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கனெக்ட் Review: திகிலான திரையரங்க அனுபவம்தான்... இது மட்டும் போதுமா?

சூசன் (நயன்தாரா) தனது மகள் அன்னா(ஹனியா நஃபீசா) கணவர் ஜோசப் (வினய்), அப்பா ஆர்தர் (சத்யராஜ்) ஆகியோருடன் அழகான, நிம்மதியான வாழ்க்கையை வாழ்ந்து வருகிறார். இவர்களின் சந்தோஷத்தை கரோனா புகுந்து சீர்குலைக்க, எதிர்பாராத இழப்பு ஒன்றும் நேர்கிறது. சூசனும் அவரது மகள் அன்னாவும் கரோனா பாசிட்டிவாகி தனித்தனி அறையிலிருக்கும்போது அன்னாவின் வித்தியாசமான அச்சுறுத்தும் நடவடிக்கைகள் நிலைமையை இன்னும் மோசமாக்கிவிட, இதற்கான காரணம் புரியாமல் தவிக்கும் சூசன் இறுதியில் அந்தக் காரணத்தை கண்டறிந்து தனது மகளை மீட்டாரா? இல்லையா? - இதை திகில் கலந்து சொல்லியிருக்கும் படம்தான் ‘கனெக்ட்’.

10 ரூபாய் தாளின் வெள்ளைப்பகுதியில் எழுதிவிடும் அளவிற்குத்தான் கதை என்றாலும், அதனை தன்னைச் சுற்றியிருக்கும் அத்தனை தொழில்நுட்பங்களையும் பயன்படுத்தி மேக்கிங்கில் மெருகேற்றி மிரட்டியிருக்கிறார் இயக்குநர் அஸ்வின் சரவணன். பெரும்பாலும் கைகளாலேயே ஹெண்டில் செய்யப்பட்டிருக்கும் கேமரா திரைக்கும் பார்வையாளர்களுக்குமான இடைவெளியை குறைத்து நெருக்கத்தை கூட்டி அச்சுறுத்துகிறது.

அடர் இருட்டில் மெழுகுவர்த்தி, டார்ச் ஒளியில் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட கதாபாத்திரத்தின் பாயின்ட் ஆஃப் வியூவிலேயே கேமராவை நகர்த்தி சிறந்த காட்சி அனுபவத்தை கொடுத்திருக்கிறார் ஒளிப்பதிவாளர் மணிகண்டன் கிருஷ்ணமாச்சாரி. போதாக்குறைக்கு அமைதியாக நகரும் கேமராவுடன், பிரித்வி சந்திரசேகரின் பின்னணி இசையும், ஒலிக்கலவையும் இணைய, ஹாரருக்கான உணர்வுகள் சீட்டின் நுனிக்கு வரவைக்கின்றன. க்ளைமாக்ஸ் காட்சிகளில் பின்னணியில் இடியின் சப்தத்தை எழுப்பி அட்ரீனலின் வேகத்தை கூட்டுவது என ஹாரருக்கான அம்சங்கள் அதிகமாகவே உள்ளன.

அம்மா கதாபாத்திரத்தில் நயன்தாரா. மிகையில்லாத நடிப்பில், பயம், பதற்றத்தை உடல்மொழியில் உணர்ச்சிகளாக கடத்தும் விதத்தில் ஈர்க்கிறார். கட் இல்லாமல் நீளும் சில க்ளோசப் ஷாட்ஸ்களில் அவரின் அழுகை உலுக்கவும் செய்கிறது. சத்யராஜ் வழக்கமான நடிப்புடன் கவனம் பெறுகிறார். நயன்தாராவின் மகளாக நடித்திருக்கும் ஹனியா நஃபீசாவின் முதிர்ச்சியான நடிப்பு படத்திற்கு பெரும் பலம். அனுபம் கேர் சொற்பக் காட்சிகளில் கதாபாத்திரத்திற்கு தேவையானதை கொடுத்துவிட்டுச் செல்கிறார். வினய் சில காட்சிகள் வந்தாலும் கதாபாத்திரத்தன்மைக்கு நியாயம் சேர்க்கிறார்.

