Three Movie Review

Cast : Rishi, Urvashi Sharma, Rajiv Kanakala, Harsha Vardhan, Shanti Chandra, Banarji and Giri
Story, screenplay & direction : Sekhar Suri
Producer : Shanti Chandra
Banner :Raj (India) Entertainments
Dialogues :Harsha Vardhan
Editing : Tirupathi Reddy
Cinematography : K.K. Senthil Kumar & Bhaskar Shyamala
Art : Venkat Sannidhi
Stunts :Ram Lakshman Music :Vijay Kurakula
Lyrics :Vanamali

After A Film By Arvind, much was expected from Sekhar Suri. This time, he deals with a complex psychological/ supernatural phenomenon that leaves most people in confusion. He has a taken a delicate subject and tried to present it to the average cinegoer in a simple fashion.

The story starts with Sriram's (Rishi) neighbour Nisha (Urvashi Sharma) banging on his door in middle of the night claiming that she hears a strange voice threatening to kill her; she claims she also hears all sorts of strange noises in her house. Sriram takes Nisha to a psychiatrist friend (Harsha Vardhan), who takes her to his professor (Ranganath) who declares that she is perfectly fine. Now the psychiatrist friend raises a doubt - is Nisha possessed by a devil?

To discover the truth, the three of them - Sriram, Nisha and the psychiatrist friend - travel to an island where Nisha recalls meeting the sinister Shanker (Rajiv Kanakala). From there on, it's a mind-bending travel into the twilight world of regression, past births and psychosis. This is a must-watch for those who wish to see Telugu films that deal with regression and remembering past births. But average Indian cinegoers would be utterly lost.

This is where Suri gets entangled in some very lengthy scenes where he tries to explains regression, remembering past births and coming to terms with them in the present life. He neither caters to the uninformed masses nor does he whet the appetite of the fans of the genre. But to be fair, he is presenting a novel idea on screen.

Rishi is the cool dude with lots of macho tattoos who helps the damsel in distress. Rajiv Kanakala is the source of the psychological suspense but his less-than-evil-face puts the viewers in doubt about his true intentions. Harsha Vardhan is the mandatory source of comedy and his humour strives to enliven the proceedings needlessly. Vijay C. Kurakula's music is just average.

Three deals with regression and past births but Sekhar Suri fails to convincingly portray the resolution of past lives with present births. When all is said and done, Sekhar Suri has made a very good attempt to present the idea of reincarnation in a very western fashion, a groundbreaking movie of sorts.