"Tumbbad"
Watched Hindi movie "Tumbbad". This movie is directed by Rahi Anil Barve, Anand Gandhi and Adesh Prasad. It is produced by Sohum Shah, Mukesh Shah and Amita Shah. It stars Sohum Shah, Anita Date (Mazya navraychi bayko fame) and Mohammad Samad in lead roles. It was released on 12th Oct 2018 and is one hour 45 minutes long.
There is a Wada (Mansion) in Tumbbad where a hidden treasure is rumoured to be hidden. Strange things happen. Vinayak returns to Tumbbad, from Pune, to search this treasure from his ancestral Wada. Hastar, the fallen son of Devi, cursed to be forgotten, is worshipped here. A worship that is dangerous and that makes Vinayak wealthy.
What is the secret of Tumbbad? Who is Hastar? Where is the treasure?
Its a period horror film. It starts about 35 years before independence and ends just after independence. Generally I am not into horror films but I read good reviews of this one and Priya recommended it, so I decided to watch.
Art director has created the uterus of Devi in this movie where Hastar resides. Hastar can't cross grains or grain powder and craves for it. They have chosen very good locations for the film. Vinayak who displays greed throughout the movie fulfils his fatherly duties towards the end making him human.
Director has used rain as a character in the movie. It also adds to the eerie atmosphere. The wetness seeps into the audience. Normally a movie is not divided into chapters. A book is. But here the movie is divided into chapters. A novelty!
Sohum and little Samad have acted very well. Samad, especially, shows lot of potential at young age. This is a promising kid. We have known Sohum from films Ship of Theseus, Talwar and Simran. He is handsome and plays his role very well.
The movie creates an impact. There are scenes that make the audience jump. There are scenes they increase the heart beats. Good thing is that despite being horror movie, it's not gory. It's a good movie, good direction, cinematography and acting.
Music is largely relegated to background music. But background music plays the role of a character in a horror movie. Credentials say that music is by Ajay-Atul and Jasper Kyd, don't know who is responsible for background music.
A couple of improvements are in order. Characters turn the grinding stone (जाते) in wrong direction, not once, not twice but thrice. Sometimes the dialogues were not clearly audible.
Watch if you don't mind the genre.
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