In short,
Story - 3/10
Acting - 6/10 (not for Amy)
Direction - 0/10
Music - 1/10
Logic - 3/10
Dialogue Delivery - 1/10
Post Jogi, Prem lost it. Jogayya was bad but very mildly bearable. After that whatever he made, I don't even remember it(them). What happened to that director who made 'Excuse me'? That film had horrible acting by the lead actors but the film in its entirety was wonderful and the music was 'Beautiful' (Hope it was original).
Presently though, the Kannada Film Industry, also the most ignored South Indian film industry is trying hard to make sensible films with some story line, by new directors there will be directors like Prem who will see to it that it is their life's duty and lifetime goal to bring the Kannada Film Industry to its knees and spoil the industry's name, the name that was so strong a few decades back that the only regional competition was from Satyajit Ray. But thanks to shameless directors and 'star celebrities' whose main intention is money and entertainment through remakes, that just looking at the Kannada film posters with 'star celebrities' in them makes me throw up.
Now to the film. Amy Jackson's intro scene feels like she was actually sleeping. One, she can't act. Two she can't speak Kannada. The lip dub looks pathetic. Why in anyone's right mind would you chose Amy Jackson for any language film. Chose her to walk the ramp, not to act.
Saranya (playing Shivraj's mother) is a wonderful actress. But why is it that Prem couldn't find one middle aged woman in Karnataka who could act? Are Kannadigas that bad at acting? Is that what these directors/ producers are trying to say? Don't these shameful film makers have enough brains to spot talents within our state? Such a shame.
Sharath Lohitashwa playing Shivraj's father is yet another fine actor who could immortalize the role given to him provided the director has a vision to it. But here, he has hardly five minutes in the film. Why select 'actors' when you don't have any fleshy roles for them?
Next, casting one of my old time favorites, Mithun da. This man is such a fine actor that even Mani Ratnam would not ask him for a second take in the film 'Guru'. But here, he has 3 scenes and both are where he is a weak character and his dialogues are lip dubbed. What the..
The Vfx is so bad that if I start learning to do vfx by self tutoring using YouTube videos, I would make better videos than this entire film. Irresponsible spending on locations, vehicles and white men who speak dubbed Kannada. This happens in every Tamil films where characters go to some remote part of the world and find some local foreign guy speaking Tamil. Prem has adapted this here. Disgusting.
If I had watched this film in the theater, I wouldn't have missed anything but torture if I had missed the first half of the film. This film is a loose and dramatic make of the idea behind the funny Hindi film "Mujhse Shaadi Karoge" (which in itself is a remake). At 2 hours 48 minutes, this film is a torture. The entire film could have been done in 15 minutes.
When the poster of this film released, I thought Prem was remaking the Hollywood film, "Face Off" and I was enraged. Post watching this film, I wonder he better had remade "Face Off".
Post Jogi, Prem lost it. Jogayya was bad but very mildly bearable. After that whatever he made, I don't even remember it(them). What happened to that director who made 'Excuse me'? That film had horrible acting by the lead actors but the film in its entirety was wonderful and the music was 'Beautiful' (Hope it was original).
Presently though, the Kannada Film Industry, also the most ignored South Indian film industry is trying hard to make sensible films with some story line, by new directors there will be directors like Prem who will see to it that it is their life's duty and lifetime goal to bring the Kannada Film Industry to its knees and spoil the industry's name, the name that was so strong a few decades back that the only regional competition was from Satyajit Ray. But thanks to shameless directors and 'star celebrities' whose main intention is money and entertainment through remakes, that just looking at the Kannada film posters with 'star celebrities' in them makes me throw up.
Now to the film. Amy Jackson's intro scene feels like she was actually sleeping. One, she can't act. Two she can't speak Kannada. The lip dub looks pathetic. Why in anyone's right mind would you chose Amy Jackson for any language film. Chose her to walk the ramp, not to act.
Saranya (playing Shivraj's mother) is a wonderful actress. But why is it that Prem couldn't find one middle aged woman in Karnataka who could act? Are Kannadigas that bad at acting? Is that what these directors/ producers are trying to say? Don't these shameful film makers have enough brains to spot talents within our state? Such a shame.
Sharath Lohitashwa playing Shivraj's father is yet another fine actor who could immortalize the role given to him provided the director has a vision to it. But here, he has hardly five minutes in the film. Why select 'actors' when you don't have any fleshy roles for them?
Next, casting one of my old time favorites, Mithun da. This man is such a fine actor that even Mani Ratnam would not ask him for a second take in the film 'Guru'. But here, he has 3 scenes and both are where he is a weak character and his dialogues are lip dubbed. What the..
The Vfx is so bad that if I start learning to do vfx by self tutoring using YouTube videos, I would make better videos than this entire film. Irresponsible spending on locations, vehicles and white men who speak dubbed Kannada. This happens in every Tamil films where characters go to some remote part of the world and find some local foreign guy speaking Tamil. Prem has adapted this here. Disgusting.
If I had watched this film in the theater, I wouldn't have missed anything but torture if I had missed the first half of the film. This film is a loose and dramatic make of the idea behind the funny Hindi film "Mujhse Shaadi Karoge" (which in itself is a remake). At 2 hours 48 minutes, this film is a torture. The entire film could have been done in 15 minutes.
When the poster of this film released, I thought Prem was remaking the Hollywood film, "Face Off" and I was enraged. Post watching this film, I wonder he better had remade "Face Off".