The challenge with remaking a perfect classic like Andhadhun is not in just finding the right balance between the various genres it encompassed, but also in casting the right actors who can emote well in both the harrowing drama sequences as well as the situational comedy.
DOP-turned director Ravi K Chandran unfortunately fails in doing just that. A more commercialized take of the 2018 National Award winning film, Bhramam's first glaring failure is casting Mamtha Mohandas in the role played by Tabu.
A Machiavellian, femme fatale role that needed a lot of nuance and fine tuned expressions, Mamtha unfortunately is not able to deliver most of the elements convincingly. Even Prithviraj, while shining in the dramatic elements, feels out of place in the comic sequences, a genre he has always struggled with.
For a film telling us the story of a seemingly blind musician, it is appalling that the music for the film is so pedestrian. Raashi Khanna is a major eyesore as Prithviraj's love interest.
She stumbles through a blink-and-miss role with haphazard lip synchronizations leaving us wondering why she was cast in the first place. Unni Mukundan is inadvertently funny in a beefed up cop role and delivers an adequate performance.
Remaking Andhadhun, which straddled the dark comedy and moral dilemma-laced drama genres so elegantly was always going to be a challenge. And Bhramam unfortunately couldn't rise up to meet it.
Not recommended!
