Freddy Review – Kartik Aaryan Shines In A Male-Pleasing Revenge Thriller That Was Earlier Used As A Femme Fatale

Shashanka Ghosh‘s thriller, Freddy, starring Kartik Aaryan and Alaya F, did not reveal anything from the teaser. It was just like an introduction video, and then there was no trailer to give us even a little idea about the story of the film. I would say the makers’ decision was right. Having a trailer for a thriller like this would have spoiled many things before watching the film. You start watching a film with no idea about the story and literally no expectations, and then suddenly thrilling aspects take you by surprise. If you remember watching old Hollywood’s femme fatale noirs, then Freddy might seem like an adaptation of the same, but then the second half changes a lot for the film. It’s a much-wanted male-pleasing thriller that goes into a plausible revenge zone after the outdated femme fatale formula in the first half. Freddy (Kartik Aaryan) is a dentist. He is a shy, coward and unconfident guy who finds it difficult to deal with the girls. The only friend he has is his little turtle. It’s been 5 years on the matrimonial site, but Freddy hasn’t found a perfect match, or rather, is rejected by many girls. He meets Kainaaz (Alaya F) at a party and approaches her, only to get kicked down by her husband. You can predict it even in dreams that Kainaaz and Freddy slowly fall for each other. Madly in love with her, Freddy is led towards a crime he may have never thought about all his life. But does his so-called soulmate really love him? Or there will be a big game behind it? Freddy is stunned by the conspiracies, and then decides to go for a revenge that nobody could trace.

Technically, Freddy is a challenging film, and that’s why it had a high scope. Somewhere, the level is not up to the mark. I was expecting a little more. And not to forget that you guys are gonna watch the film on small screens of mobile, laptop or TV, while I was lucky enough to catch it on a big screen, with air conditioning on high cooling giving me more reasons to quiver. You would miss that atmosphere, and that’s why find it underwhelming. The background score and cinematography seemed better, though. Shashanka Ghosh had a lukewarm film like Plan A Plan B, but Freddy isn’t that cold. It has some really good scenes that invent a new formula, a new answer to the outdated femme fatale tales. Let’s call it a “Male-Pleasing” thriller. We don’t really get many as such. It would be interesting to see how Kartik‘s female fans react to it. Overall, an above-average film, boosted by Kartik Aaryan‘s best performance to date.