Yashoda: "Interesting thought but pedestrian execution!!!"

There has been a humongous number of releases ever since the pandemic restrictions have been lifted & this has led to many barely getting adequate number of screens or a long enough run to break even. However, Hari-Harish's "Yashoda" was said to have recovered the costs for the makers which is certainly encouraging. Since I haven't seen its trailer or promotions, I barely had any idea as to what the movie was about except that Samantha was the protagonist. But surprisingly, despite the lack of expectations; it turned out to be unintentionally hilarious courtesy of the sloppiness in its screenplay & amateurish execution.

The director duo have penned the script which dealt with the topic of surrogacy and the ethical issues associated with it. Apparently, Yashoda's (Samantha) sister required surgery & in order to garner funds for it, the former decided to become a surrogate mother. She was taken to a state of the art facility called 'Eva' which was managed by Madhu (Varalaxmi) where she gets to meet many other similar surrogate mothers. With time, she starts to get the impression that there was something fishy about the facility & what she unearthed subsequently forms the basis of the plot. 

I'm pretty sure that the makers felt that the audience are naive coz as the protagonist unravels the mystery behind the facility, it becomes sillier by the minute. The screenplay was mediocre & many of the sequences in the latter half barely made any sense. There is an investigative storyline that goes in parallel & even that also fails to attract attention. On the technical side, the visual effects were pathetic & the art department was just a joke. At the same time, the stunt choreography was neatly done & kudos to Samantha for the decent execution, though her performance didn't have much to write home about. Even the others such as Unni Mukundan, Sampath, Murali Sharma etc. were quite average while Varalaxmi was woeful.

Verdict: Was it a lack of choices for the audience or were the collections bloated??? Anyway it failed to entertain me as an audience despite having an interesting subject which undoubtedly had a lot of scope as well. In short, don't bother!!!

Rating: 1/5

Regards...Ben