Agyaat

Agyaat borrows from Predator, the TV serial Lost and a bunch of other B movies. A film unit, shooting in a forest, goes on a camping trip when their camera breaks down. Setu (Joy Fernandez), the guy who knows the way out of the jungle gets killed and the rest of them do not know the way out. Meanwhile each member of the unit keeps getting killed by some unknown predator. Will they be able to safely escape the forest is what the rest of the movie is about.

For a horror/thriller movie there is not a single scene in the movie that scares you or gives you any adrenaline rush. The characters are loud and annoying. Gautam, the hero, is arrogance personified. The action director always wants to fight and Ashaji (Priyanka Kothari) is a gentle lady who does some Yoga so that the camera can voyeuristically capture every part of her body. The Kanjoos producer is an "Aiyoo Aiyoo" South Indian. The director thinks too highly of himself. Almost everyone is eccentric except for the leading pair. The characters are so annoying that the viewers would not mind their getting bumped off. To top it there are cheesy lines like "Tum Apne liye na sahi, Apni Maa like koshish karo" and deliberate mention of "Agyaat" a few times to justify the title.

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Ram Gopal Verma returns with a new spooky venture minus any publicity gimmick as used in his last movie “Phoonk”. But the expectation level from an RGV film, still remains high as usual, with his fans waiting for something new, each time he returns to the screen. However, after his last few movies, RGV fans are now divided into two sections. One, who are the die-hard fans and would watch his movies irrespective of the content or subject. And second, who love RGV but still don’t go for his new release at once and prefer waiting for the general response. “Agyaat” will be a disappointment to both these sections as the original Ram Gopal Verma is completely missing from the scene, this time.

The movie can be reviewed in just a few lines as it gives you nothing much to write about in details. First of all it is neither a scary horror movie nor a fast paced exciting thriller as shown in its publicity campaigns. It only revolves around an idea of merciless killings made by an unidentified power, roaming in the forests. The victims are the people of a film unit, shooting on location in the dense forest, led by a local villager, who knows the area in details. Now how they all meet with their deadly ends is the only theme for this new disappointing venture from Ram Gopal Verma.

“Agyaat” straight away starts off with a song, which was really surprising coming from the master film-maker. And then it tests your patience till the next 60 minutes since nothing happens on the screen as expected. It picks up in the second half but by then you already know what is going to happen till the end. Throughout the movie, you keep on feeling that there is something strange going on, not at par with the style and standards of the brand, Ram Gopal Verma. RGV only seems to be there in the experimental climax, where once again he surprises with a bizarre kind of ending, used so daringly. The climax makes you wonder, the level of confidence this man has, who doesn’t even care about the success or failure of his projects.

The acting department has only one name you will remember after going through this so called horror thriller, and that is Priyanka Kothari. She shows great improvement with her controlled performance and sensual looks. But rest all, are just fine in their routine kind of roles having nothing great in store for any particular character.

The movie hugely depends upon the Sound Effects, Background score and Cinematography. But in my opinion it’s high time we have to move ahead from only relying upon the Sound Design and Camerawork in a horror or thriller film. Along with these essential ingredients, the story and content also has to be looked upon as a major contributor in this genre. Sadly, the latest offering from “The Maestro” scores the minimum in this department and has only got the virgin locations showcasing the beautiful Sri Lankan forest as its best part.

In few words “Agyaat” is just another project from the RGV factory which even raises doubts on being directed by the Master himself. May be he looked after the project as the caretaker and only gave his inputs towards the climax. Anyway, Ram Gopal Verma once again disappoints in a big way and wastes our hard earned money and time. The low cost of the project may rope in some returns but RGV desperately needs to reinvent himself for the sake of all his fans.

(by Bobby Sing at www.bobbytalkscinema.com)

“Jai Shiv Bum Shambu” song is rocking in Agyaat movie music. It is rock music which breaks the peace and meditation of the God Shiva. Read full music review on this blog: Agyaat music review

Agyaat movie is realm of fear and horror but the music of the movie is rocking with Indian religion. “Jai Shiv Bum Shambu” is the first song of the movie which is rocking with Hindi and English words. “Shiv Shambhu” is known as the Indian God. He is very anger god but music director Bapi -Tutul has composed it as rocking song. It seems music director of Agyaat has tried to rock the Shiva. I can feel that the movie contains fearing theme so, religious songs can give some energy to fight with unknown character of the movie but they are rocking with this song, why? “Jai Shiv Bum Shambu” has been sung by RunaBoony.

“Kiss U Day And Night” is second song of Agyaat which is sung by Bhavan. The song is also same with the first. It is also mix of English and Hindi words. It is basically “Masala” song of Agyaat. Rhythm is very carefully introduced in this song but it is nothing but the entertainment.

“Khoobsurat” song is sung by VickeeyBJoshi. Music of the song is very fast. Music is bold than song. The song is like a poem.

“Sunsakte Ho” is sung by Bapi. The song tells about the Agyaat. Music of the song creates realm of fear. You can feel about Agyaat in this song. Thundering, and blowing music of the song is really effective to create a horror.

Lyricists - Prashant Pandey, Sandip Singh and Sarim Momin have tried to put something different in each song with the content of Agyaat song.

“Jungle Jungle” is completely opposite with “Sunsakte Ho”. However, the song also tells about Jungle (forest). It is very fast song with fast music. Jungle word in this song is countless. Again in this song “Jai Shiv Bum Shambu” is also rocking. Music of the song is as fast as the air. In the background of the song, dog barking, fearing words, blowing etc. have been putted. “Jungle Jungle” tells about the Agyaat of Jungle.

“Na Koi” song of Agyaat is sung by Shweta Pandit. The song also tells the identity of Agyaat. The song starts with a fearing music and in background song comes – Na Koi Pahchan hai, Na Koi Nisan hai…Agyaat hai…Agyaat hai…Agyaat Hai. The song is sung by Shweta Pandit to create fear and words come on the fearing rhythm...