51. BAAGAMATHIE (2018)

BAAGAMATHIE

Language    -   Telugu (India)
Genre          -    Horror, Thriller
Director       -   G. Ashok
*ing             -   Anushka Shetty (Chanchala), Asha Sharath (Vaishnavi Natarajan), Jayaram (Eshwar Prasad)
IMDBScore -  7.2/10

PLOT

                                                                                 Ancient idols from different temples in the state of Telangana get continuously robbed. So, the minister representing the Telangana state in the central ministry, Eshwar prsasad gives his word to the public that he will resign the ministerial post if he is unable to bring the looters to the public. The Chief Minister of Telangana considers it as a move to topple the ministry so he appoints Vaishnavi Natarajan,a CBI officer to find evidence to put the robberies in the name of Eshwar prasad. She takes Private Secretary of Eshwar prasad, Chanchala out from the prison and accomadates her into an ancient fort known as Baagamathie Bungalow for interrogation. They think that it will be a safe place for interrogation, but an uninvited guest, the evil soul of Queen Baagamathie started giving sleepless nights to Chanchala. Now she must face the supernatural powers alone, but others are considering it as her move to escape. How come an IAS officer like Chanchala became prisoner? Will she survive in Baagamathie Bunglow? Can CBI bring the real culprits of Robbery? Will Eshwar Prasad remain in the post as Minister?

                                                                               If you are feeling that there are lots of unanswered questions, don’t worry a single climax of this movie is enough to answer all these. Baagamathie cannot be a considered as pure horror thriller, but as a thriller it’s fantastic. It will always make you curious for the next scene. You may feel it as repetition if you have watched previous movies of Anushka where she reprises the role of Queen (Arundhadhi, Rudramma Devi), But I think Anushka and Nayantara are the only two actress in South Indian industry who can give solo hits, even the Bollywood does not have such “Lady Superstars”. Anushka shetty became the second actress after Sridevi to have a $1 million grosser in US Box-office with Baagamathie.  She had once again made an outstanding performance in this movie, she reduced 20 kilos to be as Chanchala.  Even if there are illogical scenes (that’s a trade mark of Telugu movies) the director had done a good job, he gives the roles to all appropriate persons, not any unwanted songs, and even chooses new one for the Protagonists role. If you want a thriller movie you can prefer it and never approach this movie with the mind of Horror.

Movie Trailer- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM8rMC3OwKo