Seven Tamil DVD Released

The first scene of Seven is as intriguing as its title – where Ramya (Nandita Swetha), drenched in rain, goes to a police station to file a complaint against her missing husband Karthik (Koneru Havish). The smart, but alcoholic cop (Rahman), after listening to her for a while, starts guessing what happened in her life. He tells a shocking Ramya that Jennie (Anisha Ambrose), another girl, too, had filed a similar complaint about Karthik, and she claims him to be her husband. The curious missing case which transforms into a fraud case becomes more complex when one more woman, Priya (Tridha Chowdhury), comes up with a similar complaint. The cop and his subordinates get the shock of their life when a mentally ill person informs police that the missing person had died decades ago.

The plot looks interesting on paper, and seems to have ample elements for an engaging thriller. But the weak screenplay, numerous logical loopholes and the lack of believability factor make it unappealing. A flashback sequence involving a partly engrossing character arc of Regina Cassandra becomes tepid because of the ineffective execution. There are a few twists towards the end, but we get exhausted by then. The movie also suffers from nativity issue as it is primarily shot in Hyderabad and other places in Andhra/Telangana, but we are told that the story happens in Chennai. Though there are sign boards in Tamil in some scenes to make up for it, most of the scenes indicate that it isn’t a Tamil movie though the lip sync issue was managed in most of the scenes.

Cinematography is a positive factor in the film, which had elements of thrill, romance and revenge not served in the right proportion. Regina plays her part well, while others are okay.