Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Tamannaah, Sunil Grover, Maniesh Paul, Anup Soni, Shweta Tiwari Directed by: Deepak Kumar Mishra Director Deepak Ku...
Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Tamannaah, Sunil Grover, Maniesh Paul, Anup Soni, Shweta Tiwari
Directed by: Deepak Kumar Mishra
Director Deepak Kumar Mishra blends mythology and horror in The Vvaan. He has tried to create an eerie atmosphere in the film and also creates a lot of intrigue. But somehow the screenplay by Arunabh Kumar becomes messy and lets the film down. Yes there is a lot of humour quotient in the film especially the Maniesh Paul- Sulbha Arya track which makes the viewers laugh and also the use of fictional and real life characters and popular series have been very well depicted. But what lets the film down is the villain track which is the weakest and unconvincing. Also what goes against the film is that no one in the village seems to know the descendants of Raja Vikramaditya despite living there generations on. The search for powerful the anklet is very weak and a huge let down and so is the climax.
Rishi (Sidharth Malhotra) and his wife Mamta (Tamannaah) stay in Mumbai and has not visited his hometown Devanchal for quite some years though his elder brother Shashi (Anup Soni) has been inviting him every year for Chhath Puja. This year Rishi plans to head to the village as his brother has sent summons regarding a land acquisition for a proposal to build a road through the forest for the villagers. Upon reaching there, Rishi finds out that the villagers are opposed to the plan as they don’t set foot in the forest after sunset and incur wrath of the ‘Van Devi’. Rishi doesn’t believe in these superstitions and supports Deepak ( Sunil Grover) who is helping to develop a road through the forest. This causes a rift between Rishi and his bhabhi Sushila (Shweta Tiwari) who wants Rishi to give up his share of the ancestral property to them as according to her he has done little in looking after the land. To prove the villagers wrong. one evening after sunset, Rishi enters the forest with all hell breaking loose.
Sidharth Malhotra is strictly okay and could have done better. Tamannaah looks lovely and supports Sidharth ably. Sunil Grover tries hard to do well but is let down by weak writing. Maniesh Paul as VP (Ved Prakash) as usual raises laughs and along with Sulbha Arya (Kaki) manages to do that but at the same time both of them go overboard. Anup Soni and Shweta Tiwari deliver good and sincere performances. Milind Gunaji as the priest and Avtar Gill as Sarpanch are wasted and so is Durgesh Kumar (as the reporter).
In the music department, the song ‘Chhathi Maiya’ is beautifully picturised and Tamannaah looks stunning in this song. Background music is okay as per the demands. The cinematography by Manu Anand is a plus with the locales being captured beautifully. VFX could have been better.
An interesting premise but weak climax and screenplay lets The Vvaan down.
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