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'DR. 56' review: An intriguing medico crime thriller

DR. 56 is a film stitched around a murder mystery with the usual characters associated with an investigative thriller finding their way into the project. However, what sets it apart is how the protagonist is portrayed as an innocent victim of a much broader plan.

Apart from the inherent engagement factor of mystery films, director Rakesh Anandleela uses basic emotions and family sentiments as an ideal tool to bridge medical theories and a cinematic experience. And, honestly, the filmmaker succeeds to an extent.

The story revolves around Arjun (Praveen), a theatre artist who is suffering from an illness and has to take a pill every 56 minutes. Parallel to his misery is a murder investigation of three neurosurgeons. Investigation officer Priya Krishna (Priyamani) and the team find Arjun to be a suspect after going through CCTV footage.

The brisk narrative follows his weak situation while revealing the scope of the medical mafia and its involvement in a surgery gone wrong. Does Arjun have any connection with the medical mafia? There is also a dog finding its way into the narrative, which has enough twists to keep us gripped by the proceedings.

Director Rajesh has truffled the first half with suspense, drama, and crisp investigation sequences. However, the second half is diluted when Priya Krishna meets Dr Ashwath (Deepak Shetty), and the two go on a lengthy exposition about the medical mafia and its consequences. Praveen who dons multiple hats in the film, including actor, producer, and writer, does a convincing job in all departments. Priyamani gives another terrific performance, and the intelligence of her character is a highlight of the role.

The cinematography by Rakesh Thilak and the background score by Nobil Paul elevate this mystery film. Excluding the inclusion of certain commercial elements, DR 56 is quite an enjoyable murder mystery that will find welcome among the faithful of that genre.

DR.56 Director: Rajesh AnandaLeela Cast: Priyamani, Praveen, Deepak Raj Shetty, Ramesh Bhat, Veena Ponnappa, Rupesh Kumar, Rohit, Yethiraj, Manjunath Hegde, and Swathi Rating: 2.5/5

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DR 56 Movie Review: An intriguing medico-crime thriller

Rating: ( 2.5 / 5).

DR. 56 is a film stitched around a murder mystery with the usual characters associated with an investigative thriller finding their way into the project. However, what sets it apart is how the protagonist is portrayed as an innocent victim of a much broader plan. Apart from the inherent engagement factor of mystery films, director Rakesh Anandleela uses basic emotions and family sentiments as an ideal tool to bridge medical theories and a cinematic experience. And, honestly, the filmmaker succeeds to an extent.

Director: Rajesh AnandaLeela

Cast: Priyamani, Praveen, Deepak Raj Shetty, Ramesh Bhat  

The story revolves around Arjun (Praveen), a theater artist who is suffering from an illness and has to take a pill every 56 minutes. Parallel to his misery is a murder investigation of three neurosurgeons. Investigation officer Priya Krishna (Priyamani) and the team find Arjun to be a suspect after going through CCTV footage. The brisk narrative follows his weak situation while revealing the scope of the medical mafia and its involvement in a surgery gone wrong. Does Arjun have any connection with the medical mafia? There is also a dog finding its way into the narrative, which has enough twists to keep us gripped by the proceedings.

Director Rajesh has truffled the first half with suspense, drama, and crisp investigation sequences. However, the second half is diluted when Priya Krishna meets Dr. Ashwath (Deepak Shetty), and the two go on a lengthy exposition about the medical mafia, and its consequences.  Praveen who dons multiple hats in the film, including actor, producer, and writer, does a convincing job in all departments. Priyamani gives another terrific performance, and the intelligence of her character is a highlight of the role.

The cinematography by Rakesh Thilak and the background score by Nobil Paul elevate this mystery film. Excluding the inclusion of certain commercial elements, DR 56 is quite an enjoyable murder mystery that will find welcome among the faithful of that genre. 

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Arjun is a theater artist who is suffering from an illness and has to take a pill every 56 minutes. Parallel to his misery is a murder investigation of three neurosurgeons lead by CBI officer Priya Krishna. Priya meets Dr Ashwath and the two go on an exposition about the medical mafia and its consequences.

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Director Rajesh Anandaleela’s murder mystery, which released in December last year, is now available to stream

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Dr 56 was Priya Mani’s first release in Kannada in three years. The Kannada-Tamil bilingual, directed by Rajesh Anandaleela, was an investigative thriller about a murder mystery, involving a protagonist who has to take a certain pill every 56 minutes. When he is then embroiled in the murder investigation of three neurosurgeons, the investigation officer has to figure out if he is the culprit or an innocent victim.

Speaking to OTTplay about her role in the film, Priya had said, “Dr 56 is a medical thriller wherein which we have tried to give audiences a subtle message to be more aware and mindful of people like medical professionals and hospital authorities, who we trust just as much as god, perhaps, and that what you see may not be what you get from them. 99% of the time, all may be well, but there is always the chance that there could be scam or medical mafia at play that we may not know about. This film looks at one such incident that has happened in real life, which could, for all you know, still be happening in India or outside the country too. We are just trying to shine light on the fact that healthcare scams and medical mafia exist and that we need to look out for ourselves.” The actress had added that the fact that it was true story appealed to her.

