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Kartik Aaryan’s sordid journey into heart of darkness is a shockingly good watch

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Kartik Aaryan’s Freddy is as much a descent into the mind of a loner, as it is on how Nature nurtures nature

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Alaya F
  • Director: Shashanka Ghosh
  • Rating: 4/5
The squalid colour of the walls dampens your spirits. A pall of monotonous doom hangs on the Baroque-style furniture cluttered across the Victorian-style apartment and amidst that a dejected dentist sits, colouring a Dinky aeroplane, questioning the solitary in life, while in conversation with a lone pet tortoise. Welcome to the world of Kartik Aaryan’s Freddy. The Shashanka Ghosh directorial sets the tone early on, weaving the audience into the motif of a dark and layered tapestry in story-telling.

FREDDY REVIEW

Freddy is an out-an-out Kartik Aaryan show

Dr. Freddy Ginwala, a shy and socially awkward dentist, in search of intimacy, in this romance thriller, is unscrupulously duped in love, when a patient Kainaaz (Alaya F), seemingly in an abusive relationship, meticulously develops a relationship with our hero/ antihero (?), cajoles him into killing her husband, only to flagrantly show him the door, while in the arms of her real lover.

What follows is a torrid tale of Machiavellian retribution, akin to a Lindsay (Jeff) novel, with each party engaging in a cat and mouse game, cajoling the other to take a wrong turn, make a mistake and ultimately engaging in a twisted tale of shocking justice.

FREDDY- A TALE IN ONE ACT

The one prevailing thought you will get while watching this twisted tale of love is that Freddy is an out-an-out Kartik Aaryan show. The actor, usually relegated to romance or comedy in cinema, is a chameleon in slipping into the psyche of a disturbed individual with shocking ease. While Freddy plays out like a one-act play, not allowing the audience to have a breather in the hero’s descent into disturbia, Kartik Aaryan keeps you hooked as the efficacious dentist, who suffers from childhood trauma (he saw his father commit murder-suicide, turning him orphan) and can never really open up to another relationship. And when he finally does, unfortunately for him, it spirals him into a twisted rabbit hole.
Alaya F’s Kainaaz is a revelation. Only into her second film, having debuted in 2020, it is a tall task to play a femme fatale of sorts

Alaya F’s Kainaaz is a revelation. Only into her second film, having debuted in 2020, it is a tall task to play a femme fatale of sorts. She shows spunk, stepping up to play the antagonist to our antihero, effectively essaying the catalyst to his breaking and re-moulding into a twisted and sinister being. However, the actress needs to work on her diction, and at times seemingly fades out from the scene. But whether it is a poetic device to create an all pervasive aura around the character of Freddy, is up for debate.

FREDDY – A TALL TALE?

Calling Freddy a romance thriller is not a misnomer. Yes, the film plays on failed relationships (more than once), but additionally, director Ghosh has effectively employed it as a genre of mystery and adventure that sings more like Poe-esque poetry with a shock ending than celebrating love.

Freddy is also a study in characterisation. With each scene, Freddy steps further into the mud, so much so that much like Macbeth, “Returning were as tedious as go o’er,” for him as well.

Kartik Aaryan keeps you hooked as the efficacious dentist, who suffers from childhood trauma

My only critique, the film takes time to build up, and a few minutes on the edit bay for the first half, can do wonders for the narrative.

The movie is not meant for the big screen. It is a niche watch, that those who love the genre will relish it over a cup of coffee, while journeying with our hero into the heart of darkness, as he blurs the line between what is gallant and perhaps, outright psychotic.

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