Writer and director Rathindran R Prasad chooses a textbook approach to the ‘monster in the house’ genre. Much of the first act is filled with cliches like a phone that works without signal or battery, a ghost that can only be seen in a photograph, a woman who can’t stop screaming and so on. Prithvi Chandrashekar’s music only adds to the cliches. There is little by way of addition or surprise to these tropes that the film fails to evoke any sense of horror. The dialogues here are also contrived, the writers bending over backwards to give the viewer all information. In the car journey from the airport Gayathri swears in surprise about the forests that surround the colonial property — “I strongly recommend we only work on the buildings and not touch the landscapes,” she says. Gautham on the other hand plans to do exactly the opposite. Will a renowned architect fly halfway across the globe without so much as knowing what the intent of the project is? Even if it’s for a close friend? If execution of the genre elements is ineffective, the social themes sound confused. In her introduction, Samyukta, a counselling psychologist, reprimands a mother of a child with a psychological disorder. “Ungalukku than counselling kudukkanum,” (it’s you who needs counselling) she snaps, as if reminding us that it’s the neurotypicals who need to be educated about neurodiversity.Download Boomika (2021) Tamil (Hindi Audio) Movie Web – DL || 480p [420MB] ||720p [660MB]