Shivam Baje: An awful movie where hero thwarts China-Pak plot

Director: Apsar

Rating: 1.5 stars

Young actor Ashwin Babu who tasted some success with horror flick ‘Raju Gari Gadi 3’, returns with a heavy-loaded plot of China-Pak-backed terrorists joining hands to create mayhem in India. He couldn’t carry such a larger-than-life role and his performance is not upto the mark either. He plays a loan recovery agent and has a bigger mission to accomplish after his eye transplant surgery. No doubt, director Apsar has dug out a novel plot of Xenotransplantation-where non-human cells and parts are used for human beings. But he becomes ambitious and goes overboard and uses this 'transplant' to detect and thwart an evil plan designed by Army Head of China and terrorists like Lashkar-I Toiba-who want to create ruckus in India, which truly goes awry and turns awful for the viewers to digest. When the hero is wrongfully transplanted with the eyes of a police dog, he begins to watch abstract visuals and becomes disturbed. While doctors call it a ‘surgery mishap’, while another man says it's meant for ‘divine purpose’ but the audience lose their patience caught between these two ideas and lose connection with the proceedings.

Earlier, Suriya-Murugadoss starrer ‘7th Sense’ also touched upon this divisive plan and linked China but it failed to impress. Now, our director brings in Pak-backed terrorists into his ‘game plan’ along with China but couldn’t make it more engaging, which he would soon realize. Even the comedy track of Hyper Aadhi fails to evoke laughs and doctor Brahmaji making mockery of patients and their family reactions towards treatment just falls flat on its face. Actress Diganga Suryavanshi looks pretty but her love track with Ashwin Babu fails to enthuse.

It is a story of loan recovery agent Ashwin Babu who dislikes Lord Shiva after the death of his father, while his mother Tulasi keeps praying to God. He indulges in fights to recover loans and happens to meet a pretty girl Diganga Suryavanshi in the course of his work and falls in love with her. She also reciprocates in a hurry and they are happy. But in a big fight, Ashwin loses his eye sight and doctor Brahmaji conducts eye replacement surgery. However, things go awry for Ashwin as he begins to observe disturbing visuals and loses his sleep too.

Ashwin Babu plays a larger-than-life role which starts off as a recovery agent who bashes rowdies for non-payment but he is given a bigger task to achieve. He is okay as a youngster but not in a role with divine touch. Hyper Aadhi comedy is becoming stale these days and his jokes are boring at times. Doctor Murali Sharma does a good job, while Brahmaji, Tanikella Bharani fit the bill. Bollywood actor Arbaaz Khan showcases good and grey shades.

In mythology, Lord Kala Bhairava, a manifestation of Lord Shiva has chosen a dog as his vehicle and diretor Apsar picks this point and delivers a dog's paradise. No one would question the loyalty of dogs, but he used it a bit too much in this film. He also keeps using Lord Shiva pictures and rudraksha to make his film into a supernatural thriller but he could have avoided it.