பிரதான கதைக்களமாக ஒரு வீடு, ஐந்து, ஆறு கதாபாத்திரங்களை மட்டுமே வைத்து ஒட்டுமொத்த படத்தையும் முடித்திருக்கிறார் இயக்குநர் அஸ்வின். அதற்கு கரோனா சூழலை பயன்படுத்தி தர்க்கப் பிழைகளுக்கான கேள்விகளுக்கு வேலியிடுகிறார். தொடக்கத்தில் விறுவிறுப்புடன் நகரும் படம், ஒரு கட்டத்திற்குப்பிறகு கதைக்கான தேவையை எழுப்புகிறது. ஆனால், அந்த தேவைக்கான தீனி திரைக்கதையில் இல்லாமல் வெறுமனே ஹாரராக மட்டுமே காட்சிகள் நகர்ந்துகொண்டிருப்பது ஒரு இடத்திற்கு பிறகு திகட்டிவிடுகிறது.

காட்சிகளுக்கு காட்சி பார்வையாளர்களை அச்சுறுத்தும் அனுபவத்தை கொடுக்க வேண்டும் என்ற இயக்குநரின் எண்ணம் புரிகிறது. இருப்பினும் மொத்தப் படமுமே வெறும் ‘திகில்’ அனுபவத்துடன் சுருங்கி நிற்பது பெரும் ஏமாற்றம். அதிலும் குறிப்பாக படம் இறுதிக்கட்டத்தை நோக்கி நகரும்போது, அடுத்தடுத்த காட்சிகளையும், படத்தின் முடிவையும் நம்மால் எளிதாக யூகிக்க முடிவதால் சுவாரஸ்யமும், விறுவிறுப்பும் தணிந்துவிடுகிறது. திகில் உணர்வைத்தாண்டி மற்ற எந்த உணர்ச்சிகளுக்கும் வேலைகொடுக்காத திரைக்கதையில் சில இடங்களில் வரும் சென்டிமென்ட் ‘கனெக்ட்’ ஆகவில்லை. இறுதிக்காட்சிகளில் ‘எப்புட்றா?’ தருணங்களும் லாஜிக் கேள்வியை எழுப்பாமலில்லை.

பேய் படங்களில் வான்டாக வண்டியில் ஏற்றப்படும் கிறிஸ்துவர்கள், தேவாலயம், ஃபாதர் என்ற டெம்ப்ளேட் இந்தப் படத்தில் மிஸ்ஸாகாமல் இடம்பெற்றிருப்பதுடன், இறுதியில் மரம் வளர்ப்போம் என்ற மெசேஜ் காரணமில்லாமல் சொல்லப்படுவதுடன் நயன்தாராவின் முந்தைய படமான ‘ஓ2’-வை நினைவுப்படுத்தி பிரசாரத்தை முன்னிருத்துகிறது.

மொத்தத்தில் திகிலான திரையனுபவத்தை கொடுக்கும் ‘கனெக்ட்’ படத்தில் ஹாரரைத் தாண்டி எதிர்பார்க்கும் பார்வையாளர்களுக்கு ‘404’ நாட் ஃபவுண்ட் தான். (குறிப்பாக அதீத அச்சுறுத்தும் காட்சிகள் இதயம் பலவீனமாவனவர்களை பாதிக்கலாம்). இப்படம் வரும் வியாழக்கிழமை திரையரங்குகளில் ரிலீஸாகிறது.

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From what we’ve seen of Ashwin Saravanan, it is clear that the filmmaker doesn’t really go for the low-hanging fruits when making genre films. In his fascinating debut, Maya , the addition of the ‘movie within a movie’ trope made it all the more interesting. Similarly, in his intriguing sophomore, Game Over , the ‘you are not playing the game, you are the game’ trope made it all the more engaging. So, one can’t really be faulted for expecting his latest, Connect , to be more than just an exercise in exorcism. Although Connect starts strongly with a bright tale freefalling into the depths of darkness, courtesy of the pandemic, the film sparingly hits the high notes of the genre while just about managing past the finish line.

