Cast: Sudeep, Amruta Khanvilkar, Ahsaas Channa, Kenny Desai, Ashwini Kalsekar, Ganesh Yadav, Anu Ansari, Shankar Sachdev, K K Raina, Madhuri Purandare, Zakir Hussain, Bharat Kaul and others
Director:Ram Gopal Varma
Producer:Azam Khan and Parvez Damania
Music:Bapi Tutul
Date of Released:August 22nd, 2008
'Phoonk' is Directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The director has come out with a known
story line but then the treatment and the backdrop is different, the presentation
has been good but the narrative was not captivating enough.
A predictable tale, the story is about Rajeev (Sudeep) who has one happy family in
the form of Aarti (Amrutha), Raksha (Ahsaas), Rohan (Shrey) and his amma (Jytohi).
Rajeev is a short tempered person but then he is a man with a good heart and dotes
on his daughter. Also, he is a very practical person and god does not exist for
him, however he lets his family do whatever they want when it comes to such things.
His life takes a turn when he discovers that his close associates Anshuman (Kenny)
and Madhu (Ashwini) have been cheating him in business and have eaten a lot of
money.
Enraged by this, he lashes out at both of them in a party and fires them in front
of everyone. Days pass by but soon things begin to change as weird things happen at
Rajeev's place, even the new replacement for Anshuman and Madhu gets killed in a
freak accident. Things begin to change at home as Raksha starts behaving strangely
and soon she is taken to a doctor and then to a psychiatrist who diagnose her with
a psychological disorder. However, Rajeev's mother voices out that it is due to
black magic and the incident that happens few days before. And what happens
hereafter is to be seen on the screen.
Presentation:
A major credit goes to the music and camera departments for delivering an excellent
tune and picture but the editing could have been better, the script was not that
strong and the screenplay was well executed but the dialogues could have added more
punch. Sudeep has come up with good performance and has a good screen presence.
Amrutha was pretty but did not have much to her role, the real credit goes to
Ahsaas for a superb performance, Bharat Kaul was excellent and Ashwini did her bit
with the perfect elements of evil. The others did their bit with the required
standard and contributed well in terms of quality and performance.
Verdict:Average |  |
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