Penguin Movie Review
Cast-;
Keerthi Suresh.Linga.Madhampattu Rangaraj.Master Advaith.Nithya Kirubha.Harini.Thilak Rammohan.Thejank Navya Krupa, Umar, etc. ,
Crew-;
Lyrics: Vivek,Stunt: PC,Art: Sakthi Venkatraj M,Editing: Anil Krish,Cinematography: Karthik Palani,Music: Sa nthosh Narayanan,Co Producers: Kalraman, S.Somasekhar & Kalyan Subramanian,Produced by: ,Kaarthekeyen Santhanam, Sudhan Sundaram & Jayaram,Written & Directed by: Eashwar Karthik, Release Date: 19 June 2020
OTT Platform: Amazon Prime ,P R O : Nikhil & Team
Story-
Set in a hill station in Kodaikanal, the film revolves around a mother and her missing child. Ritu aka Rhythm’s (Keerthy Suresh) toddler son was kidnapped by a psycho who wears a mask of Charlie Chaplin.Ritu and her husband Raghu separate, and five years later she gets married again and is expecting her first child with her second husband.Even after six years, she continues to search for her son and heads to the lake regularly where he had been missing.One day, Ajay (Master Advaith) dramatically runs away from the kidnapper and finds his mom. Traumatized by the kidnap, the child doesn’t speak to anyone and the doctor David (Mathi) tells her to give him time to open up. But Keerthy finds that the kidnapper is coming to her house.Who is the kidnapper and how does she nab him?
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Movie Review-
Penguin’ is a one-woman’s show. Keerthy Suresh as a pregnant mother who has a gut feeling that her son is still alive has carried the film on her shoulders. Her performance is spotless though some of the scenes written for her are awkwardly far from realistic. Like always, she shines in emotional scenes.Master Advaith as Ajay is a good find. The kid has given a good performance. The less said about the better for other actors, they couldn’t even get basic expressions right.The film has absolutely stunning visuals. Cinematographer Kharthik Phalani brings visually arresting visuals as well as creates an eerie mood when required.The opening sequences are beautiful. Santosh Narayanan’s background score complements the mood. The editing is okay.
This film screams Karthik Subbaraj’s name as its got a subtle mix of his film Pizza and various other psychological thrillers from different Hollywood films. The storyline revolves around Rythym (Keerthy Suresh) who is seven montha pregnant with a trauma. Her first child Ajay was kidnapped six years ago. While the Police confirm that the child is dead, Rythym refuses to believe any of it and is in constant search of the child. Despite the doctors advising her to not revisit her past by revisiting the places, she still chooses to not give up. What unfolds as a result is the storyline of the film.
The first half of the drama is smooth and engaging enough. But when it comes to the key reveal and the twist in the second half, the picture becomes clearer that this story is so shallow and clichéd. The buildup has been wa sted. The two twists lack believability. The final portion is shot in a way that it makes us log off from the strea ming. All the beginning thrills are nothing but a cheat. An interrogation scene in the second half is enough to say how amateurishly the final sequences are handled. Cinematography could be considered the saving grace of the film and the plush greenery of the hilly location and the picturesque scenary are soothing to the eyes. Santhosh Narayan’s background score adds a tickle to the suspense scenes making the visuals look eerily beautiful.
Besides the boring proceedings in the second half, the performances of the key actors are another issue. Even those who have played important roles are amateurish. And Keerthy’s first husband’s story doesn’t gel at all in the movie after a while.The only good part to take away from the director is the way he has treated this story, he shows potential. However, the logical loopholes are too glaring to miss out on. The story has gripping scenes he re and there but that does not seem enough to save this film. Forced twists and the weak screenplay in the sec ond half have marred the mood. “Penguin” finally ends up as a routine thriller that doesn’t add anything new and makes us feel cheated. The so-called emotional thriller lacks dhum.
Who is the kidnapper and how does she nab himKeerthy SureshThe first halfVisuals The entire second half “Peng uin”, first-time director Eashvar Karthic’s thriller, draws us into the story with intriguing setup. The writer-di rector begins the movie with the introduction of the kidnapper and the boy getting kidnapped.The kidnap in cident causing emotional distress on the mother and disturbing her marital life is established well. Unlike other similar thrillers, the director also cleverly brings the child back into the storytelling. Keerthy Suresh has given her best to the narrative where her performance is not too much and not too less. She must look weak and yet show a strong willpower and she has perfectly understood the outline of her character but we do not see much of a character development.
The rest of the cast have done a below-average job in fulfilling their parts. The villain’s character is weak and is not upto the development it received at the very beginning It is not about finding the ‘Gone Boy’ but about kn owing the kidnapper. He has set up the premise much like a serial-killer thriller movie but the only thing it isn’t about serial killing. It completely focuses on the kidnapper and keeps us intrigued. The biggest let down of the film is the storyline in itself. The narrative is weak and the director seems to be highly confused between a thr iller and an emotional drama. By bringing both together, he has only created a big blunder. Thriller is already a very tough genre to nail and blending it with something as sensitive as motherhood is completely nonsensical. The film does have a few advantages beginning with Keerthy’s decent performance, few good twists and a co uple of well worked-out emotional scenes.
This IS MY Personal Review So Please Go And Watch The Movie In Theaters Only
Written By- T.H.PRASAD -B4U-Ratting-2 /5
