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Tuner: A Sharp, Suspenseful Acoustic Thriller!

Tuner: A Super Tense Thriller Where Music Meets Crime 🎹🔒 ​Directed by Daniel Roher (the guy who made Navalny ), Tuner takes a very quiet, old-school job and turns it into a high-voltage mind game. It is a lot like those classic suspense movies where a person’s special talent becomes their biggest problem. ​The movie beautifully turns the simple science of sound and pitch into pure thrill, giving us a super smart robbery story. ​The Vibe: Amazing Sound Design Meets Big Crime 🎚️🏢 ​The film does a great job of showing a deep character story while keeping you on the edge of your seat. ​The Story: We follow a lonely, super-focused piano tuner who has a literal superpower, he has 'perfect pitch' and can understand sounds like nobody else. His quiet daily routine goes out the window when a fancy gang of criminals forces him to join them. ​The Robbery: The mission is perfectly made for him. He has to use his crazy good hearing to crack an impossible, high-security loc...
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THE VILLAGE REVIEW: A BLAND MIX OF HORROR WITH THRILLER RESULTED IN THIS POOR SCREENPLAY AND UNINSPIRING DIALOGUES

 Hi everyone, I am Artist. Living in the city of dreams aka illusion-MUMBAI, it has been quite an adventure I would say. So, this is my first Series Blog about what I am which means that I am Movies, Movies are me. My only source of entertainment are movies. SO LETS START!!

ABOUT THE SERIES:

Date Of Release: 24th November, 2023

Genre: Horror and Thriller

Runtime: 255 minutes which is divided into 5 episodes

Budget: ₹30 crores

Director: Milind Rau

Cast: Arya stars as Dr. Gautham Subramanian in this horror thriller series. The other cast members of The Village (2023) Season 1 include Divya Pillai as Neha Subramanian, Baby Aazhiya as Maya Subramanian, Aadukalam Naren as Sakthivel, George Maryan as Peter Pandiyan, John Kokken as Farhan Hameed, Pooja Ramachandran as Happy, V. Jayaprakash as GSR, Thalaivasal Vijay as Jagan, Arjun Chidambaram as Pirakash, Kalairani as Subhadra, Pn Sunny as Sairaj, and more.

Name Of The Episodes: 

  • Episode 1: Detour

  • Episode 2: Mission: Kattiyal

  • Episode 3: Deeper Into the Abyss

  • Episode 4: Sins of the Fathers

  • Episode 5: Closure

  • Episode 6: Red Alert

    Written by: Deepthi Govindarajan, Milind Rau, and Deeraj Vaidy. It premiered on November 24, 2023, with all six episodes dropping on the same day.

    Preview:


    The Village', which marks Arya's OTT debut, is a series adapted from a graphic novel of the same name. The horror thriller is about a ghost village and its haunting past. With its teaser and trailer, 'The Village', helmed by Milind Rau, piqued the interest of the audience. It hinted at the the series being a social commentary on nature conservation and superstitions. And the director promised a lot of gore as well. Did 'The Village' manage to fulfil the expectations? Let's find out!

    STORY:

    Gautham (Arya), a doctor by profession, is married to Neha (Divya Pillai). They have a daughter named Maya (Baby Aazhiya) and a beagle named Hectic! During a road trip from Chennai to Thoothukudi, their car breaks down in a haunted village called Kattiyal. Meanwhile, there's Prakash (Arjun Chidambaram) who sends a mercenary group headed by Farhan (John Kokken) to get samples. 

    If you've seen a fair share of Tamil films, you might have predicted the storyline. And if you did, that's precisely how 'The Village' unfolds. The web series redundantly explores how industry and medical waste affect the lifestyle of a particular demography. You throw in all the clichéd scenes you could ever think of, you'd have it in the show. Coupled with poor screenplay and uninspiring dialogues, 'The Village' becomes a tedious watch.


    When director Milind Rau shows us the forest of Kattiyal where Farhan and his team were asked to extract substances, you let out a chuckle. Because the forest looks like how 'Avatar' would look like if it was made on a shoestring budget. The trees are painted in neon colours! As promised, 'The Village' has a lot of gore. We get slashed intestines, bodies cut into halves, intestines laying on the floor, gory-looking men and what not. But, you do not feel scared or frown in disgust. After a point, they look more like cartoon characters.


    The mercenary group led by Farhan is not that effective either. His team of cold-faced individuals doesn't inspire much hope. Similarly, the flashback options touch upon the topics of oppression, discrimination, corporates taking over villages and health hazards. These are all topics that were shown in countless Tamil films and it looks like there was no effort taken to add new ideas to the done-to-death story.

    In terms of performance, Arya appears out of place in the series, particularly struggling with emotional scenes. It is the performances of Aadukalam Naren and Muthukumar, who played the roles of Shakthivel and Karunagam, which hold the show together. Arjun Chidambaram as a spoilt brat and a cunning businessman, delivers a decent performance.


    The series has been shot beautifully, and to combine eeriness and effervescence needs a nuanced understanding of the milieu, and some brownie points need to be given to the show for it. However, unlike Kantara and Tumbbad    , The Village is not able to become more than just a title about ghosts and monsters. A dark flashback that sheds light on discrimination, the evil corporates taking over the jungles unfortunately reeks of pretense. The show wants to be a mystifying horror-drama but also a commentary on the environment. The concoction is bland.

    CREDITS: The set designs, particularly inside the factory in Kattiyal, are mighty impressive.


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