, cinematographer etc. go for shooting inside a deep forest. They are put up in a jungle lodge and looked after by one Sethu. While the film shooting is in progress, the camera is damaged and the shooting is stopped for some time till a new camera is brought in.

The film crew agrees to go into the deep forest escorted by Sethu as they have to spend time for four days till the new camera arrives. They go into the deep forest. The scene turns scary as the night approaches. The next day the guide in the forest, Sethu is killed by an unknown predator. The panic stricken crew then tries to flee the place but the producer of the movie is killed by the same predator.

The nest to die in gory death is the director of the film. The hero of the film is smothered to death by the stunt master following an argument. The scriptwriter commits suicide as he des not want to be a burden on others after being grievously injured.

Another assistant Sameera commits suicide leaving just the assistant director of the film Sujan (Nitin) and Asha (Ptiyanka Kothari) to fend for themselves. Nitin then takes care of Asha and after telling her that he loves her, he manages to bring her out of the forest. At this time, the director ends the film abruptly with a caption, coming soon ‘Adavi – 2’.

Performance:

Nitin looks good in his six/eight packs and he also gets a chance to portray a neat character that gives him a scope to show his maturity as an actor. Nitin also gets a chance to romance with Priyanka Kothari in a couple of dream songs.

Priyanka Kothari sizzles in her skimpy costumes and also wears very revealing clothes for a major part of the film.

The other star cast from Gautham Rode who plays hero in the film to Ravi Kale, Ishrat Ali, Harvey, Ishteyak, Rasika et all go about their jobs as per the demands of the script.

The film Adavi by Ram gopal Varma disappoints on many counts. The film is nether scary nor is it filled with suspense as touted by the producer/director. The story is also very simple and has been done many times by many directors.

The forest is dense but it is not scary. The only wild animals that on get to see are a coupe pf snakes, a monkey and a elephant. The music is average but the background score is fairly good and manages to give the right feel to the film.

RGV ends the film abruptly and it is like watching just half the film. The film is very short and it last for just about 90 minutes leaving the audience hugely disappointed. Adavi is a half baked film and it now remains to be seen if RGV can offer something new and interesting in his sequel titled ‘Adavi-2’.

Adavi is yet another below average fare from maverick director Ram Gopal Varma.