A couple of weeks back, Prithvi featured in Ravi K Chandran's "Bhramam"; the remake of "Andhadhun". Apparently, last week Amazon Prime had another movie that had connections with Prithvi as Jay K decided to remake his own "Ezra" in Hindi as "Dybbuk". Well for the uninitiated, dybbuk refers to an evil spirit that possesses an individual in pursuit of accomplishing its plans. So I presume this is more than ample proof to anyone interested that this belongs to the horror genre. The trailer was pretty average & didnt evoke any genuine interest, but I was curious to know as to whether Jay had reworked on the plot since I found the basic thread interesting.
The film unfolds with Sam Isaac (Emraan Hashmi), a top ranked executive in a nuclear waste disposal company planning to shift to Mauritius as part of his job. Though reluctantly, his wife Mahi (Nikita Dutta) also agrees to his decision despite having to leave behind her friends and family. Soon enough, both of them warms up to the life in the island until Mahi gets hold of a dybbuk box that she had procured from an antique shop. Was there a specific reason as to why the evil spirit chose to torment their lives especially since they had no connection to this alien island.
Jay K has faithfully decided to stick on with the original template that he had drafted & hence for an audience point of view there isnt anything that captivates us. This genre thrives on some arresting cinematography & unfortunately Satya Ponmar fails to match the caliber of Sujith Vaassudev. Even the visual effects wasn't as effective. There was scope for credible sub plots which should have been elaborated further & in turn would have resulted in a much more engaging horror flick rather than watching standard gimmicks. However, this was a crisper version and that was a sensible move though the plot as such fails to do justice to our curiosity.
On the performance front, Hashmi has done such kind of movies far too many times in his career & therefore he ends up sleep walking through it. Nikita was average despite the fact that she had to just keep a blank stare. As for the rest of the cast, Manav Kaul was wasted, Denzil Smith & Yuri Suri were apt choices for their roles while Imaad Shah and Darshana Banik was ok.
Verdict: If one has watched "Ezra", then there is hardly anything in its remake that would interest us. Has he messed up the original (which I felt was decent)? I dont think so, but if Jay K had no plans of working on the pitfalls that he faced earlier, then it made no sense as to why he even made this. In short, an average venture!!!
Rating: 1.75/5
Regards...Ben
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