Durgamati Movie Review: For Those Skipping This Thinking Its A Horror Film, You Can Now Skip It Thinking Its Not A Horror Film! – Koimoi

Durgamati: The Myth Movie Review Rating:2/5 Stars (Two stars)

Star Cast:Bhumi Pednekar x two times the disappointment, Arshad Warsi, Mahie Gills Bengali Accent, Karan Kapadia & supporting cast which didnt lend any support

Director: Ashok G

Whats Good:For those who were skipping this thinking its a horror film, can now skip thinking its not a horror film!

Whats Bad:I had to sit through the entire film to review, whereas you guys will have an option to switch it off anytime.

Loo Break: I dont think youll be watching this till the time you think to take a break

Watch or Not?: Id prefer to sit down in a dark corner and stare it for 155 minutes!

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In a too abrupt start, we see a certain village getting attacked by a group of people. Cut to Ishwar Prasad (Arshad Warsi), Minister of Water Resources, is seen addressing the media over the issue of stolen antiques from the ancient temples. He promises to quit politics if the government fails to track down the people behind this.

CBI Joint Director Satakshi Ganguly (Mahie Gill) is called in from the ruling parts side to find some dirt on Ishwar. Enters Ishwars former personal secretary IAS Chanchal Chauhan (Bhumi Pednekar), whos spending her time in prison for shooting her husband dead. Satakshi takes her to an abandoned haveli to question her.

Enters Durgamati (Also Bhumi Pednekar but way too melodramatic). Durgamati is the spirit of the dead queen of that haveli & like every other horror flick, the spirit is here for some kind of revenge. What revenge? Thats the final 30 minutes and are indeed the only bearable ones.

The major problem with the story of this film is that it exists only in the last 30 minutes. Totalling to 2 hours & 35 minutes, Ashoks script takes 2 hours to establish what couldve been achieved at half of its time. The drastically stretched narrative shatters very few good things the movie possesses. Theres a dialogue in the start which goes as, were starting this on a wrong note, little did they know that theyre starting the entire film on a disastrous note.

There comes no high moment in the first 120 minutes, and that says a lot about how its a patience-tester. Though the biggest takeaway for me will remain to be this one epic dialogue which should be known by one and all: Guy A gets sh*t-scared from the ghost, Guy B says, Tere angoor kyun kaanp rahe hai? (Literal translation: Why your grapes are grooving?). Comedy of the film is filled with WTF? moments.

Durgamati to Bhumi Pednekar will prove to be what Bhoot was for Vicky Kaushal. Despite the weak script, Bhumi had the potential to pull this off just by doing her part. Bhumis energy as Durgamati is duller than the chances of getting my life straight. It never matches the voice she has dubbed for. This conflicting nature between what she says & how she expresses it is a major turn-off.

Arshad Warsi sleepwalks 90% of the time through his ordinary character. No matter how subtle he is, the wow factor is missing. The twist helps him to bring out his quirks & thats where he owns the film.

I havent seen the original version, but was it really important to cast Mahie Gill with a Bengali accent? Im not a proficient critic of accents, but whatever Mahie did definitely seemed off-track. Karan Kapadia manages to stay for an extended period with just a single expression & thats really commendable.

First Laxmii & now this, no matter which route you take to direct these adaptions, the local aura of the script somehow remains in the film. If this trend continues, well soon be able to gauge without knowing if its a remake of a South film or not. Just like Raghava Lawrence, even Ashok fails at removing that feel. Backed with some smart screenplay tweaks (like smooth transitioning between the flashbacks), Ashoks direction is pretty much average. He can definitely do well with a better script. He should try his hand at exploring the commercial cinema in Bollywood.

Ashok ditches S Thaman, bringing in Jakes Bejoy for the background score in this one. The BGM is exceptionally controlled and surprisingly doesnt go much loud despite the over-the-top drama. Thankfully apart from a couple, there are no more songs to the already extended duration.

All said and done, Durgamati is an all-over-the-place horror-drama. The intent of adapting and remaking a good story is clearly missing. Its a horror of a film!

Durgamati: The Myth releases on 11 December , 2020.

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Reviewed and Recommended by Erik Baquero