Farhana

Farhana is a thriller drama film written and directed by Nelson Venkatesan. The film stars Aishwarya Rajesh, Jithan Ramesh and Selvaraghavan.

Middle-class mother Farhana takes a call centre job due to her financial situation. Although this gives her freedom, it also leads her into a web of danger.

This film has an entertaining plot but due to novice and immature approach the film turns out to be some family drama or some episode of any crime TV show.

The start of the film is good and the first part of the film is very impressive and the film will give you a glimpse of a great thriller film in making but as the film progresses and gets towards it's climax the film starts turning into some random family drama film.

Acting in the film is average. Selvaraghavan was impressive till the time he was on phone. Jithan Ramesh was impressive. Aishwarya Rajesh tried too hard but failed to impress.

Screenplay of the film is also bad and it seems that the film was unnecessarily stretched. The climax of the film is disappointing.

Overall a promising plot ruined because of immature approach.

Let's admit, the film did not start on a good note, it was actually unappealing that it opened up with an intimate scene, and we were just like 'what's this???'

But we're so glad we still gave it a chance!

The exciting element of the story was that the mystery caller's face was never seen throughout and the fact that Farhana was muslim, it added more flavor as she had to keep up with her traditional lifestyle at home while taking on a different personality at work.

There were various characters (e.g. Farhana's hubby, Farhana's male colleague, etc) who kept the story very intriguing😃

We applaud the editor, V. J. Sabu Joseph, who worked meticulously well to build up the tension. He was playing with our emotions as we began to fear for Farhana, and the fast-paced score tortured us with suspense.

Bravo to Nelson, the director who guided the scenario to deliver a thrilling experience

The film sent a needed message to archaic and conservative families to just relax, people can still remain decent as they move with the times

A tiny weeny weeny negative: someone was sprayed with a pepper spray and the person just quickly rubbed his eyes and it was over😳

The name Farhana means "Joyful, cheerful, glad'" and this was the inner personality she was only able to discover when she got a job and began to provide for her family.

In a way, we felt like the name also meant that it's not because I'm a happy and cheerful woman that you should take advantage of me or mistake my kindness for weakness.

At first, it felt like a feminist film, where woman typically revolt against the patriarchy, but till the interval it popped like a bubble, and took a sold U-turn, I guess the movie crew understood the worth of their heads, lol Anyway, this movie makes absolutely no sense, the plot is baseless, a woman from a typical Muslim family tries to earn a living but is not allowed by her typical society, still, she makes it somehow, being so submissive, shy, still cracks a call center interview, but she was not happy so she tried next step by joining an adult call center for better pay... Overall it all felt like a joke.

RATED 6/10 Language: Tamil Source: Nil Media Partner: Sony Liv

The story is very good and opt for current situation. But the characters and the picturization is age old. The worst part is that it give very wrong impact on the working women. And still couldn't understand why the heroine need to be from Muslim family.

The characters are not natural and they change their characters differently in different situation. Husband character is best example. Why he is silent and what he thinks in the interval block, god only knows....

Selvaragavan character was quite good in the beginning and interesting, he also changed after interval and become dead boring towards end.

One time watchable, by ignoring all these things.

Well what can I say about Farhana..started off as a slow, ordinary movie and then it zooms off like a rocket! Farhana is story of a housewife who joins a call centre to earn a livelihood. When she moves to a new department which involved romantic chats with strangers, she struggles initially but was saved when she meets Dhaya. The long conversations with Dhaya was poetic and filled with love. As the viewer is lulled into a breezy romance, the story abruptly changes shade into a dark thriller and picks up pace. The event which leads to this change was when Farhana and Dhaya make plans to meet.

Loved the way how the director manages to mold the movie into different genres with ease. Kudos to Nelson Venkatesan and his story-telling & direction. Thoroughly enjoyed this movie!