GARGI Movie Review
Cast- ;
Starring: Sai Pallavi, Kaali Venkat, Aishwarya Lekshmi, R.S.Shivaji, Kalaimaamani Saravanan, Jayaprakash, Pra thap, Sudha, Livingston, Kavithalaya Krishnan, Kalesh Ramanand , Rajalakshmi P , Regin Rose , Nakkalites Dhanam , Bigil Siva and others .
Crew-;
Presented : 2D Entertainment , Banner : Blacky, Genie & My Left Foot Production , Producers : Ravichandran Ra m achandran, Thomas George, Aishwarya Lekshmi V, Gautham Ramachandran , Director : Gautham Rama chand ran , Cinematographer : Sraiyanti & Premkrishna Akkatu , Music : Govind Vasantha , Lyricist : Karthick Netha , E ditor : Shafique Mohamed Ali , Trailer Cut : Akash Thomas , Associate Editor : Abhishek Ayyanoth , Spot Editor & Post Pr oduction Supervisor : Akhilrag K , Art Director : Jacki , Executive Producer : C Anandapadmanaban , Co stume Des igner : Subhashree Kaarthik Vijay , Writers : Gautham Ramachandran & Hariharan Raju , Stills & Mak ing : Subhash Kumaraswamy , Publicity Designer : Kannadasan DKD , P.R.O : Kumaresan , Creative Promotion : Beatr oute , So und Designer : S Alagiakoothan, Suren G , Sound Mix : Suren G , Sync Sound Recordist : Raghav Ra mesh , D.I : Promo Works , CG : D Note , Co Director : Praveen S Vijaay , Direction Team : Shrivas Ramakrishna, Ba laji SBR, Vijay Prabhakaran C, N Kishore Vivek , Distributer : Sakthi Film Factory , Music Label – Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd, Audio ; 2022 Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. and others.
Story-;
Gargi (Sai Pallavi) is a school teacher from a struggling family consisting of her dad Brahmananda (R. S. Shivaji) w ho works as a security gaurd in an apartment building, her mom, who sells homemade rice batter and her young er sister Akshara who’s in middle school. Their life becomes chaos when dad is accused along with 4 other meno f having raped a child. Gargi is steadfast in her resolve to prove her dad’s innocence, as he’s her hero, having prot ected her as a child from a perverted teacher, encouraging her to stand up to such evil. At the receiving end of pu blic hatred, they’re abandoned even by a family friend who’s a successful lawyer (Jayaprakash). But his assistant, a no-note lawyer, Indrans Kaliaperumal (Kaali Venkat), agrees to represent them as he has no reputation to lose. At the hearing, while questioning the investigating officer, Indran uncovers that the victim was wrongly medica ted with a high dose of barbiturates, thus rendering her testimony (identifying Brahmananda as the culprit) in admissible.
Further, he meets the victim’s dad, who reveals that it was he who made her identify Brahmananda (certain of his guilt), as she was catatonic with trauma, unable to function at all. All this puts into question the evidence, this en abling him to obtain conditional bail for Brahmananda.When her dad’s colleague (Livingston), who had earlier cl aimed to have been at home all day on the fateful day, inadvertently reveals that he, in a drunken stupor, had ac tually been the first to discover the child lying there, and had alerted Brahmananda, Gargi starts doubting her da d’s claims that he’d been drinking at that time. She confirms her suspicions by visiting the child again and showi ng her a picture of the 5th culprit.It’s revealed, when the child identifies him, that Brahmananda was indeed the culprit, leading to his arrest and conviction. Gargi takes a moment outside, to quietly come to terms with this ho rror. As the credits roll, we discover that she and her family have moved on, having reconciled with the victim an d her dad.
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Movie Review -;
Gargi’ (released in Tamil and Telugu today) could well turn out to be a sleeper hit of the season, much like R Mad havan’s gripping and moving ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’. As a whodunit, ‘Gargi’ creates tension and thrills with out manufacturing contrived plot points. As a courtroom drama, it keeps the audience guessing as the pendulum moves from the public prosecutor to the defence lawyer, back and forth, in an organic fashion. Usually, our films dumb down the legal jargon, or worse still, parade hilarity in the name of courtroom trials. ‘Gargi’ is a rare film th at respects the genre and honours knowledge. The story is nothing new to our audiences but it’s the narration wh ich makes Gargi a nice movie. Director Gautham Ramachandran shows his extraordinary narrative skills fr om the first frame. He runs the show in a good manner.
