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Arikil Oral Review
- 9/10/2013 10:24:22 PM
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'Arikil Oraal' is a hollow bauble that despite its decent start degenerates into a mundane thriller. The few exciting individual instances here and there are appealing, but the story lets you down tremendously.
Sidharth (Indrajith) is a happy man, with a dream job in advertising and a beautiful danseuse girlfriend Veena (Remya Nambeesan). When Veena introduces him to Ichaa (Nivin Pauly), a dear friend who works as a cafe help in the city, Sidharth doesn't think twice about him. Until Ichaa starts appearing at two events
The concept of a doppelganger has very rarely been explored in Malayalam cinema, and it does sound terrifically exhilarating. I was almost awestruck that someone had dared experiment with a paranormal phenomenon as this, and was all expectant about how it will be explored and how it will eventually turn out.
The initial suspense and dread that the film successfully builds up gives way to discontent in the latter half, as the elucidation that finally arrives holds little surprises. In fact, it almost seems like you had never expected it to turn out to be this simple, and even if this conclusion was always in sight, you had always hoped against hope that it wouldn't be as undemanding a wrapping up as it is.
What is disheartening is that the film fails to capitalize on its promising premise, and instead starts spinning around like a loud and out-of-control electric top.
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