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When a movie production in the middle of the jungle is halted for a few
days, the production's native guide Setu (Joy Fernandes) decides to take
the key cast and crew on a roundtrip through the jungle, just to kill time
- after all, there are no dangerous animals in this jungle, so what's the
worst thing that can happen, right? Then Setu's found dead, killed by
something that might have been neither human nor animal. The others soon
realize they're on the run while whatever-it-is (it's invisible, too) is
not far behind and picks them out to kill them one by one. As if that
wasn't bad enough, soon tensions break out between the film's arrogant
male star (Gautam Rode) and its action director (Ravi Kale), a situation
that ends in murder and the breaking up of the group. Ultimately, only
assistant director Sujal (Nitin), actress Aasha (Priyanka Khotari) whom
Sujal's in love with, and Sujal's assistant Sameera (Rasika Gudal) are
left running, but Sameera is in love with Sujal, and when she notices
romance is blossoming between him and Aasha, she kills herself to not
stand in their way and give them a better chance for survival. When pretty
much all is lost, Sujal notices whatever-it-is can't stand water, so he
and Aasha cross the next river and escape ... Quite obviously
taking more than the occasional inspiration from Predator, Agyaat
is first and foremost ... not a very good film. Basically, the film takes
about half of its running time to kick into geat, filling up the first
half with setting up a bunch of characters that seem little more than
clichées or not particularly funny caricatures. And once the killing
starts, it's just too random to suggest any real thought went into the
script. Likewise, while it is often a good idea to not show the monster of
whichever story, here it just seems cheap, not so much on a budgetary as
on a narrative level, as if the writers just wanted to get out of
explaining anything. Plus, the finale with Sujal and Aasha saving
themselves is rather pathetic, as are most of the murder scenes - if they
don't happen off-screen altogether, a little too much is hinted at rather
than shown even for today's mainstream audiences. In all, rather
disappointing.
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