There is no need to give an introduction about Lady Power Star Sai Pallavi and her amazing acting skills. She pe rforms with ease and essays a decent role of a middle-class woman with so many problems and responsibilities. She lives in the character of Gargi. Gargi (Sai Pallavi) is a school teacher whose father Brahmanandam (RS Shivaj i) works as a security guard at a residential complex. One fateful day, the father doesn’t return home after duty. Gargi sets out to find his whereabouts, only to realize that her father has been arrested in connection with the rape of a nine-year-old girl. Four others have also been arrested. There is palpable anger among the public and the media is baying for the blood of the accused. In this context, with none to help her, the daughter has to sec ure legal help for her dad, who may have been arrested because he is economically and socially vulnerable.
Besides, Kaali Venkat appears in a good role. He plays a lawyer who comes forward to help Gargi when everyone turns their back. His scenes are quite good and especially while in the court sessions. He acts well as an inexpe ri enced lawyer who has a strong intention to win the case. The rest of the cast like RS Shivaji, Jayaprakash and Ais hwarya Lekshmi give their best. The child actress who plays the young Gargi makes her mark even though she ap pears for a very limited time. Dialogues are good, especially in court-related scenes. As said above, the story is pr etty simple and the director reveals it in the very first scenes. Though the film runs well in the first half, the direct or makes it laggier in the second half. Some scenes give you the feel of repetition. The scenes become a hurdle to the narration thus making audiences feel boring. Aishwarya Lekshmi plays is a journalist and her character could have been written well.
The character has a huge scope to make the story more intense but not. It looks like, Aishwarya plays the extend ed cameo just because she is one of the producers. Indrans (Kaali Venkat) is natural in the role of a supposedly in competent lawyer who argues for Brahmanandam when the whole world, including the legal system, is pitted ag ainst the accused. Sai Pallavi shines in every scene and her performance is as magnetic as it was in the recent ‘Vir ata Parvam’. She is superlative in the scenes where she cries; you can feel the headache she is going to have after the wailing. ‘Gargi’ is so purposive and sincere that even seemingly dry lines spoken in the courtroom hit hard. “It’ s not about what you know, it’s about what you can prove,” is an example. A film that infantilizes the audie nce wouldn’t be in a position to convey as much.
Not only her, but the film has many unnecessary characters who don’t involve in the main story. It’s a good thou ght by the director to show childhood traumas of Gargi. But, their placement is inappropriate. Shame and confu sion, helplessness and hope and a few other emotions/themes have been handled remarkably. The shifts in Gar gi’s moods are captured well. The TRP-hungry media, which may be bad most of the times, can also be right at ti mes. Saravanan, as the victim’s father, looks ominous in a particular scene. Jayaprakash, as a senior lawyer, is apt. Kavithalaya Krishnan, Livingston, and Aishwarya Lekshmi (in an extended cameo) are good. The transgender jud ge is a character we fall in love with. Govind Vasantha’s music suits the flavour of the film; it neither adds frills no r does it take away from the film.
The cinematography by Sraiyanti and Premkrishna Akkatu is efficient.Gautham Ramachandran delivers a dec e nt movie that talks about women and the problems they face in the society. He gives a neat explanation about it through Aishwarya in the climax. He succeeds as a director but fails to narrate it in a gripping manner, mainly in the latter half. Cinematography by Sraiyanti and Premkrishna Akkatu is good. Music by Govind Vasantha is extra ordinary and it intensifies many scenes in the movie. Editing by Shafique Mohamed Ali is okay but he could have trim many unnecessary scenes. The production values are also good.On the whole, with a twist, Gargi is an emoti onal legal drama that talks about sexual abuse. Sai Pallavi steals the show with her outstanding performance. Ba rring a few scenes in the second half, Gargi is watchable. If you like serious court dramas then you can give it a wa tch in theaters.
This IS MY Personal Review So Please Go And Watch The Movie In Theaters Only
Written By- T.H.PRASAD -B4U-Ratting-3 /5
