Bakasuran

The story starts with a brutal murder and has a parallel narration with Natty and Selvaraghavan characters. The edit points are abrupt and it was just cut in the middle of action. The daughter character wears the same costume in majority of her scenes. The casting could have been better and staging is very bad. The Director seems to have taken just the plot and made emotional only where it needed. The setting look bad in the first half when the character says your brothers daughter died by suicide. Only Sam CS tried to fill the emotionless places with his background score and high pitch notes.

It's really sad to see a genius filmmaker turned into an actor just for the sake of his livelihood.

The story is nothing new and the kinda screenplay taken up is also nothing new with a backdrop for a serial killer telling his tale with a not-so-intriguing investigating officer.

I really really hope that Selvaraghavan becomes what he is truly made of, filmmaking, that's where his strengths are and I believe he gets into that zone as quickly as possible and hence wish that this film backfires and marks the end of his acting career and re-starting his directing part.

And moreover, this trend of spreading negative events in female lives needs to stop, it's not doing anything good.

This movie carries an important message for youngsters, including children who use the smartphones and very importantly their parents. Shows how an intruder has come into your home via the Smartphone of your children and about to destroy lives.

Besides the message, excellent acting by the father of the girl, ex-serviceman and many others. Cinematography is also top notch. Movie started off when a temple procession and wondering what is going on. Some random killings happened and you start to wonder. Soon, the momentum built up and it all comes together and makes full sense at the end. So, the story is weaved together very well. Shows expertise in the art of story telling and movie making.

This is a story that needed to be told for today's generation. Bakasuran took time to expose online sex trafficking and its repercussions. We were well advised.

How we just wished that the acting and screenplay were more robust to take Bakasuran to higher heights!

DELICIOUS

-We want to appreciate Mohan G for conceiving this story and upholding cultural values👊🏾 Though there were many occasions to make the movie sexual or explicit, Mohan still retained a sense of decency which was very appreciated, and various examples were illustrated to serve as lessons

-There was no heroine or female love interest for the main characters! Thank you for this originality and breaking out from the typical characters

-Not every development or technology is an advancement, it's still crucial to maintain the good side of our cultures and that's exactly what Bakasuran showed

BLAND

-From the lead characters to the supporting cast, no one stood out. It appeared like one person was repeating his lines, then the other followed with his; it wasn't flowing naturally

-Some of the sequences were quite coincidental while others lacked logic, e.g. Arul is telling his assistant how to trap a pimp but this scene takes place outdoors few meters away from the targeted location

-The movie started off in a captivating manner, however, toward ¾ of the film, the pace toned down with a sequence of predictable events.

Usually Mohan. G films create controversy at the time of release to their minimal theatrical run whereas this time the scenario is entirely different....with a clear message of smartphones impact among children in the modern era and educating parents' role in handling it is a well-intentioned and director need to be appreciated but a good intentional thought alone can't save a film... The prime thing to be noted is selvaraghavan as a cold-blooded killer scores well and reminds of "SAANI KAYIDHAM", but his performance as an artist or father is questionable miles to go for this actor... On the other hand natty does give a neat performance required for the character.... Sam cs contribution for bgm or opening song is a best thing in a movie hats off to his work.... Overall an insane story with an amazing message makes this flick a one-time watchable above average movie.