I just want to vent a little about Chandramukhi before I say anything about Chandramukhi 2... both directed by P. Vasu. The only good thing to come out of Chandramukhi 2 is the realization that P. Vasu probably had not the slightest clue what Chandramukhi was actually about (as it simply was a remake of a Malayalam movie named Manichitrathazhu), and that he just found himself lucked into a successful movie. Now, I haven't watched the original Malayalam version myself, but I always thought I had a pretty good idea of what it might be.
It has always been my opinion that Chandramukhi is essentially a psychological thriller masquerading as horror, with carefully thought-out characters and conflicts, but only underneath 3-4 layers of P. Vasu's horrible directing. But sure, it was entertaining, so I was willing to give it a pass.
Ignoring the totally unnecessary fight scenes, the 'hearing your every thought' aspect of Rajni's character (which was used for way more than mere comic relief), the flying 50 meters across the living room, the cringe, the melodrama, the cheese, the continuity issues... essentially each and every little point P. Vasu might have added on top of the existing core concept... It was still at the very least entertaining.
Well, Chandramukhi 2 is proof enough to convince you that it was all a fluke. P. Vasu just happened to find a script where all the heavy lifting was already done, and where he need not do anything more but make it worse. Sadly, Chandramukhi 2 doesn't afford him the luxury of a pre-existing script, so the director ends up embarrassing himself on the big screen showing us exactly how he lucked himself into success 18 years ago.
Now onto Chandramukhi 2... You watch the trailer; you know it's bad. You watch the movie; you're surprised it's worse. There isn't a single good thing about this movie (except of course my P. Vasu rant), and it even goes as far as to be insulting to any and all members of its audience.
Raghava Lawrence no longer looks like a real person in his ungodly attempt to be Rajni; from his looks, to body language, to speech patterns... everything screams a cheap fake. The acting was unbelievably poor, the comedy was painful, the storyline was embarrassing, and I'd rather get possessed than to sit through another 150 minutes of a Raghava Lawrence ego trip.
I have also always blamed the filmmakers for these type of horrible movies, but now reading through the only 3 IMDB user reviews as of writing this, it's clear that the blame is also on these absolute braindead low IQ goobers who enable these kind of worthless movies to be made.
