''Madha'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language
medical thriller
Medical fiction is fiction whose events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment. It is highly prevalent on television, especially as medical dramas, as well as in novels.
The depiction of medical institutions and the ...
film directed by Srividya Basawa (in her directorial debut) and starring Trishna Mukherjee and Rahul Venkat.
Plot
Cast
*Trishna Mukherjee as Nisha
*Rahul Venkat as Arjun
*
Bikramjeet Kanwarpal
Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (29 August 1968 1 May 2021) was an Indian film and television actor. A retired army officer, Kanwarpal had played supporting roles in many films and television serials. Kanwarpal shared screen space with actor Anil K ...
as Balasubramaniam
*
Anish Kuruvilla
Anish Yohan Kuruvilla is an Indian actor and director who predominantly works in the Telugu film industry.
Before becoming a director, he was an executive producer with Sekhar Kammula, played the lead role in ''Dollar Dreams'' (2000), and play ...
as Ravi Varma
Production
Sri Vidya Basawa conceptualized the film in 2011.
Initially, the venture was supposed to be an independent film before it was made into a feature film. The film is of the thriller genre and much of the crew of the film are relatively newcomers and marks the directorial debut of the director.
The low-budget film began shooting in June 2017 and commenced in September 2017.
Themes
According to the director Sri Vidya Basawa, Madha means "madness personified" in Sanskrit.
Release and reception
The film released on 13 March 2020 and was removed from theatres two days later due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
.
''
The News Minute
''The News Minute'' is an Indian digital news platform based in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was founded by Dhanya Rajendran, Chitra Subramaniam and Vignesh Vellore in 2014. Apart from Karnataka, it also has bureaus in the states of Telangana, And ...
'' gave the film a rating of one out of five stars and stated that "All in all, ''Madha'', somewhere at its core, had a decent plot. Between a low budget, bad actors, and incoherent screenplay, it loses its essence". ''
Idlebrain
Idlebrain.com is an Indian entertainment website that features information, news, and reviews on Telugu cinema. It is one of the oldest websites on the Internet focusing on Telugu films. The site is especially popular for its film reviews writt ...
'' noted that "Despite some shortcomings, Madha will stay as a nice attempt with good script/technical work". ''Film Companion'' wrote that "But for all that it gets wrong, ''Madha'' does more things right". ''
The Times of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...
'' gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and stated that "''Madha'' is a well-written thriller, penned by Prashanth Sagar Atlluri and helmed by Vidya, majorly because the duo does not indulge in clichés specific to the genre. This is one gripping thriller that’s worth a watch".
The film was available on
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video, also known simply as Prime Video, is an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming and Renting, rental service of Amazon (c ...
in April 2020.
Awards and nominations
* Noida International Film Festival 2019 - Best Feature
* SIIMA Award for Best Debut Producer - Telugu for Third Eye Productions
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, 9612136
Indian thriller films
2019 films
2019 thriller films
2019 directorial debut films
2010s Telugu-language films