Dybbuk movie review: Emraan Hashmi hatches a diabolical conspiracy in Mauritius picture-postcard

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Director: Jai Ku

Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Nikita Dutta, Manav Kaul, Gaurav Sharma, Denzil Smith

Dybbuk has an interesting line-up of cast that includes Emraan Hashmi and Manav Kaul, but the film, which is now on Amazon Prime Video, has a lot of vantage points that make it somewhat impossible. Helmed by Jay K, he has remade his first Malayalam film, Ezra (along with Prithviraj) in Hindi as Dybabuk. Hashmi as Sam or Samuel reprises the role of Prithviraj, and does a good job of a man who gets a new posting at a nuclear waste disposable plant in the Mauritian capital of Port Louis – believe it or not. His wife, Mahi (Nikita Dutta), isn’t too keen on the translation, as it would mean moving away from her parents. But she plays a game and moves to a very beautiful town with Sam who, sadly, has a demonic spirit inside a box of Jewish wine. It can only rise to its own death and destruction after the last of the Jews on the island, and Sam’s transfer coincides with the death of a rabbi, the last of the tribe there.

But for some above-average performances, Jay’s work looks like another horror tale of red-eyed ghosts descending from rooftops, chairs shaking, mirrors smashing and twinkling. And the atmosphere turns eerie in the colonial bungalow in which the couple decides to stay. I sometimes wonder why the writers and directors don’t think of something different instead of banging the same old drums to scare the audience. They make you shudder for a moment, but beyond that they only make you yawn.

Dybbuk is an ancient Jewish custom written in the 16th century, but in 1914 by S. It was neglected by scholars until Ensky’s play (The Dybbook) popularized it in literary circles. About a form of migration of a restless/sad soul, the film explains this through clumsy writing. A local Muslim police inspector, Riyaz (Gaurav Sharma), a Catholic priest (Denzil Smith), a Jewish rabbi, a Hindu woman, Marcus (Manav Kaul), a Hindu woman, Mahi and her Christian husband, Sam, accompanied by Dybbuk Looks like a cocktail. Religions to bring about social change and harmony. It doesn’t quite achieve; Instead it seems forced and confused with a story that resembles a story with an evil spirit and all the good people around him.

Not only that, but we also learn that as the film progresses, revenge and vengeance are to the point that a nuclear catastrophe is waiting to destroy the beautiful holiday island of Mauritius. That would be terrible.

Unfortunately, Dybbuk offers little novelty, falling back on a plot that has been beaten to a pulp.

(Gautman Bhaskaran is a writer, commentator and film critic)

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