Yet another Friday, yet another Kannada film failing to understand the pulse of its audience. The director’s lack of confidence is apparent as Dwarakanath settles for the low-hanging fruit of a done-to-death template, which involves the ‘hero introduction’ song, a series of silly scenes that are supposed to be funny, an unimaginative way of showing the hero wooing a woman, …
Watching the protagonist Ram in Kousalya Supraja Rama reminds you of V Ravichandran’s titular character in the 1996 Kannada film Sipayi. But in director Shashank’s Kousalya Supraja Rama, the writing of the female character suits the times we live in; she is progressive enough to show her back on a man who needs constant ego-massaging. Kausalya Supraja Rama Director: Shashank …
As Valentine’s Week rolls on and we prepare for February 14, we’re arming you a watchlist from regional languages in keeping with the mushy mood all around. While most love stories end happily, director KS Ashoka goes off the usual track to give it a rather shocking ending, proving that not everything is always hunky dory in real life. Googly …
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