Yashoda

The theme of Yashoda movie is loosely based on a Hollywood movie called "Level 16". They copied the central concept from the English movie and adapted it to an Indian audience.

This is a mystery/suspense film. The only reason anybody should watch this film is because of Samantha without her whole thing is almost unwatchable. This is kind of a low budget movie with ample usage of CGI/Graphics etc. The film narration is kind of patchy and disjointed. The dialogues and direction seems quite pedestrian.

I thought in the end they dragged it on for too long even after the mystery plot has been revealed.

The movie had a good start, but later lost track. The concept looks new and experimental to Indian cinema. Somewhere I feel the concept is inspired from the Netflix series Squid game.

But the execution was very bad with a lot of loopholes and not a convincing ending.. I Was waiting for this movie and saw it on amazon prime.

I could say it is one time watchable.

Acting by Samantha was just Ok. Action scenes look like Samantha has put good effort.

Direction is below average, could have been better or executed better.

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The plot of this movie is based on these lines. It feels quite preposterous. An intriguing tandem plot with almost equally weighted two storylines. It unravels an ugly truth. It has however, few unfounded de trop elements for example rape attempt, bullying and overstretched conclusion. The protagonist played by Samantha Prabhu who delivers a commendable performance and her character is cultivated in a stable unhurried manner. But an outmoded bolly/tollywood drama makes a supposedly an excellent unique modern mystery drama somewhat ineffectual and little run-of-the-mill. Still an okay watch.

The movie plot is quite unique..but the way the story unfolds will make you fall asleep. Such bad story telling that undermines the skill of such a veteran actor like Samantha. Couldn't exploit her full acting range.

Absolute bland build up to the plot twist.

Can't connect with the story, neither can be emotionally invested in the whole story.

The twist at the end is quite predictable.

The first half is so desperately boring that people might leave the theatre even before they reach the good part that is the last twenty to thirty minutes of the movie.

Could have done much much better with that story line. Much engaging story telling was required.

Watching the full movie left a very bad aftertaste.

It is one of those instances where a promising notion got marred by an inferior execution. The topic that they were determined to discuss was shocking indeed, even more so when I saw the end credits rolling. It wasn't all a work of mere fiction, there was some harsh truth in it and that boggled my mind. Never did I think such acts of atrocities are even possible to commit in real life.

However, that's probably the only flattering aspect I can come up with. If you keep the idea on one side you get yourselves an ill-conceived byproduct that for the most part comes off as futile and childish. Not to mention the poor write-up and shoddy visual effects made the condition even worse.

Sam was great though, it's always a pleasure to see her donning such intense roles, regardless, there's only so much one individual could do in cases like these where story and presentation tend to matter the most.