3 Monkeys

There seems to be no dearth of directors finding backing for silly stories for some reason. 3 Monkeys is another such story where director Anil Kumar G tries to bring in some sentimental drama into a tale filled with filth and fails miserably. The film opens on a dramatic note with a scene between a mother and a son, making you believe you have at least come to watch something sane. The bar is set pretty low with no one really expecting anything out of the box from it, but the film fails to leave any kind of impression, except for cringe. The desperation the 3 Monkeys feel is supposed to be funny but is inherently problematic when one of the three guys feels lustful even looking at a dead body. The film gets no better in the second half where a disgusting crime story turns into an annoyingly sentimental one. The insensitivity of the filmmakers shows when groping women at their work place is normalised. The twist of the film and the climax that’s supposed to be sentimental are all the more contrived. The only good thing about 3 Monkeys is the music by Kumar Kadari, who delivers with his background score. Unfortunately it goes wasted in a film as inane as this. Sudheer needs to stop playing the ‘desperate man’ on-screen because it’s not funny. His comedic timing goes wasted in the middle of all the nonsense. Ram Prasad’s role has nothing much to talk about and Getup Srinu is a good performer compared to the other two. However he isn’t given with much to perform. Movies like 3 Monkeys feel like an extension of idiotic comedy skits that seem oh-so-famous on television these days. The film makes no sense nor does it even try.

On the whole,Three Monkeys is yet another routine comedy caper that has strictly a few good moments.The audience who expects crazy comedy from this Jabardasth trio will be disappointed and the emotional second half is also not handled well making the film dull and boring watch this weekend.