Freddy follows the story of a 28 year old Parsi boy searching for his soulmate until he comes across Kainaaz who changes his life forever in a rather sinister manner. Now I have tried to keep the story as vague as possible here but the story does have a wicked and sinister streak to it that reminded me of the Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor starrer Fida. A rather unassuming tale turned on its head does make for a delicious watch indeed! The screenplay standing at a shade above 2 hours does make for a compelling watch.

The drama opens with the introduction of the protagonist who is a dentist and socially awkward and recluse. And having a backdrop of a Parsi household can be tricky at times as Parsis are reduced to caricature in Hindi films quite often. And I say that because I am a Parsi and our every other sentence doesn’t end with a ‘Dikraa’. But here there was an amount of restraint on display for all the characters who are Parsis. On a lighter note, I did see many Parsis in the film than in real life🤣. Ideally I would have wanted to characters to communicate with one another in Gujarati, as no Parsis communicate with one another in Hindi. But I did realise that then the entire film would not be a Hindi film either and so I did let this point slip under the radar.

The drama has a slow buildup to it, almost teasing the audience often. So if you are expecting a drama like Dexter, this ain’t that. This is more of an origin story of a potential sinister mind. With love brewing at unexpected quarters, your loyalties always lie with the protagonist, and honestly I did see a shade of my previous self in the earlier part of his character. Things take a turn after a sinister idea which does lead to an interesting chain of events. But a twist in the tale at the halfway mark did come as a shocker, although if you look closely this was predictable.

The pace of the drama and with it, its urgency is up by several knots in the second hour. A nice little cat and mouse games ensues although I had a small criticism here. Things did get slightly repetitive although supremely eventful. This was in the Sriram Raghavan zone although not exactly as dark but compelling in many ways. The investigation here is a bit of a hit and a miss with the police authorities not giveb enough screentime. However, the drama unfolding at the other quarter which forms the main plot is deliciously dark. It does lead to several spine-chilling moments particularly in the splendid final act that left me engaged. But the film probably had an outro missing(which in turn had the high missing), wherein a scene could have been added with a possibility of a sequel. But all in all, the screenplay is really well written and quite sinister.