Simbaa Review: Anasuya Bharadwaj-starrer is silly and over the top

2/5

Simbaa Story

Aksha (Anasuya Bharadwaj) is a very sincere teacher who takes on the responsibility of her family after her husband loses his legs in an accident. One fine day, she suddenly murders a stranger, and all hell breaks loose. A journalist starts investigating the case, and he, too, gets into a rampage and kills yet another person along with Aksha. Things turn on its head when Dr. Irani (Anish Kuruvilla) also joins the gang and the three commit murders. What happened to these three? Why are they killing people? And what is the link to Jagapathi Babu's character in the film? Watch the film to find the answer.

Simbaa Review

Murali Mohan Reddy is the man behind the film, and he has chosen a very interesting subject in Simbaa. The film deals with the conservatism of nature and plants. In all this, there is also a revenge drama intervened as the backstory. The basic premise and the reasons for which the plants need to be preserved to save nature through cellular memory and biological memory look good.

But the sad part is that despite having a great story and premise, director Murali Mohan Reddy falters with his execution. At the end of it, he makes Simbaa a routine revenge drama after starting the film in a very interesting manner. The director takes forever to get into the actual conflict point and showcases the film at a very dull and slow pace.

After a while, there is absolutely no novelty factor left in this film. The main characters commit murders in the film, and this happens due to a secret and a core point that drives the film. Rather than wasting so much time on regular padding scenes, the director, Murali, should have elevated this aspect even better.

Why the key characters are having a meltdown and why they start killing strangers should have been showcased in a better and more impactful manner. But sadly, that does not happen and takes the film down in no time. In the second half, the scenes shift to a flashback, and this bores the audience big time.

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There is no drama, and the scenes showcased are silly and over the top. A few scenes related to the plants and conserving nature bore the audience and are showcased in a very unconvincing manner. Simbaa has a very strong revenge backdrop, but that is also not utilized properly. The emotions showcased through this thread hardly make any impact in the film.

Coming to the performances, Anasuya Bharadwaj excels in the key role of a school teacher. She plays one of the key pawns in the film and holds our attention whenever she is on screen. Jagapathi Babu gets repetitive in such roles and sleepwalks through his character.

Vassistha Simha, in his key role, was also quite impressive. However, the film's production values are not that great. The low quality is easily visible in the visuals. The actors also look tired and outdated in many scenes. The editing is a big mess, as so many scenes in the first half should have been edited out to improve things.

The screenplay by Murali Mohan is disappointing. He had a solid tale to tell, but he chose a silly path and added routine and boring scenes, which took the film down in no time. In a way, Simbaa looks outdated and is spoilt by silly narration. Despite having the scope to deliver a strong message, the director missed the bus.

Simbaa Verdict

On the whole, Simbaa has a very interesting concept of safeguarding nature and is interlinked with revenge drama in a good way on paper. But sadly, the manner in which it is narrated leaves a lot to be desired and makes the film a tedious and silly watch this weekend.

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