Tumbbad is not your regular masala movie yet at no point
does its different presentation and treatment never makes you bored or the
feeling of getting trapped in a intellectual nothing movie.
Tumbbad is brilliant story telling by the director duo of
Rahi Anil Barve and Anand Gandhi. At no point do they let go of the story which
breeds itself more on human greed and less on horror. In fact the horror
element in this movie is how we see human beings and three generations getting
trapped into a life of darkness.
The story revolves around a treasure hidden in a place
called Tumbbad. Vinayak is a by nature greedy man who goes after the treasure
and lives high life for sometime because of it. In the process he slowly turns
into a man who is not afraid of killing people and exploiting their greed to
become more rich. In the end he meets the same end as those who were consumed
by their greed . The climax is well thought of and is a bit what we have heard
in so many famous folk tales around greed. The way it is executed makes you
admire the creativity of the story tellers involved and it does leave a message
of positivity with the son finally rejecting the path of greed.
What makes Tumbbad watchable is that its length has been
kept short at 104 minutes the movie never really slackens or becomes boring.
The cinematography is pure experience and the background score adds to the
brooding environment.
Tumbbad is not a regular horror movie , in the sense that
its horror scenes are not exactly meant to scare you. It is the story element
build around horror that makes you scared. It is also scary in the sense that
how a basically greed and ambition driven person will pass the same value
system to his child and that is brought out so brilliantly in this movie.
The movie leaves you both scared and awed by a simple story
so powerfully told. Tumbbad is a must watch for those who love different cinema
which is actually different. This movie might or might not work out at the box
office , though I will not be surprised if it does given the way audiences
reacted to this one while I was watching it
Sohum shah is obviously the stand out performance but so is
the boy who plays his son. A must watch for quality cinema hunters.
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