While watching horror, most people laugh out of their nervousness as in mental
uncertainty for how to react at the proceedings but at times, it just fails and
becomes a funnier effort to generate giggles in rejection. Sadly, Akshay
Akkineni’s PIZZA finds its place in the later category, for the most. Projected
wrongly as a horror film, it is more of a psychological thriller that mocks at
the Indian ghost stories and blind beliefs in favor of the same. Conceptually novel,
least practiced before and refreshing in thoughts, PIZZA fails miserably in the
execution and takes too much time to deliver its strongest portion i.e. the
unexpectedly and relatively smarter climax. Bad service, huh!
An official remake of 2012 Tamil superhit, PIZZA revolves around a
pizza-delivery boy [played by debutant Akshay Oberoi] who gets stuck in a
haunting villa while delivering one of his orders. Things of strangest nature start
taking place behind the closed doors and the delivery boy hardly has any clues
about them. Though not sooner, he does manage to escape the playground of the bizarre
but not without losing his wife [played by former Miss India Parvathy
Omanakuttan] in the pit of darkness. The concluding part includes after-effects
of the trauma he has experienced and how the ray of a new hope awaits at the
other end of the tunnel.
From the very start, this slice of psychological thriller thrives to
sound, look and be a not so regular horror flick chained in typical groaning-grunting,
seductive and revengeful ghost stories Bollywood has been restricted till now (If
one could sue someone for that, Bhatts would be the bunch of prime accused). It
does show a promising image of change with smart writing taking over the topicalities
but only at the start and the very end. In between, it only gets repetitive, immovable
and trapped in its own mesh. There are times when you have to nothing but laugh
at whatever goes on screen just to release your disappointment. It’s only the
climax that saves a lot for your financial contribution at the box office. It’s
widely unseen, satisfactory and fairly enjoyable. Still!
Akshay looks every part of his character and leaves nothing much to complain
about his acting ability. He has it in him. And for a début, it is pretty
impressive. Parvathy is good though she doesn’t get opportunity of equal level
considering Akshay’s. In supporting cast, Rajesh Sharma and Arunoday Singh are
good. Dipannita Sharma, Omkar Das Manikpuri [Nattha of PEEPLI LIVE] and D.
Santosh are completely wasted. In other highlights of the film, the opening
credits are one of the most impressive title sequences in recent. Done in the flavors
of animated comic strips, it shows a dramatic graphical representation of the
time-chasing delivery process in life of a delivery-boy.
At the end, PIZZA is a feast that smells fresh, looks extremely inventive
but disappoints with its ‘run of the mill’ taste despite consoling your soul
with its best of portions left to serve at the very end when you’re almost done
with it. Avoid ordering this, instead go out with your family to the nearest
and your favorite pizza-joint; that will be more fulfilling fun. [2/5]
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