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Out of many releases this week, 7:11 PM is yet another thriller based on a time travel concept. The Arcus Films banner boasts a stellar cast that includes Gyaani as the film’s composer and Naren Ya Namadala, Madhuri Ravipati, and Vani Kanneganti as the producers. One of the top production houses Mythri Movie Makers is distributing the features in the Telugu film industry. Let’s hear it out.
The movie follows Ravi (Saahas), an IPS hopeful who resides in the quaint village of Hamsaladeevi in the 1990s. He adores Vimala (Deepika). Strangely, one morning he wakes up in Australia in the year 2024. There, he meets Sarah (Tess Walsh), who briefs him on his current status – a wanted operative. His orders include taking down a criminal overlord, saving his targets, and averting cellular annihilation to commandeer the town. The remainder of the narrative follows Ravi through time.
The narrative of 7.11 by Chaitu Madala and Hemant K Bhatnagar is captivating on paper but does not translate well onto the big screen. The sub plots are weak, lacking in any emotional pull and the screenplay, done by Chaitu Madala, is average. The first half of the movie is lackluster, with no well structured subplots while in the second half, the narration improves with important plot twists and a move to Australia. The climax however, is piecemeal, and puts the audience’s endurance to the test.
When it comes to performances, Saahas Pagadala, as Ravi, does a decent job as deep mid in the Australia sequences. Deepika Reddy plays the character of the hero’s girlfriend extremely well and Tess Walsh is a strong supporting actress as Ravi’s friend in Australia. Bharat Reddy is effective as the primary antagonist and Louie Athanasiou impresses playing the negative shade character. Other supporting actors like Raghu Karumanchi, Rising Raju, Sienna, Marina Bi, Vasu Routhu, Charan Kurugonda also do well in the set positions given to them.
In terms of character dialogues, there is nothing extraordinary to talk about as most of the more emotional lines were poorly written and even more poorly delivered. Similarly, the direction also leaves a lot to be desired. Chaitanya Madala is weak in this area as well, as was the case with the narration. The score is also unimaginative, and even Gyaani’s songs are uninspired. The visuals themselves were soft and pleasant like those captured by Siva Shankar oh and Fabio Capodivento, but the lighting and color grading in some of the clips was strange and off. The editing, done by Srinu Thota, isn’t anything to get too excited about either – it was subpar at best.
At least a fifth of the film, nearly twenty minutes, should have easily been cut from both the beginning of the second half of the film and the climax. Arcus Films manages to meets the mark with their production values. Notes for the positive aspects of the film include the cinematography and the rather shocking twists before and after the interval, as well as the better first half of the film. Conversely, the film suffers from a first half that is dry and dispassionate accompanied with a vague sense of emotional disconnect, logic that makes no sense, poorly crafted subplots, a second half that lacks coherence, and feeble music paired with graphics and visual effects that are very mediocre.
Overall, 7:11 PM tells an interesting story, but fails to execute it well which makes the film unwatchable. With the weak side plots and poor representation, the film is one that can be missed this weekend and watched at a later point in time.
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