Directorial debut of Roopesh peethambaran is truely ,an
extreme experience as the name of the film suggests.Theevram is the third
film,featuring Dulquer Salman in the lead role.This dark thriller about a young man who seeks revenge aganist people who brutally raped and killed his
wife.The film is reportedly based on a true incident occurred in Bangalore .
Harshavardhan(Dulquer) leads a lonely life in an isolated
house.He teaches music to a single child and detach himself from the rest of
the society.Harsha also has an another face..that of a sadistic murderer.He
kidnaps Raghavan ,an autodriver and womaniser and torture him to death.The
motive behind this is revealed only in the second half of the film where we
come across a young and happy Harshan who aspires to become a musician.
He lives along with his wife Maya who is a call centre
employee.In a serious turn of events ,Maya is brutally killed and now
Harshavardhan is after the men responsible for his wifes’ killing.
Although theme of the film is somewhat an old one,still
theevram can be praised for the offbeat treatment given by the director to the
subject.I think Roopesh intially casted Fahad fasil to play the lead.But
Dulquer is more apt,i think.He had done his best,although there had been
fallouts in some moments.But he truely had shown an improvement and maturity in
his acting when compared to his previous films and thereby proved as heir to
his fathers’throne in Mollywood.Shika nair portrays the role of Maya,the lovable wife of Harshan.But she
didnot have much to do in the film.
Sreenivasans’ lighthearted cop is far from his best.Vinay
Fort had done justice to his role and we can expect more from this talent.
Background music is one of the best in the recent films.But
songs are pacebreakers and film is quite dragging in the second half.Although
film is presented in non-linear format,Editing is excellent and we no longer
feels landed in No mans’land as in “Viswaroopam”
Overall,Theevram is a
very good thriller and worth a watch.
RATING:8/10
VERDICT:WORTH A WATCH
