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Kannada (A) Cast: Siddharth Mahesh, Shruthi Hariharan, Achyut Kumar, Sanchari Vijay
Director: Rajath Mahee
A launch pad for debutant Siddharth Mahesh, Sipaayi is an out and out commercial flick. Neither engaging nor anywhere entertaining, Sipaayi offers nothing new, nor has it got to do anything with solider and battle, despite the misnomer title.
The film visits same old theme of politically ambitious mafia don ruling roost — dealing in drugs, ammunitions, trafficking, and mercilessly shooting down those who defy his hegemony, and hero singlehandedly bringing them to book.
In Sipaayi you have retired reporter Narasimha’s son Siddu taking up the mission of exposing the evil Virat, menace to society. Despite dad’s misigivings, Siddu dares to take up the challenge.
He infiltrates into Virat’s circle warming up to don’s cronies and feeds information to TV channel run by Vishwanath for his exposes. On assignment by former college principal to find out those behind peddling drugs to students, Siddu comes across Divya and it is love at first sight.
Told in flashback and fast forward manner, the film tiresomely speaks of how Siddu helps Virat in decimating rival Gangaraju, and how, in the course of his mission, his father is kidnapped by goons for exposing their nefarious activities. Siddu loses his memory like in Ghajini during his mission. How Siddu frees his father from their clutches, helps police nab venemous Virat, besides getting back his memory forms rest of the stale saga.
Brimming with listless jokes, equally lanquid romance, the film saps your energy than entertain.
The sad thing is Shruthi Hariharan is wasted in inconsequential role as Siddu’s love interest. It is hard to digest national award winner Sanchari Vijay reduced to Siddu’s sidekick.