Subrahmanyapuram

Subrahmanyapuram Plot:

Karthik, who researches about temples, goes onto investigate the mystery behind the Subramanyapuram temple. He is an atheist who visits the village with his love interest and friends for a festival. Caught between the belief of villagers and facts about the mysterious deaths surrounding the temple, Karthik seeks to find the truth.

Subrahmanyapuram Review:

If you have watched the 2014 release Karthikeya starring Nikhil, it will be difficult for you to find any sort of difference in the plots of both the films. Subramanyapuram has a hero, a mysterious village named Subramanyapuram and a series of eerie deaths that surface at the sight of a peacock. As the title suggests, the story surrounds the village but the incidents and events leading to the interval hardly make any sense. For a major portion in the first half, the narrative moves on a slow trajectory and is distracted by unnecessary subplots.

Karthik (Sumanth) as a character remains consistent throughout the film. In fact, Sumanth’s acting is the only element that keeps the audience hooked. It looks like the director wanted to tell a great story but his narrative doesn’t reflect any such ambition. The dialogues were disappointing too. In the very beginning, characters go verbose about substantiating Karthik’s part as an atheist, that appear totally redundant. Like in most Telugu movies, the actress has a very minimal screenspace. Eesha Rebba’s on-screen presence barely makes an impact. Playing the role of Priya, Eesha belongs to Subramanyapuram and is the only connection between the village and Karthik, who is doing his research on temples.

Though the audience gets every hint that it’s Sumanth who is about to decode the mysterious element in the story, the film delays the inevitable for long. Sadly, the core plot is revealed only in the last 45 minutes.. The debut director Santhossh Jagarlapudi couldn’t handle a potent storyline to good effect. A pacy narrative could have done the trick here, but the uneven editing lets the film down, so does the cinematography. If there’s something that you will not regret shelling out your hard-earned money for, it’s only Sumanth’s composed performance.