One could have taken a more compassionate approach to the script, which is ingrained in parts, if not for the fact that it is based on an actual gruesome crime.
ugly begins with a long disclaimer which, like all disclaimers, is full of half-truths and disappears in an instant. The aim seems to be to cut the film away from the real-life story on which it is apparently based. The gruesome act of crime that brought Kurup his infamy is not visible in the film until the midpoint is reached. But, the film which takes a lot of creative liberties presents the crime as a series of such acts by Gopikrishna Kurup (Dulquer Salmaan).
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Story & Screenplay written by Jitin.K. Jose, KSA Ravind and Daniel Sayuz Nair take a long time to establish their character with an elaborate backstory. Kurup’s devious nature is evident from the start, when he convinces his parents that he has passed a public test, which he did not. Even in the Air Force training camp, he invents ways to work his way up and earn some money. Some of these opening sequences, including one in which he fools the rest of the trainees or the other at a college rock festival, seem rather forced, just to underline the character’s flamboyant nature. The romance with Sharda (Shobhita Dhulipala) also appears to tick all the boxes for a mainstream film, with the character almost completely missing out in the latter part.
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- Director:Sreenath Rajendrani
- Cast: Dulquer Salmaan, Shobhita Dhulipala, Indrajit Sukumaran
We are reminded of Kurup’s story from the diary entries of his Air Force colleague Peter (Sunny Wayne), police officer Krishnadas (Indrajit Sukumaran), and Kurup’s own version of the story, which fills in the blanks left by the others. Charlie (another star in a surprise role), the victim of Kurup’s criminal act to claim insurance money, and his family only get a few scenes, as the film is about Kurup, his evil plan to climb the ladder. And of course she has many stylish looks.
To his credit, the writer exposes the criminal bent of his mind, but on screen, at times the camera worships Kurup as a hero, with the unmistakably heroic tone of the background score, where he plays the police and his others. gives. Opponent’s slip. Compare this treatment with Kurup’s character NH 47, was based on the same incident in 1984. Despite its loose visuals and low production values, it found the characterization of Kurup played by TGRV to be true, with an audience never feeling sympathetic or clapping for a scene in which he is featured. Although the producer ugly Having included enough scenes to defend himself against accusations of glorifying a criminal, it seems that he has also been forced to include a few scenes to satisfy the star’s fans.
As with the mesmerizingly done recreations of the 1970s and ’80s, one of the things that goes right for the film is the production design, especially in scenes set in a bygone era. One could have taken a more compassionate approach to the script, which is tangled in parts, if not for the fact that it is based on an actual gruesome crime. If the intention was to tell the interesting story of a fugitive, without even remotely persuading him, they could have learned a few lessons from David Fincher. Amount, Because, despite all the disclaimers, there is only so much ‘creative’ freedom that one can speak of a real-life story.
Ugly is currently playing in theaters
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