Ivide’ a crime thriller also carries an emotional story
Watch Malayalam’s fine
talents, Prithviraj and Nivin Pauly lock horns ivide, sorry here
By Mythily
Ramachandran
‘Ivide’ opens with a murder of an Indian techie, Nageshwar Rao.
It happens in Atlanta. Following another techie’s murder, this time of Sunny
Singh, Investigating Officer, Varun Blake (Prithviraj) believes that a serial
killer is on the prowl.
Varun as his first name suggests is an Indian by birth who grew up in an orphanage but is later adopted by an American lady and her hippie boy- friend.
Raised in the US, Blake feels that his brown skin alienates him from the others. Consequently there is a deep seated anger that he is never able to let go.
Many a times, his anger gets the better of him. And, at one instance he is pointing his revolver at his wife, Roshini (Bhavana). That triggers the break of their marriage. Roshini leaves him taking along with her, their daughter, Trisha.
She takes up work at Infotech, an IT company where she meets her school mate Krish Hebbar (Nivin Pauly), a team leader much respected. Krish hailing from a middle-class home is an ambitious young man and his goal is the top post in the company. And, to achieve that, Krish will go to any length, even if it means manipulating situations.
Love blossoms between Krish and Roshini. While the main story probes the murders of Indian techies, underlying this is an emotional tale of three people, that of Varun, Krish and Roshini.
Ajayan Venugopalan’s script explores the lives of the Indian expatriates and the repercussions of outsourcing work to Indian companies. Naturally a greater part of the story is in English. Venugopalan’s crisp dialogues are the strength of the story. Shyamaprasad’s craftsmanship evident in every frame is well matched by cinematographer Eric Dickinson visuals.
The lead characters come with their own flaws and are more real. Prithviraj’s salt and pepper cool dude look will set many a heart flutter. The actor reinforces his talent once again with a brilliant performance. Bringing to the fore Varun’s insecurities and his cockiness, Prithviraj plays a caring father too.
Matching step with him and playing the perfect tango is Nivin Pauly. Krish is a typical middle-class boy and a dutiful son who skypes regularly with his mom, but he does succumb to moments driven by ambition. Bhavana as a young mother brings out the independent streak in Roshini. Gopi Sundar’s music blends well into this tale of human emotions.
‘Ivide,’ takes viewers on a journey to the US where life is not as rosy as it appears.
Rating: 3/5 Varun as his first name suggests is an Indian by birth who grew up in an orphanage but is later adopted by an American lady and her hippie boy- friend.
Raised in the US, Blake feels that his brown skin alienates him from the others. Consequently there is a deep seated anger that he is never able to let go.
Many a times, his anger gets the better of him. And, at one instance he is pointing his revolver at his wife, Roshini (Bhavana). That triggers the break of their marriage. Roshini leaves him taking along with her, their daughter, Trisha.
She takes up work at Infotech, an IT company where she meets her school mate Krish Hebbar (Nivin Pauly), a team leader much respected. Krish hailing from a middle-class home is an ambitious young man and his goal is the top post in the company. And, to achieve that, Krish will go to any length, even if it means manipulating situations.
Love blossoms between Krish and Roshini. While the main story probes the murders of Indian techies, underlying this is an emotional tale of three people, that of Varun, Krish and Roshini.
Ajayan Venugopalan’s script explores the lives of the Indian expatriates and the repercussions of outsourcing work to Indian companies. Naturally a greater part of the story is in English. Venugopalan’s crisp dialogues are the strength of the story. Shyamaprasad’s craftsmanship evident in every frame is well matched by cinematographer Eric Dickinson visuals.
The lead characters come with their own flaws and are more real. Prithviraj’s salt and pepper cool dude look will set many a heart flutter. The actor reinforces his talent once again with a brilliant performance. Bringing to the fore Varun’s insecurities and his cockiness, Prithviraj plays a caring father too.
Matching step with him and playing the perfect tango is Nivin Pauly. Krish is a typical middle-class boy and a dutiful son who skypes regularly with his mom, but he does succumb to moments driven by ambition. Bhavana as a young mother brings out the independent streak in Roshini. Gopi Sundar’s music blends well into this tale of human emotions.
‘Ivide,’ takes viewers on a journey to the US where life is not as rosy as it appears.
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