By Buzz18, May 2, 2008 - 10:56 IST
The biggest problem with Anamika is that the director doesn't know whether he is making a horror flick or a plain murder mystery. To his credit Mahadevan maintains an eerie feel through the film but spoils the plot by switching tracks between the two genres...
By bharatstudent, May 3, 2008 - 09:29 IST
The debut effort of Hridesh came out very clearly at every frame and though the plot and thought was inspiring it lacked the finesse of handling a sensitive and social subject.
By Apunkachoice, May 3, 2008 - 10:14 IST
'Anamika' flounders partly because the director ( Anant Mahadevan ) did not ensure a tight script in the first place and partly because there is no convincing motive to the crime. The movie, inspired from the suspense novel 'Rebecca', borrows the basic storyline from the book but adds many changes to Indianize the plot.
By Radiosargam, May 3, 2008 - 10:16 IST
With the first half in good sync, all the director had to do was to mystify the events with elan in the second half. However, his attempts fall flat in the second half.
By Rediff, May 3, 2008 - 10:20 IST
The poorly-scripted Anamika hasn't got any of these above mentioned qualities to keep it going. It substitutes the seductive temperament of mystery with pointless ambiguity amplified by sound effect-friendly red herrings.
