‘Bloody Mary’ movie review: The Nivetha Pethuraj starrer is a sketchy crime drama

Nivetha Pethuraj, solid in the title purpose of Mary, powers the Telugu criminal offense drama Bloody Mary, with the story and screenplay by Prasanth Kumar Dimmala and directed by Chandoo Mondeti, streaming on Aha. The tale is set in Vizag wherever Mary life with her childhood buddies Raju (Rajkumar Kasireddy), who is challenging on hearing, and Basha (Kireeti Damaraju), who is speech impaired. 

The opening sequences have 3 incidents of crime. The criminal offense that transpires in childhood shapes the life of the good friends. The other two that take place decades later turn the life of the friends upside down and they are caught among the satan and the deep sea. Mary, far too, has a bodily limitation. A cop (Ajay) is on their heels and a neighborhood gangster Shekhar (Brahmaji) sees them as effortless targets.

A premise these kinds of as this, the place a few major figures have to fight for survival by increasing above their limitations, can switch out to be an intriguing crime drama if the narrative has enough to make viewers root for the figures. A couple of facts about the friends unravel step by step — how Mary is not what she originally would seem to be and Basha’s cinema aspirations. But these facts do not add effortlessly to the larger drama. 

Mary’s characterisation oscillates in between pretending to be timid on some occasions to presenting an overconfident demeanour at some others. A couple of her turns are backed by her stealthy steps that get uncovered in because of class, but there are scenarios wherever she is simply taking leaps of faith. Barring the initial few minutes when she is reeling from an incident of criminal offense, Mary never arrives throughout as vulnerable. 

Immediately after the very first incident when she hoodwinks the cop, the relaxation of her journey does not build an intrigue. It is nearly a foregone summary that she will wriggle out of any scenario. I desire the story and screenplay had been smarter in acquiring these challenging situations. Brahmaji as the community don Shekhar also grapples with an underwritten, much-from-menacing character.

Kireeti and Rajkumar, despite the latter acquiring to be forcibly jovial on instances, arrive across as more plausible people and get their times. Experienced the producing been superior, it would have been probable to purchase into Mary’s job as a girl who has the previous chortle. In its place, what we get are a couple of handy coincidences. The investigation of the two murders also continues to be superficial. 

The end parts that set the phase for a sequel are laughable relatively than intriguing. The ‘Rise of Mary’ is not interesting ample to hold us invested in her rule more than Mumbai, the tale wants significantly additional depth.

(Bloody Mary is streaming on Aha)