Review: Biscuit - half baked
Raja Satish What happens to a film whose USP is a comedian who flashes on screen in the second half and pulls off an act replete with this histrionics.
The after taste leaves you remembering this chuckle-worthy episode and wipes from your memory the plot, the hero, the glamorous heroine and everything else.
This reminiscent experience lingers on you after watching Biscuit that's been touted as a coming of age crime-comedy. And when you expect some novelty in the story-line, you are served a half-baked cookie, which is heavily inspired from the film Horrible Bosses.
Ashwin (Arvind Krishna) and Chittu Raju (Vennela Kishore) are mindless zombies at work. They run helter-skelter to appease their respective bosses and want to clinch an imminent promotion. But things don't work in their favor.
Ashwin falls for Deeksha (Dimple) and paves way for events riddled with love and break-ups. One day in an inebriated state Ashwin and Raju connive to kill Raghu (Raju's boss). They take the help of Shadow (Ali) and hatch a plan for a perfect murder.
However, someone casts an evil eye on them and the scheme takes a detour. The rest of story is a tale of who has done it. Director Anil Gopi Reddy introduces the characters quickly, but takes a meaty chunk of time to explain their minute details.
Comedians such as Vennela Kishore, Ali and M S Narayana are grossly wasted in few underwhelming scenes. The moments of truth for the film come in the climax in the form of Tagubothi Ramesh's comic power-play in those slog overs.
The movie has sparks of crime, comedy and romance, but it couldn't do proper justice for these three. The crime is routine; as the connect-the-dots scenes defy logic, the comedy; only one actor takes the cake, and the romance is something that's done to death.
Arvind Krishna is at ease in his role as a happy-go-lucky guy, but when the movie borrows a serious tone, he becomes boring. Dimple does what she is good at; ooze loads of glamour. She does a fine acting that's apt to her role. Ajay is near perfect as a horrible boss.
Surprisingly, Anil Gopi Reddy helmed many departments, including music and direction. But he failed miserably in all of these. The songs couldn't stir the romance and the jarring background score accounted for a grating experience.
The other technical departments also didn't create an impact that's archetypal for a crime ' comedy. The idea was to borrow the main plot from a Hollywood flick and lace it with local flavor and a sub-plot of romance. However, this intention got misfired and the director dished out a bland assortment.
News Posted: 5 January, 2014
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