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Kannada (U) Cast: Adiga Rakesh, Soniya Gowda, Avinash, Laxmi Chandrashekar
Director: Raju Halagur
Seeped in myriad of sentiments, debutant director Raju Halagur’s Preethiyinda turns out to be one of missed opportunity. Halagur’s honest intentions of a clean, message-oriented movie is appreciable.
However, Preethiyinda, is not backed by a strong script and nifty narration. Halagur has failed badly on this count. Brimming with preachy and pompous dialogues, Halagur turns Preethiyinda hackneyed instead of engaging, ensemble entertainer.
In Preethiyinda, Halagur focuses on a boy and a girl, caught by their affection for their respective adults. In case of Karthik, an orphan, his incorruptible love for his adoptive mother. So much so, he refuses marriage lest it leads to hurting his devotion and relationship with her.
With Bhoomika (aka Amrutha) it is her overwhelming sense of gratitude to godly Amar Kumar Pandey, wheelchair confined former Army Captain, who has given her a new lease of life following a family turmoil. She is so beholden to him that despite their age disparity, and his avowed disapproval, she seeks to wed him and devote herself in taking care of him.
Amar, however, has other aspirations for her. How do Karthik and Bhoomika meet, cupid strikes and does their romance blossom into happy matrimony? These are posers Preethiyinda explores in the most tardy and tiresome fashion, while sermonising about love, relationships, sentiments of different hues.