Drishya Kavyam Telugu Movie Review, Rating
Drishya Kavyam looks deceivingly different from the beginning, but starts going down hill soon after. Akhil (Karthik) and Abhinaya (Kashmira) are college mates from KG Reddy Engineering College. He falls in love with Abhinaya. At this time, Abhinaya loses her parents in a tragic accident. Incident changes the calculations in their relationship, but thanks to Anvesh (Madhu Nandan) they get hitched. After 5 memorable years, Akhil gets an opportunity to work in Europe and strange things start happening in the house. And there is another twist in the tale as Anvesh leaves to Europe. Rest of the story is all about what happens in the highway and connection between the two supernatural entities.
Coming to performances, they range from average to weak with comedians Prudhvi, Chandu, Ali and Satyam Rajesh putting the best efforts playing their weakest possible characters. Karthik drawls out his lines and while he has the saggy eyes and looks, he can never communicate the eery journey of his character. Madhu Nandan as a friend of Karthik, delivers a decent performance. Kashmira looks pretty, getting much lesser scope than the other two main characters. Child artist is fine in her role.
This could have been a fine flick with an intelligent mix of spooky and funny stuffs, giving the viewers what they all wished for in the dark. But since we are struck in same outmoded formula of romance, comedy and songs package to be included even in a different genre film making it more commercially feasible. Hope upcoming independent makers make a note of it and break this silly pattern soon.
The musical score by Kamlakar is pretty weak and actually songs should not have been there in the first place. Even the background Music doesn’t transform you into a scary world, which happens to be one of the most important aspects of a supernatural film. Editing by V Nagi Reddy is so audacious that you don’t need technical knowledge to see it’s all going south in the film. The scenes crop up from no where and there is no absolute transition between the main sequences. A dark spooky film atleast needs a solid a cinematography push and Drishya Kavyam even disappoints the viewers by its mediocre cinematography with bad lighting. Production values of Pushyami film makers are alright.
I tried to be optimistic about Drishya Kavyam. Yeah, its opening in the dumping ground of mid-march; but maybe that’s just because a supernatural film about a happily family. After about 10 minutes into the film, my optimism was crushed as the hopes of anyone who takes friends to this low budget supernatural film will be. Unless they’re hoping to be bored foolishly for 133 minutes.