Kaateri is a film directed Deekay of yamirukka bayamaen and kavalai vendam fame . The movie stars vaibhav , Aathmika , Karunakaran , ravi maria along with varalaxmi sarathkumar and manali
The film deals with a group of people who get caught in a village and gets haunted by group of ghosts
The movie is sometimes entertaining and sometimes irritating . The director wanted to make the magic of yamirukka bayamaen happen again but what comes is a very mediocre product
Actually this film should have released long before immediately after kavalai vendam but due to financial reasons have delayed and released now .
The movie’s biggest flaw is its handling of horror scenes which had a good potential and the katteri scenes could have been a scream but what we hear is laughing scream from audience for horror scenes more than the humour scenes
But that is what director is also intended it seems .
What works is few comedy scenes in first half which really clicks with the audience and sets the yamirukka bayamaen kind of mood .
Im a fan of deekay’s previous works especially kavalai vendam is a personal favourite of mine especially its emotions and how it was mixed with really funny adult comedy .
But here the adult comedy is sometimes disgusting especially i dont find anything funny here despite Ravi Maria trying very hard to make you laugh
Technically speaking spooky scenes are decently made the katteri make up and cg was really fine
On the whole katteri is a watchable experience thanks to some comedies which work but you can safely skip it
NIKI SPACES 