Big Films Media, Thrill Films Ltd. and Dcreative Studios LLP’s IRaH – The Immortality App (UA) is the story of a technology king, Hari Singh (Rohit Bose Roy), who makes an immortality app. He sells “exclusive rights” to his app to different parties who, obviously, are out to seek revenge. A couple of his own partners/employees also want to teach him a lesson for his unfair dealings.
Sara Bodinar, Christian Prisecaru and Luke Hetherington have penned a story which simply fails to connect with the audience. Their screenplay is so implausible that it makes the viewers wonder what’s going on. A major part of the drama is so technical that it will not be understood by the average viewer. The drama, therefore, simply doesn’t make sense to a large section of the audience. Frankly, the public is just not able to empathise with Hari Singh or any other character in the drama. The screenplay is one of convenience as any character can do just about anything anytime. Hari Singh constantly asking “What are you trying to do?” to his tormentors irritates after a point of time. His associate, Imrul Khan (Rakshith Bhandary), being ready for sex minutes after the death of another associate, Tiya Anand (Tina Sharma), looks weird. Detective inspector Dunne (Rajesh Sharma) does nothing on duty except trying to appear busy. And he is rewarded by his department at the end of the case — for saving Hari Singh’s child, Amar! All in all, the screenplay is terribly boring. The trio’s dialogues are routine.
Rohit Bose Roy does a fair job as Hari Singh but to expect him to be able to carry a film on his shoulders is foolishness. Fagun Thakrar is so-so as Indali Turner of the British Cyber Security Intelligence. Karishma Kotak delivers an ordinary performance as Jasima Khatri. Rajesh Sharma is unimpressive as detective inspector Dunne. Tina Sharma is quite nice as Tiya Anand. Rakshith Bhandary impresses as Imrul Khan. Ameet Chana is alright as Rafi Patel. Nayef Rashed’s performance (in the role of Hemmidel) is dull. Rajdeep Choudhary passes muster as Sam. Daniel Hayde is okay as hacker Damian. Taru Devani, Ranveer Jaiswal, David Hepple, Sanjay Batra and the others barely create an impact.
Sam Bhattacharjee’s direction is weak. Karthik Ramalingam’s music is fair. Rahul Kumar Shukla’s lyrics are ordinary. Cem Ahmet’s choreography is quite good. Sameer Sen’s background music is alright. John W. Baggett’s camerawork is nice. Action and stunt scenes (by Claudiu-Christian Prisecaru) are average. Muneesh Sappel’s production designing, and Hemlata Rao’s art direction are of a fair standard. Mohammed Akram, Raja A. and Rajdeep Biswas’ editing leaves something to be desired.
On the whole, IRaH – The Immortality App is so weak that it cannot hope to make any mark whatsoever.
Released on 5-4-’24 at Gem (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Iamplex Digital. Publicity & opening: poor. …….Also released all over. Opening was horrific everywhere.