Dream Warrior Pictures’ Farhana (dubbed from the Tamil film of the same name; UA) is the story of a married lady who works in the ‘Friendship Calling’ department of a call centre. Her job requires her to talk dirty to male customers, but she does it because she needs the money. Of course, she is uncomfortable in the beginning but treats it as a job and becomes comfortable as time passes. In this way, she gets friendly to her regular caller, Dayalan (K. Selvaraghavan). But an incident shakes Farhana so much that she stops taking Dayalan’s calls. However, Dayalan is not the one to give up so easily. He stalks Farhana and creates hell in her life. Farhana is scared and what’s more, she can’t confide in her husband and family because they are not aware that she is working in the notorious. ‘Friendship Calling’ department. What happens thereafter? And what was the incident which made Farhana avoid Dayalan?
Nelson Venkatesan has written an ordinary story which doesn’t have the usual ingredients of a commercial entertainer The screenplay, penned by Nelson Venkatesan, Sankar Dass and Ranjit Ravindran, moves on a single track and, therefore, gets boring at several places. Furthermore, the drama doesn’t afford immense excitement or thrill at any point. Dialogues are dull.
Aishwarya Rajesh is very good in the title role. Jithan Ramesh does well as Farhana’s husband, Karim. Aishwarya Dutta is okay as Sophia. K. Selvaraghavan provides routine support in the role of Dayalan. Anumol is average as Nithya. Raja Krishnamoorthy lends ordinary support as Farhana’s father. Others pass muster.
Nelson Venkatesan’s direction is so-so. Justin Prabhakaran’s music is ordinary but his background score is impactful. Lyrics are nothing to shout about. Gokul Benoy’s camerawork is ordinary. Metro Mahesh’s stunts and action scenes don’t afford much thrill. Siva Shankar’s art direction is okay. V.J. Sabu Joseph’s editing could’ve been sharper. Dubbing is proper.
On the whole, Farhana is an ordinary fare which will flop at the box-office.
Released on 12-5-’23 at Cinepolis Thane (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru UFO Cine Media Network. Publicity & opening: poor. …….Also released all over.
