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Kanchana-2 Movie Review
- 4/21/2015 9:54:05 AM
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Cast: Raghava Lawrence, Taapsee, Nithya Menen, Kovai Sarala, Jayaprakash, Naan Kadavul Rajendran, Renuka, Suhasini.Direction: Raghava Lawrence.Genre: Horror.Duration: 2 hours 48 minutes
Synopsis: A TV channel's crew goes to a deserted beachside bungalow to stage a horror show but the place is actually haunted and the ghost(s) in the place possess the director and the cameraman in the team.
Movie Review: In a way, the Muni films are like the Fast & Furious franchise, initially dismissed as something appealing only to a particular group of people but starting to gain increased acceptance among the paying audiences and even critics. Yes, they are silly, over-the-top, over-long and loud (both literally and filmmaking-wise) but there is also some fun in the whole enterprise, which manages to pack in the masala movie must-haves — comedy, action, thrills and sentiment — quite satisfactorily.
Kanchana-2 contains everything that we have seen in Kanchana and more. There is Raghava (Lawrence in comic mode), who is scared of ghosts and goes to extreme lengths (his bedroom resembles a tantric's abode and he even has a watchman in his loo) to protect himself, much to the chagrin of his mother (Kovai Sarala). Raghava is possessed by not one but many ghosts. There are exorcists who control these ghosts. There is a sympathetic backstory for these ghosts who are only seeking revenge against the men who wronged them. Here, Ganga (an effective Nithya Menen),
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