Apurva Raagam is the story of three youngsters Roopesh (Nishan), Nancy (Nithya) and Tommy (Asif Ali). Roopesh has always been in love with Nancy, but has never had the nerve to express it. For Nancy, love is something that is beyond words. Tommy is the perfect Cupid, who would make things happen for these two.

Roopesh (Nishan) is desperately in love with Nancy his college mate (Nithya Menon), the only daughter of a moneybags dad. With the help of his friend Tomy (Asif Ali), Roopesh succeeds in having Nancy fall for him.

The narrative of the film is structured in a strange fashion. Things are quite run-of-the-mill for the first hour, and you have all the necessary campus film requisites; be it the nerve-racking songs or the customary jokes, the canteen banter or the weirdo dance steps. In fact everything except studies. Then the makers hurl the first revelation in the film on your face, and you are like, Hmm… that sounds pretty different.

And the next hour is when you get caught in a torrent of twists. Little did you know that you were to be tossed about in a whirlwind of mix-ups that hit you left, right and centre. One after the other, the film throws shockers on you, until the surprises turn out to be unsurprising. As I staggered up from the seat after the late night show, some wisecracker sitting next to me refused to budge from the seat, and with a grin said, “Wait, there might be another twist after the show.’”

A closer look at the film would reveal that ‘Apoorva Ragam’ banks heavily on its shock value than a plain sensibility that could have made it a more agreeable movie. Hence instead of judiciously driving the tale forward, it wastes its time cooking up kicks and jolts that quickly burst this balloon with one jab after the next. In short, it’s a classic case of too many twists spoiling the script.

The technical crew indulges in no wizardry. The songs of the film are quite undistinguished. Coming from Vidyasgar, and that too for a romance, they fall way off the mark and never make an impact.

The leads of the film look quite attractive. Of the young performers, Nithya wins hands down, and with a remarkable performance that follows that short-but-sweet act in ‘Kerala Café’ proves beyond doubt that she’s here to stay. Nishan and Asif are quite adequate, but they simply pale in comparison to the young girl.