Director: Ashwin Saravanan

Cast: Nayanthara, Vinay Rai, Sathyaraj, Nafisa Haniya

Ashwin introduces the protagonists —a lived-in couple Susan (Nayanthara) and Joseph (Vinay Rai), their daughter Anna (Haniya Nafisa), and Susan’s father Arthur (Sathyaraj)— on a holiday, with a breezy song, which betrays a sense of melancholy. We are just a day or two ahead of the nationwide lockdown, and Joseph is a doctor who is asked to return to the hospital to take care of the never-ending crowd of patients. Tragedy strikes the family as Joseph joins the list of the many frontline workers who sacrificed their lives for the safety of the world. An already strained equation between Susan and Anna becomes even worse, and then, we start dealing with a heady mix of seances, possessions, purgations, and of course, exorcisms.

There is no doubt that the buildup to the exorcism in Connect boasts of a few effective scares. It might not be the ones that make us watch the film through our fingers, but it definitely does enough to keep us on the edge of our seats. Even though the type of scares and the timing of it too feel predictable, the usage of electronic screens allows editing transitions to be a novel affair. Whenever the screen goes to pitch black, or the internet connection goes cold and the screen starts buffering, there is a definite increase in adrenaline. Although, we have seen this style of narrative in films like Searching , and C U Soon , Ashwin and his team smartly find a way around the compact nature of the medium to give us a non-claustrophobic feeling. While this does rob us of the tension that pervades through such films, Connect tries its best to achieve this with a constant tussle between the idea of loneliness and seeking help.

Be it in Naane Varuvean earlier this year or Connect , it is interesting how therapy and not exorcism is the first step towards helping the child in trouble. What happens after therapy might not fit into the rationale of scientific thinking, but the normalisation of the treatment is a pertinent reflection of the changing times. Even the Father who comes for a diagnosis of Anna’s predicament says the illness could be one that requires therapy or one that requires a spiritual intervention. However, the film falters a lot when it comes to establishing the urgency of the possession and its after-effects. Surprisingly, Connect really works on the comedy front, and full points for mixing a few laughs amidst all those scares without becoming yet another ‘horror-comedy’ film that is churned out dime-a-dozen from Tamil cinema.

This disconnect stems from the rather stilted acceptance of Susan about the turmoil in her life after the possession of her daughter. Nayanthara plays Susan with an alarming lack of urgency that is so disconcerting. How does she not feel petrified every living moment after seeing her daughter do demonic things? How does she not feel shaken to her core after being 'chokeslammed' by her daughter? The emotional distance between us and Susan is perplexing, and it is odd that even Anna’s predicament doesn’t really move us. We are invested in the scares and not the ones who are going through literal horrors. And even the immersive cinematography (Manikantan Krishnamachary), spine-chilling music (Prithvi Chandrasekhar), and brilliant sound design doesn’t help us throw all our weight behind the travails of Susan and Anna.

Connect really feels underwhelming simply because Ashwin, and his co-writer Kaavya Ramkumar, have set the bar really high. The film is underwhelming because we have seen the beats before, and yet our heart anticipates much more. At one point, early in the film, when we see frontline workers making the ultimate sacrifice, one can’t help but think how a lot of them have been almost forgotten now by the majority. We have so adapted to the post-pandemic world that Connect almost feels like Ashwin and Kaavya reminding us of a rather grim time in the not-so-faraway past of human history. With a brief sojourn into the idea of loneliness, Connect really works in the space where it nudges us to reflect on our own lives during the pandemic. However, when it comes to the horror elements, Connect betrays a sense of superficiality. There is a considerable amount of spook, and a sense of ingenuity, for sure, but Ashwin Saravanan has raised the bar to a decent high that we don’t walk into his films just to be satisfied for a few frights, some gimmicks, and half a heart.  

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CONNECT MOVIE REVIEW CLICK TO RATE THE MOVIE

Connect is a Tamil horror film directed by Ashwin Saravanan. The script has been written by the director in collaboration with Kaavya Ramkumar. Starring Nayanthara as the lead, the film has Sathyaraj, Anupam Kher, Vinay and Haniya Nafis playing the supporting roles. Vignesh Shivan produced the film under the banner Rowdy pictures.

