Lisaa

Lisaa is a 2019 Indian Tamil stereoscopic horror film written and directed by Raju Viswanath on his directorial debut. The film stars Anjali, Sam Jones and Makarand Deshpande.[1] This film is India's first ever stereoscopic 3D horror film.[2] The film opened to negative reviews.[3][4]

Lisaa
Poster
Directed byRaju Viswanath
Produced byP. G. Muthiah
Written byRaju Viswanath
StarringAnjali
Sam Jones
Makarand Deshpande
Music bySanthosh Dhayanidhi
CinematographyPG Muthiah
Edited bySN Fazil
Production
company
PG Media Works
Release date
  • 24 May 2019 (2019-05-24)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Lisaa (Anjali) decides to meet her grandparents and get a nod from them for her single mother’s (Kalyani Natarajan) second marriage. As Lisaa is planning to leave to the US, she wants her mother to have a companion and hence, insists her to remarry.

However, Lisaa’s mother says that her husband unexpectedly lost his life only because she married him without the consent of her parents. Now Lisaa, along with her friend Jagadeesh (Sam Jones) go on a five-day trip to the Western Ghats to convince her grandparents.

From the beginning, Lisaa and Jaggu find that the former’s grandparents behave abnormally. Later, they find out that the old couple has murdered several youngsters. The climax also unveils the real identity of the old couple and their reason behind their brutal murders.

Cast

Production

The film was announced by debutant director Raju Viswanath and revealed that the film will be woman oriented thriller based genre starring Anjali in the main lead.[5] The filming began during July 2018 with most of the scenes of the film were shot in Kodaikanal and Hyderabad. The film was also dubbed in Telugu and Hindi. The portions of the film were cranked using Helium 8K camera with the film made using 3D technology.[2]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Santhosh Dhayanidhi.[6]

Lisaa
Soundtrack album by
Santhosh Dhayanidhi
Released2019
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length12:13
ProducerSanthosh Dhayanidhi
Santhosh Dhayanidhi chronology
Madura Veeran
(2018)		 Lisaa
(2019)		 Thumbaa
(2019)
Track listing (Tamil)
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Neethane En Thoovanam"Swagatha S. Krishnan4:01
2."Raththa Vettai"Deepthi Suresh, Ala B Bala, Veena Murali, Sowmya Ramani Mahadevan, Mahalingam2:37
3."Aararo Aariraro"Bamba Bakya2:51
4."Lisaa Lisaa"Varun Parandhaman2:44
Total length:12:13

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. Times of India wrote "With cardboard characters and storytelling that lacks depth, even 3D doesn’t save this good script."[7] India Today wrote "Anjali's Lisaa abounds with jump scares and insipid comic scenes. Debutant director Raju Viswanath has a decent premise."[8] Sify wrote "It’s quite evident that debutant director Raju Viswanath has touched the untold stories of the elder citizen added an emotional ending along with a supernatural angle to serve it as the typical Tamil horror thriller, which ends with a preachy social message."[9]

References
  1. Sudha, K (23 May 2019). "Horror sans cliches". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. Pattikonda, Gautham. "Anjali's next is a horror genre titled Lisaa and will India's first 3D stereoscopic film". Pinkvilla. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. "Lisaa 3D Review: Yawn-Inducing Horror Film With A Message". 25 May 2019.
  4. "Lisaa movie review: This 3D 'horror' film is an awful mess". 24 May 2019.
  5. "Anjali plays the lead in the 3D horror film Lisaa - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. "Lisaa Songs: Lisaa MP3 Tamil Songs by Santhosh Dhayanidhi Online Free on Gaana.com" – via gaana.com.
  7. "Lisaa Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Lisaa by Times of India" – via timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  8. Chennai, Kirubhakar Purushothaman (24 May 2019). "Lisaa Movie Review: Anjali's horror film is a decent idea wasted". India Today.
  9. "Review : Lisaa review: It is neither thrilling or engaging! (2019)". www.sify.com.
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