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My write-up on Spyder

Today I finally got to watch the much awaited film, Spyder. Initially I was underwhelmed with the teaser and trailer because they were poorly edited and didn't showcase the best of the film. Now talking about the plot, the protagonist ( Shiva ) is a computer genius who works at the Intelligence bureau and is clearly overqualified for his job. However he prefers his low paying desk job, mostly involving phone tapping aka mass surveillance, citing job satisfaction as reason. Things go haywire when he stumbles upon one strange call during work and messes it up unknowingly. I won't go any further with the plot since most of you are probably still planning on watching the film soon. The film opens with a cheesy, yet an interesting scene that sets up the protagonist's daily work routine along with an opening song. The story becomes more intriguing when Shiva decides to stop the mysterious antagonist. Narration is fast paced and the director doesn't waste time on min...

Spyder review by nani

Story: Shiva (Mahesh Babu) works at the Central Bureau of Intelligence. His job is to tap into the public phones to make sure they’re safe. Not satisfied enough, he develops his own software where he can try to prevent crimes before they happen, so he becomes a spy by doing that. One day, someone gets murdered which he tries to prevent but fails. He finds out this isn’t the murderer's first victim and he’s been on a killing spree all over the city. Who’s doing these murders around the city and why? How does Shiva catch the killer?  This is found out in the rest of the story. Artist Performances: Mahesh Babu is good as usual. Typical role for him so not too hard for him to perform. In emotional scenes and his intensity during climax fight is top notch. The real show stealer is S.J. Suryahs Character. You truly see him as a psycho and sadist. Every scene he is in he spell bounds you with his performance. Rakul Preet Singh had no role to play really. Just comes five minutes be...