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Anomie movie review: Bhavana’s sci-fi thriller failed by too many derivative elements

Published - February 06, 2026 08:17 pm IST Anomie revolves around Zaara Philip (Bhavana), a forensic expert, who begins to look at a series of deaths that has happened in a locality after her brother goes missing. Genre cinema often comes with its expected trappings which unless backed by exceptional writing skills, gives the audience that sinking feeling of going through the motions. Anomie, written and directed by Riyas Marath, has several phases which convey a sense of ‘been there, done that,’ but as with many thrillers of late, the writer goes to great extents to ensure that the mystery about the series of killings is something beyond our wildest guesses.

Anomie movie review: Bhavana’s sci-fi thriller failed by too many derivative elements

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Key Highlights

  • Just that this far-fetched idea had to sound a tad bit more convincing for it to work.
  • Anomie revolves around Zaara Philip (Bhavana), a forensic expert, who begins to look at a series of deaths that has happened in a locality after her brother Ziyan (Shebin Benson) goes missing.
  • She unearths patterns that Ghibran (Rahman), the police officer who was assigned to her brother’s missing case, failed to notice.
  • The search from both ends lead to something sinister beyond their imaginations.
  • In the initial half, the film looks and feels derivative, be it with the much overused side story of the cop with an emotional baggage or in its colour grading or dialogues, which are meant to be merely functional and expository in nature.
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