Starring: Sangitha, Thiruveer, Kavya Kalyanram, Subhaleka Sudhakar, Akhila Ram, Bandhavi Sridhar
Director: Sai Kiran
Producer: Rahul Yadav Nakka
Music Director: Prashanth R Vihari
Several small-budget films are getting released in the past few weeks and none of them succeeded to create any impact. A few small movies were released today and only one movie is able to catch everyone’s attention and that is ‘Masooda’. Let’s see what the movie is all about.
Story:
Nazia (Bhandhavi Sridhar) a teenage girl lives with her mother Neelam (Sangitha) in an apartment. Their family shares good rapport and bonding with their neighbor Gopi Krishna (Thiruveer), a software employee. When life seems to be going smoothly, a sudden change in Nazia’s behavior worries her mother. Gopi tells that Nazia is possessed by a ghost and needs to be treated immediately.
With Nazia behaving peculiarly, they seek the help of tantriks. The rest of the movie is all about peeru baba finding the backstory of Masoodabi and how she is related to Nazia.
Analysis:
The movie doesn’t take much too much time to set the mood of the audience. The introduction scene itself is intriguing and gore. Once the flashback is finished, the story shifts to Hyderabad. While the movie goes in an interesting way, Gopi’s love track becomes a hurdle and it’s quite boring. The movie frightens just before the interval episode.
The second half is full of violence, bloodshed, and screams. The backstory of Masoodabi is spine-chilling but it’s overboard. The movie offers a fear factor but fails to engage with the story.
Director focused more on creating fear with loud sounds, screams, and gore elements and missed the narration which goes flat.
Plus Points:
Technical aspects
Muslim backdrop offers different from routine
Drawbacks:
Lengthy second half
Too much violence
Too much bloodshed and loud scenes
Verdict:
On the whole, ‘Masooda’ is another horror movie with a different backdrop. Despite a few lags and slow narration, the movie is a decent watch.
Rating: 3.0