Bindas Hudugi

All robbers have a heart

The chief minister (Mangalore Suresh) and his coterie of ministers are in trouble. The taxman is behind them and they have to stash away their ill-gotten wealth quickly. The CM’s servant (Mohan Juneja) is entrusted with the entire Rs 200 crore booty for safekeeping. The raids go off smoothly but trouble begins when the servant vanishes with the money.

A desperate chief minister hires the services of a conwoman Devi (Priya Hassan) to locate the servant and more important, find about the location of the money. Unknown to him, his colleagues assign a couple of crooks to keep an eye on Devi. From here on, it should have been a cat-n-mouse game, but Bindas Hudugi turns into another platform for actor-director Priya to showcase her allround abilities. A face that will never launch a thousand ships and a heavy-set body do not come in the way of her ambitions. Bringing to mind Malashri of yore, Priya bashes up the goons or shakes a leg or two, whenever fancy strikes. This desire to dominate the audience is perhaps the main drawback of the film, distracting the viewers from the plot, already weakened by the absence of a competent writer.

The glaring loopholes coupled with average music create moments of exasperation.  Newcomer Ravishankar and senior actresses Jayanthi and Girija Lokesh are relegated to being just passers-by. The saving grace are Sharan’s comic timing and Priya herself with her clear enjoyment of landing punches. Priya, however, needs to improve her body language and modulate her voice better.