If you have a Netflix account, this movie is a must watch! Right after watching this movie, I stormed google to see if the writer, Nithilan Saminathan, has any other movies or books because whattt! I normally give my rating at the end of my review but let me just go ahead and say this movie is a 10/10 minus nothing. I’m not saying this because I am a fan of Indian movies. I saying this because this movie is the real deal. From plot twists to unexpected turns.
Maharaja is a 2024 thriller about a very calm barber who was on a quest to seek revenge after his home got burglarized. He reported the issue to the police and then kept on repeatedly telling the police his Lakshmi has been taken. And I’m not an Indian but I thought lakshmi was a person but guess what? It wasn’t even a person but then it was a person.
I know you’re confused but trust me, the twists in the plots of the movie began from the first scene. It was very disturbing and I had to do a lot of pauses to understand what was going on because the twists in this movie? Nothing can prepare you for any of them.
The acting in this movie was perfect. Although Indians are known to be very dramatic with their fighting scenes, this movie was different. They made sure to create a close to realistic scenes for all the actions and I loved it. The main character, Maharaja killed his role totally as well as every other person.
I was even shocked when I saw the plot twist regarding what the police did. Well, I’m not going to give any spoilers but wow! I really was blown away.
The cinematography was perfect. I liked the way they paid attention to all the details that needed to go into this movie. The angles and everything. Normally, Indian movies are dated so it’s easy to follow what’s going on but this time, they didn’t play this movie safe in anyway. And if you follow closely, you’ll find out they used a snake to tell the viewers about intermission instead of writing it as they usually do.
I didn’t even get anything to hate in this movie. Everything was just so nicely done. Each point of the movie got me opening my eyes and mouth because there were so many things to process. The overall lesson I took from this movie is how funny life can be sometimes. Life itself is a movie with a lot of unexpected turns. It’s good to live a kind and true life because you can never cheat the universe. Whatever you do will come back biting you someday.