''Aake'' is a 2017 Indian

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neo noir

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directed by

K. M. Chaitanya K. M. Chaitanya (Kannada: ಚೈತನ್ಯ) is a film director, documentary maker and theater person. His first feature film Aa dinagalu in Kannada, won several awards including the Filmfare Awards South for Best Director and Best Feature Film i ...

. It features

Sharmiela Mandre Sharmiela Mandre (born 28 October 1990) is an Indian actress and producer. She is well known for her works predominantly in Kannada cinema. Career Mandre was the third generation of a family with film connections. Her grandfather R. N. Mandre ...

and

Chiranjeevi Sarja Chiranjeevi Sarja (died 7 June 2020) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films. Hailing from a family of actors, Sarja acted in more than 20 films in a career spanning 11 years. Early life and family Sarja was born as the first child ...

in the lead.

Achyuth Kumar Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. Born in the town of Belur, in the district of Hassan and brought up in Tiptur. He graduated in bachelor of commerce from the Kalpatharu First Grade College, which was t ...

and

Prakash Belawadi Prakash Belawadi is an Indian theatre artist, film director, television and media personality, who's also a teacher, activist and a journalist. He hails from Bangalore. He has participated in many seminars, conferences and festivals in India an ...

play the supporting roles.Screenplay was written by Sunanda and Carl Austin. The project marks the Bollywood production and distribution company

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's entry into Kannada cinema. The film is produced by Nakshatra Productions, United Kingdom for KS films.The original score and soundtrack for the film was composed by Gurukiran in London. The cinematography was done by UK based Ian Howes. The film is a British production, made with the best of technicians from United Kingdom and Karnataka. The movie is an official remake of the 2015 Tamil movie ''

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''. It is the second collaboration of executive producer Yogish Dwarakish -director Chaitanya- hero Chiranjeevi trio after ''

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''. The movie marked the entry of

in Kannada film industry. This was also the last Kannada movie to be released before the implementation of ''

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''.

Plot

The film runs on two seemingly separate plots simultaneously. In one, a single mother in Bengaluru is trying to make a living out of her floundering acting career. In the second, an artist is in London assigned to draw illustrations for a book about a ghost that haunts a locked out mental asylum. It is only towards the end that the two plots merge and the audience gets to understand the suspense and the missing blocks.

Cast

as Sharmila *

as Arjun/Shiva *

as Madan *

as PK * Sneha Acharya as Swathi * Balaji Manohar

Reception

The movie received positive reviews from all quarters. The Times of India gave the movie 3.5 stars and praised its script saying "The biggest victory for Aake is the script, which lingers on in one's mind, in which you try to join the dots even much after the film's ended. Deccan Chronicle gave the movie 3 stars. Praising its technical brilliance , it said "Aake has an imaginary and suspense elements to builds the tension till her real face is revealed. It is the making and the technical work capturing the London's nearby creepy forest area in the dark which makes it an interesting watch". Filmetriks said it was better than its original ''

''. The newsminute too spoke high of the movie – "What works for Aake is that the fundamentals are all done right. So, the camera stays close-in and tightly focused, keeping an almost claustrophobic view on the film’s protagonists and antagonists. This helps ratchet the tension higher, as you’re constantly wondering what's lingering just outside the frame.The film’s soundscape is also sharply focused for the most part, staying away from the kind of cacophonous excess that turns many horror films into unintentional comedies.".

Soundtrack

The film's score and soundtrack were composed by

Gurukiran Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie ''Upendra'' furt ...

. The Background Score was much appreciated.

References

External links

* * {{K. M. Chaitanya 2017 films 2017 horror films 2010s Kannada-language films Indian horror films Films shot in London Kannada remakes of Tamil films Films scored by Gurukiran Films set in a movie theatre Films set in forests Indian horror film remakes Indian neo-noir films Films directed by K. M. Chaitanya kn:ಆಕೆ