Introduction:
”Darshini” is a science fiction thriller in Telugu language that is directed by Dr Pradeep Allu who is entering the filmmaking craft independently. It is an entertaining picture of science fiction and ethical questions that tells about a group of friends, who try to solve the message of one of the friends who stimulated experiments that would allow people to see a few moments of the future.
Unlike the ‘Rytham’ kind of show whereby the lead pair Shanthi Priya, Somayajula Venkata Satya Prasad and director Vikas Kanaka’s ‘Darshini’ kind of show will be able to tell an interesting story full of twists and turns one way or the other make the show interesting not just to the viewers but even the characters.
Release Date:
Darshini will be released in theatre on the seventeenth of May in the year 2024. As the movie is Telugu, the subtitles available are in multilingual like English, Hindi & Tamil for the viewer’s ease. English, Hindi, and Tamil, to reach a broader audience.
Crew:
| Category | Name/s |
|---|---|
| Director | Venkat Pradeep Allu |
| Producer | L.V. Suryam |
| Story Writer | Venkat Pradeep Allu, K. Santoshkumar |
| Screenplay | Venkat Pradeep Allu, K. Santoshkumar |
| Editor | Chandu Chalamala, Praveen Jairaj |
Cast:
| Actor/Actress | Character Name |
|---|---|
| Vikas Kanaka | Santhosh |
| Bisetty Nagesh | Bisetty Kodanda Nagesh |
| Somayajula Prasad | Somayajula Venkata Satya Prasad |
| Pappala Priya | Pappala Shanthi Priya |
| Vinod Singuru | Vinod Kumar Singuru |
Story:
The movie is based on the friendship of three who are best friends, Santosh (Vikas Kanaka), Priya (Shanthi Priya), and Livingston (Somayajula Venkata Satya Prasad They all plan out a holiday trip to the farmhouse of Doctor Darshini. When they are there, they find something that makes them see the future. But the wicked MCs do not get a chance as their friend Dr Darshini disappears as thin air leaving players stranded to figure out how her invention brings mischief and mayhem to solve. While performing the story they have many intentions, traps, plot turns, and fears they necessarily have to come across.
Review:
It has been criticized and some have had something good to say about it while others don’t have good things to say about it. While some others consider it to be so because of the premise and also because it has been classified as a science part of fiction some thought of it as being so imbalanced especially when it comes to pacing. While making the movie an emotionally engaging exploration of friendship and questions of right and wrong, these problems are not infrequently felt to obscure the narrative’s heart.
Positives:
- Intriguing Concept: Taking the fact that it is a construction of a machine that demonstrates future elements is a twist of sci-fi which adds extra dimension, such as mystery and ethical dilemmas.
- Decent Performances: The lead cast is good and deserves special mention with Vikas Kanaka doubling up his act as Santosh and Shanthi Priya as Priya she looks natural and sincere.
- Engaging Music: Tillu movie music director Nizani Anjan has given clear songs that are useful in the depiction of emotional scenes.
- Suspenseful Moments: The film also does not fail in the aspect of tension in those scenes though none may depict intense suspense.
Negatives:
- Pacing Issues: Pointing to another drawback one could have discussed such aspect as the fact that pacing could be exhausting, especially in the first part of the movie where sometimes there are too many establishments, while at other times there are too many fast montages.
- Predictable Plot Twists: Admittedly, some of the viewpoints resemble another to some extent some of the characteristics of the season/series or even the whole of the genre.
- Underdeveloped Supporting Characters: The prominent SCs of the movie are filled in and the main characters are properly depicted for audiences to understand them however the supporting characters could have been given more layers and listeners want more out of these characters.
Technical Aspects:
- Direction: Coupled with the direction by Dr. Pradeep Allu, the character movement is reasonable and, almost on the brink of exaggerating the typical motifs visible in thrillers rooted in science fiction. As expressed earlier, Mr. Pandit’s “Darshini” is not bereft of ideas but it has potential for even more compact mapping.
- Cinematography: Well done is the shooting of the farmhouse and successful are the scenes of suspense, but often there is low production quality.
- Editing: The editing remains rather even during most of the majority of the film but might have been laconic in some scenes to succeed in peerless integration.
Performance:
Puri Vikas Kanaka has lived up to the part of professionalism while acting as Santosh and has excelled in teaching the character the aspect of emotion. Shanthi Priya deserves much appreciation for her portrayal of Priya she manages to capture both the juvenile and complex in her. The actor Somayajula Venkata Satya Prasad entertains the audience through laughter as Livingston But there is a need for character buildup in this actor. The enlarging cast is good enough but in the play, the characters that the enlarging cast portrays are not central to the storyline.
Moviepoptime Review:
Watch this movie and then refer yourself to this clip to see how that particular movie does it. As per the movie’s story, Santhosh Priya and three friends living in Stones go for a holiday at the farmhouse of Dr Darshini for a few days.
When they get there, they take a look at every room and, in one… they point a pen sensor at the table which allows them to see their future. Suddenly they meet with the dead body of Dr. Darshi and now there is someone who is calling these three friends and threatening them. How was the actual individual murdered? What did they expect for the next mission? These three were endangered, but who brought them? The film reveals the story of three friends’ attempts to escape the encirclement in a farmhouse. This plot seemed promising especially when there is a machine that predicts the future.
However, they overreached it. Achingly beautiful main characters are infused into a science fiction story delivered during the intermission followed by a love story. In the second part, they captured the audience by telling a story of a mystery when at least one of the three friends wanted to murder the others. Each twist is revealed after the break. The cast of the actors in them and they are quite unknown formed all the more recently. The main actor Vikas Shantipriya tries to imitate the main character and has done an above-average job.
In terms of the technology of the production, it was below par; in terms of direction, it left much to be desired; the music was mediocre, and the photography was subpar; the outcome was downside by an uninteresting treatment, two uninspiring leading characters, a thin-witted storyline, regrettably artificial feelings, and illogical melodrama. Until then, let’s come together again for another perfect movie review of new and unique movies and famous web series.
Conclusion:
”Darshini” is excessively brilliant and overtures to be a sci-fi thriller wherein suspense is married to a moral preachment. Although it has a great concept and fine acting by the main characters, what it lacks most sorely is time management and complete novelty when it comes to the plot.
All things considered, Darshini” will appeal to lovers of sci-fi at least for its performance and the promise of friendship and ethical dilemmas thrust at the heart of this two-hour instalment of drama. Despite a slightly flawed tactical display, it can henceforth act as a strong starting platform for the director Dr Pradeep Allu and can also be viewed by the audience who is ready to look past some shortcomings in the film and focus on an intriguing plot.
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