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Naveen Chandra is known for his versatile and impactful roles. He is coming with a thriller titled Honey. The film directed by Karuna Kumar who is known for hard hitting films like Palasa 1978 and Sridevi Soda Centre so expectations are high. Let us see what impact he created with Honey.
Honey's story revolves around a family who is blamed for all the untoward incidents and how they react and the consequences they face.
Anand ( Naveen Chandra), loses his job and as he faces various personal and professional problems, he blames his daughter for everything. Where this leads to and how his wife Lalitha (Divya Pillai) reacts and what roles Ravana ( Divi Vadtya) and Sarangapani( Raja Ravindra) and how it impacts their daughter Meera form the rest of the narration.
Naveen Chandra ok in his role. He put on weight and showed variations according to the situation.
Divya Pillai is good and showed the pain of the mother quite well. Raja Ravindra is fine in his role while Divi Vadtya did according to the situation. Others performed according to their roles.
Honey story is provided by Karuna Kumar. Karuna Kumar with the story tried to highlight the ill effects of black magic and witchcraft.
He started the narration in an interesting manner and continued in the same vein for most of the first half. Viewers will be glued to the screen expecting something thrilling and few twists and turns but the first half with its slow pace continues in the same manner ending on an interesting note setting the stage for the second half.
While many expect the second half to be more impactful, the story goes nowhere with the same scenes repeating all the time testing the patience of the viewers. When the film ends, viewers will heave a sigh of relief.
The film didn't have any songs. Ajay Arasada however increased the scary feel with his background music. The back ground score elevated the scenes creating the right impact.
Nagesh Bannel with his cinematography gave the right feel to the narration. He showed scenes in a realistic and natural manner.
Marthand K Venkatesh's editing is ok but there are repetitive scenes in the narration that slowed the pace of the narration. Dialogues are ok and production values are decent.
Altogether, Honey offers nothing new but highlights black magic and witchcraft practices. Naveen Chandra did justice to his role, and director Karuna Kumar stayed true to the story. But viewers will be left to wonder what the makers are up to with such kind of film. Much to the shock of all, Karuna Kumar came up with an extremely weak story. To some extent, the screenplay is ok but it only fizzles out. Only Naveen Chandra knows what impressed him in this ridiculous, spineless, and senseless story. Considering all these elements, Cinejosh goes with a 1.5 rating for Honey.
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