One feels the genre needed a more ingenious setting to work. At the outset, the film makes it clear that it was inspired by sci-fi movies. Two songs have not been placed intelligently. The film is self-aware and brings up titles such as 'Aditya 369' and Suriya's '24'. The climax should have been heart-touching, though. The love story needed a more effective staging. The run-time of 142 minutes could have been shortened. The screenplay should have been much smarter. To the film's credit, it has got a sincere love story that is slightly marred by contrivances.
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Chammak Chandra, who gets to play the kind of role that Viva Harsha has done in the Aha web series '3 Roses', is hilarious. Mirchi Kiran and others do their job well. The comedian's chemistry with Teja Sajja is fine. He describes the random pick-up lines that men use to kick off a conversation with girls as 'Pulihora, the youth mixture' and it's funny. Even after comedies such as 'Vivaha Bhojanambu', Satya doesn't feel like an overdose. Tulasi has got a couple of scenes, while Devi Prasad and Shivaji Raja, respectively, play the fathers of the heroine and the hero. She engages in a non-glamorous, performance-oriented role. Her comic timing is respectable and her performance in the emotional scenes is neat.
Shivani Rajasekhar, the debutante, comes across as a sincere Telugu-speaking actress who looks like a girl-next-door. He realizes that routine stories are not his cup of tea and has been making some unconventional choices with mixed results. The film was shot before the pandemic and was supposed to be his debut. Teja Sajja, after a failure like 'ISHQ', makes a decent effort here. Director Mallik Ram, who has collaborated with Lakhsmi Bhupala for the dialogues and screenplay, toys with the ideas handed over by story-writer Prasanth Varma (the director of 'AWE' and 'Zombie Reddy' fame). While its path can't be predicted with accuracy, the film doesn't suck you into its proceedings consistently. What is the fantasy trope? Will Surya and Vennela become soulmates?Ī defining feature of 'Adbhutham' is that it is unpredictable to a good extent. What has united them together is destiny, enabled by a fantastical element. If Surya is depressed because he is a failed musician, the latter has her share of owes. They give up their plans to kill themselves by suicide. Surya (Teja Sajja) and Vennela (Shivani Rajasekhar) get a new lease of life when they realize that they share the same phone number.
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Here is our review of the direct-to-service Telugu movie release. 'Adbhutham' is out on Disney Hotstar today.