Starring : Ashok Selvan, Sanchita Shetty
Direction : Deepan Chakravarthy
Music : Santhosh Narayanan
Production : Thirukumaran Entertainments
Synopsis
Desolated over the demise of his father (Nasser), the 30-yr old writer Jabin (Ashok Selvan) is dashed with his hopes. With his father’s assets soon to be shifted into others’ hands, he is surprised on hearing from a lawyer that he has a gigantic Villa in Pondicherry. Things turn to be favourable for Jabin as he gets his first novel published and the parents of his girlfriend Aarthi (Sanchitha Shetty) give a nod to their marriage. As the tables turn, the horror side of Villa unveils as a bunch of painting burried in a store room forecasts the future of Jabin, his success, downfall and a danger that awaits his sweetheart.
Desolated over the demise of his father (Nasser), the 30-yr old writer Jabin (Ashok Selvan) is dashed with his hopes. With his father’s assets soon to be shifted into others’ hands, he is surprised on hearing from a lawyer that he has a gigantic Villa in Pondicherry. Things turn to be favourable for Jabin as he gets his first novel published and the parents of his girlfriend Aarthi (Sanchitha Shetty) give a nod to their marriage. As the tables turn, the horror side of Villa unveils as a bunch of painting burried in a store room forecasts the future of Jabin, his success, downfall and a danger that awaits his sweetheart.
Story, screenplay, dialogues and direction
If Pizza 2 – Villa was a novel, I’m sure it would have been a top-notch novel catering to the taste of horror story buffs. It has such a treatment that it looks fantastic on papers, but the translation into pictures has some minor issues. The problem is that Deepan Chakravarthy had asssured that it’s going to be a ‘fantasy-thriller’ laced with some horror elements. Well, Fantasy, Thriller and Horror factors would easily excite us and here you won’t find its presence to a greater magnitude. The film has a running length of 1hr.45 minutes, but the engaging moments are confined to just 20 minutes. It’s a huge applause in theatres when you see the title PIZZA 2 – VILLA appears oncreen followed by the spine-shuddering interval. Of course, climax becomes the mosts intriguing part of this screenplay with the twist that comes in form of SJ Surya. Nevertheless, it looks like Deepan has given more importance to the research of black magic, positive and negative vibrations with the tags of famous scientists.
If Pizza 2 – Villa was a novel, I’m sure it would have been a top-notch novel catering to the taste of horror story buffs. It has such a treatment that it looks fantastic on papers, but the translation into pictures has some minor issues. The problem is that Deepan Chakravarthy had asssured that it’s going to be a ‘fantasy-thriller’ laced with some horror elements. Well, Fantasy, Thriller and Horror factors would easily excite us and here you won’t find its presence to a greater magnitude. The film has a running length of 1hr.45 minutes, but the engaging moments are confined to just 20 minutes. It’s a huge applause in theatres when you see the title PIZZA 2 – VILLA appears oncreen followed by the spine-shuddering interval. Of course, climax becomes the mosts intriguing part of this screenplay with the twist that comes in form of SJ Surya. Nevertheless, it looks like Deepan has given more importance to the research of black magic, positive and negative vibrations with the tags of famous scientists.
Performance
Ashok Selvan slightly disappoints us. No actor would get such a powerful character in his second movie and he could have utilised it a better way. Sanchitha Shetty looks beautiful and her performance, especially during the climax is brilliant. SJ Surya’s entry during climax and how he gets linked into this perplexed drama is awesome. The actor in the role of researcher doesn’t get complete attention and Michael as Ashok’s friend looks doubtful throughout the movie.
Ashok Selvan slightly disappoints us. No actor would get such a powerful character in his second movie and he could have utilised it a better way. Sanchitha Shetty looks beautiful and her performance, especially during the climax is brilliant. SJ Surya’s entry during climax and how he gets linked into this perplexed drama is awesome. The actor in the role of researcher doesn’t get complete attention and Michael as Ashok’s friend looks doubtful throughout the movie.
Technical aspects
The makers have given more emphasis on sound as they have done sound script to nurture the ‘DOLBY ATMOS’ effect. That’s good, but too many ‘Crow and Wind’ sounds merely to generate the spooky feel hampers the film. However, certain sound effects really deserve special mentioning. The CG works on painting boards is an additional attraction.. Deepak’s camera works are good, but his usage of ‘Dutch Angle’ to exhibit horror is something we are seeing for decades onscreen in supernatural thrillers. There are no additional songs and almost all the tracks occur as background score.
The makers have given more emphasis on sound as they have done sound script to nurture the ‘DOLBY ATMOS’ effect. That’s good, but too many ‘Crow and Wind’ sounds merely to generate the spooky feel hampers the film. However, certain sound effects really deserve special mentioning. The CG works on painting boards is an additional attraction.. Deepak’s camera works are good, but his usage of ‘Dutch Angle’ to exhibit horror is something we are seeing for decades onscreen in supernatural thrillers. There are no additional songs and almost all the tracks occur as background score.
Final Word
Pizza 2 – Villa is a new attempt in Tamil cinema and the entire team appreciations for their earnest efforts. But we do find the amateur elements prevailing in the screenplay and characterization and if it was nurtured with best attempt, the film would have been a pioneer in new genre.
Pizza 2 – Villa is a new attempt in Tamil cinema and the entire team appreciations for their earnest efforts. But we do find the amateur elements prevailing in the screenplay and characterization and if it was nurtured with best attempt, the film would have been a pioneer in new genre.
Verdict : Pizza 2 – Villa is a new attempt in Tamil cinema
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