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The film, which released in theatres in early December, did not have a great run at the box office, but its digital rights have now been picked up and is now available to stream. Dr 56 has been bought by Amazon Prime Video and the film is on the platform now.

Dr 56, which has music by 777 Charlie fame Nobin Paul, also stars Deepak Shetty and Praveen, among others.

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Yearning to watch ' Dr 56 ' on your TV or mobile device at home? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Rajesh AnandaLeela-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out. Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Dr 56' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'Dr 56' right now, here are some finer points about the HariHara Pictures thriller flick. Released , 'Dr 56' stars Priyamani , T. Praveen Reddy , Deepak Shetty , Ramesh Bhat The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min, and received a user score of 57 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 3 respected users. Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Arjun is a theater artist who is suffering from an illness and has to take a pill every 56 minutes Parallel to his misery is a murder investigation of three neurosurgeons lead by CBI officer Priya Krishna Priya meets Dr Ashwath and the two go on an exposition about the medical mafia and its consequences" 'Dr 56' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Amazon Video, and Yupp TV .

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  • Release Date 9 December 2022
  • Language Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
  • Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
  • Duration 1h 46min
  • Cast Priyamani, Manjunath Hegde, Veena Ponnappa, Ramesh Bhat, Praveen, Deepak, PR
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Priya (Priyamani), a CBI officer, comes to the city for investigation of a murder mystery case. Arjun, is suffering from some strange disease. How this mystery is solved by these two people forms the basis of the story.

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அம்பத்தாறு நிமிடங்களுக்கு ஒருமுறை மாத்திரை எடுத்துக் கொள்ளாவிட்டால் இறந்துவிடக்கூடிய நபரொருவர், ஒரு விஞ்ஞானியையும் இரண்டு மருத்துவர்களையும் கொன்ற குற்றத்திற்காக்க் கைது செய்யப்படுகிறார். அவர் யார், அவருக்கும் அந்தக் கொலைகளுக்கும் தொடர்பு என்பதே படத்தின் கதை.

அந்தக் கொலை வழக்கை விசாரிக்கும் சி.பி.ஐ. அதிகாரியாக பிரியாமணி நடித்துள்ளார். மிடுக்கான நடை, அலட்சியமான பார்வை என்று புறத்தோற்றத்தில் அசத்தலான அதிகாரியாக உள்ளார். கிடைக்கும் துப்புகளை ஒருவரைச் சட்டென கைதும் செய்துவிடுகிறார். ஆனால், உண்மையான குற்றவாளியோ, வழக்கிற்கு உதவுவது போல் ப்ரியாமணியிடம் குற்றத்தைப் பற்றி ஒப்பிக்கிறார். ‘சாவதற்கு முன் உண்மைகளை சி.பி.ஐ. அதிகாரி அறிந்து கொள்ளட்டுமே!’ என்ற நல்லெண்ண அடிப்படையில் வில்லன் செயல்படுவது திரைக்கதைக்கு வேட்டு வைக்கும் காரியம்.

குற்றங்களை மூடி மறைப்பதோடு மட்டுமல்லாமல், சிபிஐ அதிகாரியையே கொல்லத் துணியும் வில்லனாக ராஜ் தீபக் ஷெட்டி கம்பீரம் காட்டியுள்ளார். அப்படி வம்படியாகப் போய்க் கொல்லும் அவசியம் நேராத பொழுதும் அதைச் செய்கிறார். கதையிலுள்ள சுவாரசியம், திரைக்கதை ஓட்டத்தில் பிரதிபலிக்காதது குறையாக உள்ளது.

முதற்பாதியில், நாயகன் பிரவீன் ரெட்டிக்கு (PR) அற்புதமான ஸ்க்ரீன் ஸ்பேஸை வழங்கியுள்ளனர். பாதி உடல் இறந்த நிலையிலும், அசத்தலாக சண்டை செய்கிறது அவர் ஏற்றிருக்கும் பாத்திரம். கூத்துப்பட்டறைக் கலைஞராக பிரம்மாண்டமான செட்டமைப்பில் ஆவேசமாகப் பாடலுக்கு நடனமாடுகிறார்.

மருத்துவ ஆராய்ச்சிக்கு, மிருகங்களைப் பயன்படுத்துவதையே தவறு எனக் குரல்கள் எழும் நிலையில், மனிதர்களைக் கடத்திப் பரிசோதனைக்கு பலி கொடுக்கும் கொடுமையைக் கடுமையாகச் சாடுகிறது படம். நாயகன், சிபிஐ அதிகாரி, வில்லன் ஆகியோர் தொடர் கொலைகளில் எந்தப் புள்ளியில் இணைகின்றனர் என்பதைக் கூடுதல் சுவாரசியத்துடன் அளித்திருக்கலாம் இயக்குநர். படத்தை, அசத்தலான மேக்கிங்கில் தொடங்கி ஈர்க்கிறார் இயக்குநர் ராஜேஷ் ஆனந்த் லீலா. அதற்குத் துணை செய்யும் திரைக்கதை அமையப் பெறாததால் Dr. 56-ஆல் நெஞ்சை நிமர்த்திக் கம்பீரமாகக் கவனத்தை ஈர்க்கத் தவறிவிடுகிறது.

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