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"Masooda'' movie title itself rises a dim question to one whoever encounters it as movie title, but it's perfectly justified for its horror theme and spirit. Real horror, by its very nature is serious, haunting and when a genre movie is made on that approach, Masooda kind of experience happens. It's a complete experience movie and the experience is powerful.

Sangeetha is a physics teacher and husband burdened single mother, when her teenage daughter is effected by some mysterious behaviors, and when it's slowly turning into symptom of unknown illness, Gopi, an upright man, neighbor is the only help she is left with. When they attends a doctor, mother felt that's not going to be the right help, she left with only option to go for super natural cure. Whether we believe in super natural things or not is not the question here, it's not the knowledge, intelligence, questions that matter in the movie, it's the experience of a supernatural element in an ordinary life, movie gives the experience of fear, shock, terror, surprise with in the frame of a realistic and effective human drama. Supernatural events in in the story and its world and its effects are dramatically realistic is one of the best achievements of the movie.

This movie is seriously not for its story, it's for its pure and powerful horror genre experience and technical brilliance.

Thiruveer is surprising and brilliant, we can find his acting potential. Sangeetha as mother and Bandhavi Sridhar as daughter justified their roles to the fullest. Kavya Kalyan Ram is promising.

Writing at its best form, fine craft in direction and well executed movie. Special effects, make up are special mention, they are very lively.

Cinematography by Nagesh Bannell is excellent, it's perfectly terrifying marriage of story and visual, he is the talent to lookout for. Prasanth R Vihari Back ground music is horrifyingly effective, the two songs are very good and worked well in taking the story forward. Art work by Kranthi Priyam is impressive.

Masooda is a perfect blend of pure horror and drama with humanistic philosophy. Mise- en -scene aspect of the movie is very effective, production values of the movie that reflected in bringing out this horror drama is a special mention.

Beyond a well-crafted horror drama achievement, debut director Sai Kiran's attention to detail, ideas, and images made it remarkable horror drama. After Malliraava and Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya, Masooda is one more remarkable and promising work from Swadharm film house. Producer Rahul Yadav Nakka again succeeded in his painstaking path of cinema and exploring a completely different genre from his previous works.

Nayeem Diaries, A fictional account of ganster Nayeem, told with almost new faces. It's finally a very good Gangster drama and action thriller with good screenplay and realistic treatment.

It's a work based on a real life gangster Mohammad Nayeemuddin who rose from a Maoist to a police informer to a dreaded gangster, raised to thousands of crores, finally killed in an alleged police encounter. It's a fictional story based on life of gangster Nayeem.

Performances: All the actors did well. Vasista Simha as Nayeem fitted the bill perfectly. And, other highlights are the actors who played the character of SK by Sasikumar Rajendran, Bahubali Nikhil in Nayeem Child episodes, Nayeem sister by Yagna Shetty and Nayeem's love interest played by Samyukta. On whole, We see no actors - only characters on screen, that's the best part.

Technicalities: Production values of the film are impressive.

Photography that made the locations a character of the story is natural and good.

No songs, Minima Music approach Good Editing

Direction: Daamu Balaji, with strong writer backdrop, also given the script for RGV's Killing veerappan, his writing is the main strength of the movie. He is in complete form with his screenplay, dialogue and direction. He justified the subject he has taken successfully.

Finally, the Movie is fresh and highly satisfying for the audience who prefer serious movies.

If you want to spend your weekend in a meaningful way, go for it.