Well, Ram Gopal Varma is known for producing jara hatke sort of products & from the promos this film gave me a feeling of the Arnold Schwarzenegger starrer Predator made in late 80s. Since RGV himself was at the director’s seat the curiosity to watch the film grew.
RGV doesn’t seem to have learnt from his mistakes. His experiments since few years have gone unnoticed and his films have failed miserably at the box office. But his passion to make films is never ceasing.
Knowing the caliber of RGV as a director it is hard to believe that he actually directed Agyaat. The film though is only of 104 minutes but it still makes you restless most of the times.
Honestly there was nothing that can keep you glued to the screen. The characterization, the plot, the script, the dialogues, performances, etc everything disappoints you to the core.
Its the story :-( of a film unit that goes to Sri Lanka to shoot a film. Location being the jungle. Their camera unfortunately breaks down & they have few days to enjoy before another camera can be arranged. That does raise the expectations of something exciting to happen but what follows is very stereotype.
Nitin Reddy the actor from Telugu film industry makes his impression less debut in Hindi films. Can’t blame him as his character was written in such fashion.
Can changing your name change your destiny? Ask Nisha Kothari who now has changed her name to Priyanka Kothari but continues to do baseless films & performance for her is appearing in as minimum clothes as possible.
Gautam Rode was very loud. Ishrat Ali’s performance was a painful as toothache. Others don’t even deserves a mention.
Music - well was there music? Photography had typical RGV trademark written on it and was ok at times.
The unknown rules the jungle & starts killing them. I would like to ask RGV, that if the unknown was to kill the people, why did the second heroine kills herself, another character stabs himself, the actor (Gautam Rode) is killed by another crew, so 3 out of 9 not killed by the unknown. 2 survives (they have to after all they are the hero and the heroine).
The man who chants Jai Mata Di, Jai Mata Di is also killed by the unknown. Thank God the film failed otherwise some political group seeking free popularity would have cashed on the issue that how can RGV show that the power of goddess was less then the unknown. Questions like, "who the hell is this unknown?" would have been asked to RGV, who at the end of the film himself didn’t know the answer and has promised the sequel to this mother of all bore films.
Yes, you read it right, at the end the identity of the unknown was kept a secret as the makers are going to reveal it in the sequel.
Please keep yourself away from the prequel because its a test of your patience & frustration. Watch the sequel at you own risk.