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High adrenaline romance, action drama

Last Updated 29 January 2016, 20:08 IST

Viraat
Kannada (U/A)  Cast: Darshan, Isha Chawla, Vidisha Shrivastav, Chaitra Chandranath, Suhasini Maniratnam, Sumalatha, P Ravi Shankar, Sreenivasa Murthy, Padma Vasanthi
Director: H Vasu
Rating: Above Average

Viraat is a cleverly stitched social drama with high adrenaline action and mushy romance. Despite its larger social intent, H Vasu’s film is as vacuous as it can be. In fact, Viraat is about a ‘power’ struggle — to bag a power project contract that will light up villages and make Karnataka self-sufficient — between the well-meaning Viraat and mean businessman Surendra Singh.

The film is also about a ‘love struggle’ among three girls – Keerthi, Preethi and Spoorthi. Each desires to win a man of her dreams. If Keerthi wants a rich business magnate as husband, Preethi is after a He-Man, all macho, while Spoorthi is looking for someone who is also benevolent. The trio finds these qualities in Viraat and therein begins their ‘power struggle’ to snare him.

Meanwhile, Viraat is fighting his own battle against Singh. Does Singh, defeated in his nefarious designs, have a change of heart? Who among the three girls wins Viraat?

With a plethora of songs and fights, the film is simply unbearable. Challenging Star Darshan’s fans are bound to go over the moon with his machismo, but for the rest, it is indeed a challenging task to sit through the fare.

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(Published 29 January 2016, 20:08 IST)

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