Chathur Mukham review: "Interesting thread that could have been more impactful!!!"

Seems like the season of spirits & horror as we already had quite a few movies based on these topics over the past couple of weeks. Even the Covid situation in our nation is nothing short of horrific as the number of cases per day is hovering around 2.5 lakhs and that is just the recorded numbers. Hmm...so humbly  requesting each & everyone to follow the safety guidelines for the sake of you & your loved ones. Another flick that has announced itself in the horror/thriller genre or as the makers, Ranjeet Shankar & Salil claim 'techno-horror' is "Chathur Mukham". So will this offer anything different???

Thejaswani (Manju Warrier) & Antony (Sunny Wayne) are close buddies who are also business partners. The former is a social media addict who constantly updated the events in her life online until she lost her smartphone. In quick time, she had her hands on a new phone but little did she realise that it would turn her life upside down. Was it just coincidence or were there some negative forces at work???

The interesting aspect of this 'techno-horror' is that the four faces behind the camera are all IT professionals which in a sense made them better equipped to understand the dark side of technology. These include the debutant director duo Ranjeet-Salil & the script writer duo Abhayakumar-Anil Kurien.  First & foremost, kudos for giving a fresh perspective to the horror genre which is quite cliched in our movies & more often than not turns out to be unintentionally comical for the audience. Over here, they have atleast tried to provide a scientific explanation to the eerie events but somewhere down the line especially in the latter half it just didnt seem to have the finesse & felt cluttered. On the technical side, it did justice to the genre that it belonged to.

Manju as expected has done a fine job however the same can't be said about her co-star, as Sunny Wayne was pretty damn mediocre. Alencier was impressive, Navas Vallikunnu tickles the funny bone in the limited screen space while the rest of the cast like Niranjana, Shyamaprasad, Rony etc did their parts aptly.

Verdict: Apart from being the protagonist, Manju has also doubled up as one of the producers in this project that undoubtedly had a relatively different tale to explain. However, it was not as impactful as expected though the makers do deserve praise for their effort. In short, you can still give it a try!!!

Rating: 2.25/5

Regards...Ben