The peace of a family is shattered when the daughter tries to connect with her deceased father through an ouija board. Realms of the existing and the departed get entangled moving the plot towards a darker sphere.

Nayanthara playing Susan is very convincing for the title Lady Superstar. She proves why she is one of the best in the business through her electrifying yet endearing performance. Sathyaraj's innocence helps a mile in depicting the helplessness of the situation. The performance of Haniya Nafis astounds in every frame. Not to forget Anupam Kher who makes a return to Kollywood though in a bounded role.

Setting the film on the backdrop of lockdown adds a new flavour to the genre. The film begins in an usual way but takes a giant turn when eerie events suspend itself. There are two solid moments where we will taste the bitter nature of fear. Though the film is not devoid of jumpscares it is used only as a secondary tool to induce terror while the real horror lies in the script and its execution.

Emotional connection between the characters keeps fleeting which makes the film stand at a distance from the audience. Runtime of 98 minutes is utilised to the maximum to evoke the sense intended by the script. The film peaks at the pre climax portions, stuns during the climax and ends on a breezy note.

Every film from Ashwin Saravanan is technically well built in all aspects. He has that knack to construct his own world by squeezing what is necessary for the script. In Connect, we have Manikandan lighting the frames while Prithvi Chandrasekar adds much needed musical cues inducing horror and terror from time to time.

Connect is definitely a daring attempt which succeeds in almost all the aspects but falling short only in the standard set by the director from his previous films. As a whole, the Theatrical experience of connect will have an imprint on everyone who immersed themselves on to the screen.

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Connect Review: Very Old Wine Tried To Be Put In A New Bottle!

Published date : 22/dec/2022.

Connect Review:  Very Old Wine Tried To Be Put In A New Bottle!

Connect is a horror-thriller starring Nayanthara in the lead role. The film is directed by Ashwin Saravanan of Maya and Game Over fame.

Vinay and Nayanthara are the parents of a teenage girl. Vinay passes away due to COVID. The broken girl ends up bringing home a devil by trying to supernaturally communicate with her dad.

Writing/ Direction

The attempt to offer something unique is very much there, but there’s no story. The film is a giant zero in terms of writing, the approach is different but the flow is extremely basic and tiring to see the film following the tried and tested formula of most of the horror movies out there. The ghost’s purpose is never unveiled, nothing exists as a backstory, unfortunately becomes a pointless flick in the final run. It’s fine if the ghost doesn’t have a flashback to explain its presence, the existence is real here and it’s not any kind of cooked up stuff as we saw in Pizza (2012). The thing is there’s no proper justification or closure to make up for the missing details. Direction is good by placing some interesting metaphors at times, but felt there’s no finesse in the filmmaker's conviction. Being a subject happening during the lockdown, it's presented only through video calls, there could’ve at least been a tiny voice call sequence to make it more real, and no clue why they decided to cast Anupam Kher but voice him with a dubbing artist for Tamil. There’s one smartly executed unexpected scary moment out of the whole bunch that kept just trying to terrify. But yeah, somehow the film manages to hold to an extent in its first hour with typical horror sequences. Sadly the scenes are so disjoint and the flow is incoherent, the main reason for the strong disconnect and there’s no tension when the family suffers, especially in the last hour.

Performances

The teenage girl (played by Tamil debutante Haniya Nafisa) does a solid job, both with physical strain and creepy facial expressions. Vinay has delivered what’s asked in his extended cameo role. Anupam Kher is fine as a priest, however his efforts are watered down due to the altered dubbing decision. Sathyaraj is a misfit, he somehow doesn’t do justice to his role, he fails to be believable in the scary portions. Nayanthara looks promising as a mother of a teenager, but her character is very weakly portrayed and her performance is also not up to the mark.

