The film’s narrative revolves around Shankar (Vishwak Sen) and his peculiar situation, with a human touch, and the solution to his problem lies in the Himalayas. As the story unfolds further, a Devadasi and a captive are involved in a parallel world, with the latter trying to escape from the prison. The rest of the story is about how all these characters are involved and reach their goal.
Vishwak Sen plays the role of Shankar, which is entirely different from his usual energetic characters. He exceptionally performed in some key emotional scenes and maintained the mood of the character throughout the film. Chandini Chowdhary was fine while Abhinaya, and Harika Pedada were apt.
Gaami is directed by debutant Vidyadhar Kagita. While relying heavily on visual effects, he also has an interesting core idea that is equally complex. The director’s challenge deserves our appreciation, first and foremost. The film’s start is intriguing from the outset, and it’s mainly because of the lead character’s problem. The director expands on it to generate more interest in demonstrating the solution to the rare issue. While the first half is high on intrigue, the second half gets deeper and has dull moments as well, but ends on a satisfactory note.
The film maintains interest throughout the lead character’s journey through the Himalayas, and there are many challenges to overcome. Despite the abrupt interval, the narrative still holds the interest level in the second half as well. Especially, there is a particular sequence in ice mountains that involves a rope and is executed well, creating enough tense moments, and high-quality VFX are present. The emotional parts in the second half work well, and the main twist at the end provides the required emotional impact.
The director’s failure to explore or utilize two crucial subplots is the biggest issue for Gaami. The track involving Devadasi and her daughter could have been handled more carefully to convey the correct emotion. Also, the captives and prison track, is executed ordinarily. For example, the escape episode from the prison-like lab has good visuals but misses the effect. Because of the parallel narrative, sometimes confusion around the proceedings, which should have been taken care of.
Last Line: Annoyingly interesting drama
