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Mayapuri Review
- 1/15/2015 9:35:37 PM
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Mahesh Kesav's 'Mayapuri' could have sprouted from an extremely appealing idea, but when the core spirit of the film seems to have been lost in the process of being adapted to screen. Blemished by some incompetent storytelling and mediocre special effects, 'Mayapuri' is an archetypal instance of a motivating thought ruined beyond repair in the course of its execution.
The film tells the tale of four children who embark on a journey to a mystical land named Mayapuri, where the ultimate power reigns. The voyage, beset with colossal perils tangles with the evil spirit's endeavours to take God himself as hostage! The numinous terrain hides within its realms disclosures galore as the kids explore and discover for themselves
'Mayapuri' for the most part does not get its course right, and it might sound ironic that the film itself talks of a tricky route to an imaginary land where glory awaits. The script too meanders along like this fiddly pathway to grandeur, and is riddled with potholes and caverns galore that the naive viewer quite easily falls into.
This is a film that fails to exploit its true assets, and the thoughtful undertones of the film never really take off beyond the starting point. And when the slogging begins shortly after, 'Mayapuri' shows signs of evolving into an uninvolving film, with the drudgery steadily on the rise with every passing minute.
If 'Mayapuri' ends up an arid endeavour, it is only because its emotionally lifeless. And then,
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