Technicalities

The technical department has worked really hard to provide an one of its kind theatrical experience. The film is undoubtedly sound in terms of the music ( Prithvi Chandrasekhar) , camera work ( Manikantan Krishnamachary) , sound effects , etc. Haunting background score keeps the curiosity factor alive during the night scenes, and leaves silent at required places. Excellent cinematography , such rich DI and the night shots have come out extremely well, especially the shadow shot at the end is amusingly timed and captured. Editing is abrupt at so many places, the pattern on the whole was messy and didn’t convey what was intended.

A technically rich film with an unique approach style. But the core essence is extremely disappointing as there’s nothing to specify as a story. Also, the happenings are as familiar as it can be for a horror movie.

Rating - 2.5/ 5

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Connect review: Watch this horror film for debutante Haniya Nafisa

While Nayanthara is okayish as a mother, Sathyaraj and Anupam Kher were convincing in their respective roles.

Published:Dec 21, 2022

Nayanthara's 'Connect' marks her second collaboration with director Ashwin Saravanan after their super hit flick 'Maya'. (UV_Creations/Twitter)

Technical aspects elevate a routine story.

Connect (Telugu)

• Cast: Nayanthara, Sathyaraj, Anupam Kher, Vinay Rai, and Haniya Nafisa
• Director: Ashwin Saravanan
• Producer: Vignesh Shivan
• Music: Prithvi Chandrasekhar
• Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
• Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Emraan Hashmi, and Revathy
• Director: Maneesh Sharma
• Producer: Aditya Chopra
• Music: Pritam Chakraborty
• Runtime: 2 hours 35 minutes

Nayanthara’s multilingual horror flick Connect is releasing in theatres this weekend, on 22 December. It is taking on biggies like Ravi Teja’s Dhamaka and Vishal’s Laththi at the box office.

Does this horror flick, which rides solely on Nayanthara’s popularity, have enough substance to connect with the audience? Let’s find out in our review:

A teenage girl Anne (Haniya Nafisa) is taken over by an evil spirit when she attempts to speak to her late doctor-father using an Ouija Board. The father had succumbed to Covid during the lockdown.

Anne’s mother Susan (Nayanthara) and grandfather Arthur (Sathyaraj) are worried about her and seek the help of Father Augustine (Anupam Kher).

Father Augustine decides to use exorcism to free Anne from her demons. But he warns Susan and Arthur that it will be a tough one. Since there is a lockdown, he does the exorcism online, which makes things difficult.

How he performs the exorcism to save Anne from her demon forms the main plot of the movie.

Gripping narration makes up for routine story

The audiences have seen enough movies where a character is under the spell of the evil spirit and the kith and kin make efforts to drive them away. Exorcism is not new to horror movie lovers, and Connect is no exception. In fact, several shots and tricks in the film remind us of past horror movies.

Despite the cliches, director Ashwin Saravanan — who also wrote the script — has succeeded in engaging the audience with his narration. Though there are some dull moments, most of the movie is gripping.

Haniya Nafisa shines in her acting debut

‘Connect’, yet another h horror thriller from Ashwin Saravanan, has no intermission. (UV_Creations/Twitter)

Connect got all its attention due to the presence of star heroine Nayanthara. But it is Haniya Nafisa who shines in this flick.

Singer and social media influencer Haniya Nafisa has made her acting debut with this horror film. She impresses with her performance as a girl under the influence of a demon.

Nayanthara plays the role of her mother — and she is okay.

Anupam Kher and Sathyaraj play key roles. With their vast experience, they prove that roles like these are a cakewalk for them.

Technical crafts elevate a regular story

Most of the film is shot indoors and cinematographer Manikantan Krishnamachary has done a good job, within the limits of the storyline.

It is a good decision and also an experimental one to keep the movie limited to 99 minutes. The makers decided to screen the film without an intermission. It is to be seen how this experiment fares.

The shorter runtime ensures that the momentum does not dip. Editor Richard Kevin did a notable job.

Music director Prithvi Chandrashekhar adds to the impact with an impressive background score.

Connect is a horror movie based on exorcism and it gets its popularity from Nayanthara’s presence. But Haniya Nafisa leads the movie.

In a nutshell, it is strictly for horror movie lovers!

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