Sabdham Movie Review: 2011 ‘Vaishali’, which came out in Telugu at that time, gave a new feeling to the Telugu audience. ‘Sabdham’, which was made again after 15 years by the director, hero, and music director of that film, has come to the audience today. And whether this film is as impressive as ‘Vaishali’ or not? Let’s find out through this review..
Sabdham Movie Story:
There is a Holy Angel College in Munnar. Two students named Mukesh and Shweta die there under suspicious circumstances. Not knowing how they died.. many people spread the word that there were ghosts in that college. They claim that they are the ones who sacrificed them.
With this, the college management seeks the help of Vyoma Vaidyalingam (Aadi Pinisetty), a ghost investigator, to find out how much truth there is in this. He enters the college and tries to uncover the real truth. On the other hand, a girl named Avantika (Lakshmi Menon) tries to make a thesis that there are no ghosts there.
In this process, they encounter strange problems. Avantika's behavior also changes? What happened to her? Did Vyoma recognize her problem? Who are Diana (Simran) and Nancy Daniel (Laila) in the middle? What is the link between them and this story? The rest of the film is the answer to these questions.
Sabdham Movie Analysis:
These days, making horror films is also a challenge. Because there are a lot of audiences who are fixated on the fact that horror films always follow the same pattern. There is a ghost in a house or a bungalow. It scares everyone throughout the first half. There is a twist in the interval where the ghost has a flashback.
Many audiences believe that the story behind that twist will be revealed in the second half and shown as a good ghost in the climax, giving the film a good omen. And there is no need to say how hard it is to write a compelling screenplay to lure such people to the theater. In fact, ‘Shabdam’ is also a film made with the same template.
Otherwise, the first half of ‘Shabdam’ feels like it is running with a slightly new screenplay. The director’s efforts to scare the audience until the interval are worked out. But soon after the second half begins, clarity comes to the rest of the story. After that, the feeling of the expected scenes coming on screen is created.
With this, the horror feel is gone.. and our mind tunes in to the word routine. Since ‘Vaishali’ is a combo.. the audience definitely thinks that ‘Shabdam’ will be new. They definitely think that it will be scary. But there are not many such things, and ‘Shabdam’ is flat.
The director’s duty in this film is not much. He left the burden on the entire technical team. Thaman seemed to be okay with his background score. The cinematographer also did his duty well.
Actors Performance:
Adhi Pinisetty settled down like in ‘Vaishali’. There is nothing more for the hero to do. Lakshmi Menon got a slightly good role. This is a role that will surprise the audience a bit. Laila and Simran also got good roles. The roles of the other actors are also okay.