Three does not deserve a '3' rating, it would warrant half of it at the most. Whatever the director set out to make, this was not it. Sekhar Suri said at the beginning of the film that 13 people start a game which only 3 people finish. The 3 people who come out alive are clear, but who are the other 10? Sekhar Suri did make the thriller 'A Film By Aravind' earlier and it was a decent grosser, but '3' falls woefully short of the mark.

What is it about: Nisha (Urvashi Sharma) is a disturbed girl. She keeps hearing the voice of a certain Shankar who threatens to kill her. She seeks the help of her neighbor, Sriram (Rishi) who in turn seeks help from a maverick psychiatrist Harsha (Harshavardhan). Harsha thinks that the girl is suffering from schizophrenia and takes her to his professor, but it is determined that she does not have schizophrenia. Sriram and Harsha decide to help her out and take her to the place where she met this Shankar earlier so that she can know the truth. Nisha meets Shankar (Santhi Chandra) who tells her that he loves her and then Nisha says that the voice she hears is not this Shankar. They stay in a guest house in a jungle where they encounter Rajeev (Rajeev Kanakala). Nisha suddenly says that it is Rajeev who wants to kill her and even complains to the police about it. What is Nisha's problem and how are all these characters related forms the crux of the story.

What is Good: To an extent, the sound effects are decent. The performances are ok, but unnecessarily eccentric. The lighting and the camerawork are also good.

What is bad: The film's script is what spoils it completely. Frankly, the above paragraph has to be the longest that I have written for a film and is still completely unclear. The editor let the film go on and on and on and on and the conclusion is a letdown. The sudden introduction of the reincarnation theory in the film seems plain silly and the getups of the actors in the past life part drew groans from the crowd. Almost 2 hours of the film is dedicated to unnecessary chills and thrills and the entire script is wrapped up in the last half hour. Urvashi Sharma might look pretty as a picture on the ramp, but is definitely not the right fit for a role that requires innumerable closeups of the heroine. The screenplay is complex and the jerky editing does not help at all.

Me Thinks: Grab a DVD of 'A Film By Aravind' and watch it all over again. Sekhar Suri is capable of much much more. Wait for the DVD if you think you must see it, you atleast have a remote in your hand then!

Tailpiece: The titles of the film are really innovative. But that is where the innovation stops and pretty much every cliché of the horror genre – shady characters, creaky doors and steps, dark and remote places find their way into the story. And whatever island the lead characters go to must be incredibly rich, it has a '5' star style restaurant called DownTown Restaurant and yet the lead characters stay in a spooky place called 'Jungle Bells'. Just does not gel!