Escape From Uganda Movie Review - A One Time Watch!
Reviews
oi-Gayathry
By Ajin Krishna
Rating:
3.0/5
Rajesh
Nair's
Escape
From
Uganda
is
a
thriller
starring
Rima
Kallingal
and
Vijay
Babu
in
the
lead,
set
against
the
backdrop
of
Uganda.
The
movie
is
thrilling
at
parts,
remains
mediocre
in
the
rest.
Story
Shikha
Samuel
(Rima
Kallingal)
and
Jayakrishnan
(Vijay
Babu)
are
lovers
who
flee
to
Uganda
for
a
living
as
their
love
is
not
accepted
at
home.
Shikha
has
a
friend
Angel
Mathews
(Tashu
Kaushik)
there,
who
is
running
a
modelling
firm.
Jayakrishnan
finds
a
job
at
a
hotel
with
the
help
of
Firoz
(Mukesh),
their
friend
who
is
working
as
a
lawyer
at
Uganda
and
Gautham
(Joju
George),
who
is
an
architect.
Shikha,
with
the
help
of
Jayakrishnan
and
Angel,
sets
up
a
fashion
designing
boutique.
Their
life
goes
fruitful
with
the
birth
of
Meenakshi.
Angel
Mathews
and
Oldra
(daughter
of
Mayor
at
the
place)
gets
killed
a
day
and
Shikha
is
framed
guilty
of
murdering
both.
Jayakrishnan
with
Firoz
try
for
the
bail
to
get
Shikha
out
of
jail.
On
the
course,
Jayakrishnan
meets
Antony
(Parthipan),
who
offers
him
a
helping
hand
to
escape
Shikha
out
of
prison.
Disaster
strikes
again
when
Firoz
gets
shot
dead
at
his
office
and
without
anywhere
to
go,
Jayakrishnan
seeks
the
help
of
Antony.
The
remaining
plot
of
the
story
deals
with
the
struggles
of
Jayakrishnan
and
Shikha
to
escape
from
Uganda.
Performances
Vijay
Babu
and
Rima
Kallingal
are
good.
Vijay
Babu
as
Jayakrishnan
is
still
in
the
improving
stages
of
acting,
while
the
character
of
Shikha
Samuel
is
all
safe
with
Rima.
Parthipan
as
Antony
is
good
in
style
and
some
one-liners,
but
fails
when
he
is
assigned
to
deliver
comedy.
Joju
John
as
Gautham,
Mukesh
as
Firoz,
Tashu
as
Angel
Mathews
and
all
other
foriegn
actors
have
done
justice
to
their
roles.
Technical
Aspects
Cinematography
by
Vishnu
Sharma
is
just
too
awesome.
This
youngster
proves
to
be
much
promising
among
young
cinematographers.
Music
by
Varun
Unni
is
just
okay.
Two
songs
in
the
movie
doesn't
make
an
impact.
BGM
by
Gopi
Sundar
is
exceptional,
but
over
used.
Rajesh
Nair
deserves
an
applause
for
the
effort
to
make
a
decent
thriller.
The
main
positive
of
the
movie
is
its
length.
Cut
short
just
below
two
hours,
the
movie
doesn't
give
much
scope
for
boredom.
Dialogues
of
the
movie
are
okay,
some
of
them
being
in
English
and
Swahili
are
supported
with
subtitles.
Verdict
On
the
whole,
Escape
From
Uganda
is
a
one
time
watch,
with
some
suspense
elements
glued
to
it.