<p>Sirisha gets ready to be married and even chats up her groom before zooming off, leading DIG Rudresh Gowda on a wild goose chase. A distracted Gowda chances upon Hari, whom he had last dispatched off to the cells, striding purposefully towards him. <br /><br />Hari disables Gowda’s car and before the latter can recover, makes good his escape astride Sirisha’s bike while pumping a couple of bullets into Gowda’s chest. So is it all “Shubham” at the end then?<br /><br />The film is a heady mix of love, drama, comedy and of course, revenge. Ayyappa P Sharma takes his time getting the hang of the film, but the plot takes over the second half pretty well. Rajesh Kata’s camerawork appears too busy but suffices. <br /><br />Varadanayaka brings Sudeep and Chiranjeevi Sarja before Kannada audience one and two years after their previous Kannada releases respectively. <br /><br />With a powerful role, Sudeep flexes his acting muscles to the most pleasing effect—shrieks and seetis accompany each dialogue and the dishoom-dishoom punch much before they leave the actor! Indeed, Sudeep towers above the rest — scorching even Chiranjeevi’s hard work as the younger brother, till the time he is onscreen.</p>.<p> It is only in the remaining scenes of the second half that Chiranjeevi comes into his own but it’s a little late by then. <br /><br />Nikesha Patel, reprising Anushka’s role in the original, gets more screentime here and shows more gumption than required during the lip-lock or other pout-worthy occasions. A diction coach would do wonders for this actress.<br /><br /> Ravishankar’s menace is intact, without descending to irritating levels. Shobhraj revels in his bumbling-idiot-aide role, while Sharath Lohitashwa, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Padmaja Rao, Jai Jagadish, Sathyajit, Chitra Shenoy, Dharma and others have precious little to do. <br /><br />Sameera Reddy, after pleasing turns in films like Varanam Aayiram for one, debuts in Kannada and gets Rebel Star and his beautiful actress wife Sumalatha introduce her eye-catching number “baithe.. baat karlenge” (set to tune by the irrepressible Arjun Janya) with the red-hot Sudeep.</p>.<p> She also has the luxury of getting the correct artiste to dub her voice though only for around 100 words. But her new slim look is almost lost with a blink-n-miss role –- she’s left literally holding a baby! But was she necessary for THIS film? <br /><br />Varadanayaka leaves behind questions like these, but for fans of Sudeep, nothing matters. Their idol delivers.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Sirisha gets ready to be married and even chats up her groom before zooming off, leading DIG Rudresh Gowda on a wild goose chase. A distracted Gowda chances upon Hari, whom he had last dispatched off to the cells, striding purposefully towards him. <br /><br />Hari disables Gowda’s car and before the latter can recover, makes good his escape astride Sirisha’s bike while pumping a couple of bullets into Gowda’s chest. So is it all “Shubham” at the end then?<br /><br />The film is a heady mix of love, drama, comedy and of course, revenge. Ayyappa P Sharma takes his time getting the hang of the film, but the plot takes over the second half pretty well. Rajesh Kata’s camerawork appears too busy but suffices. <br /><br />Varadanayaka brings Sudeep and Chiranjeevi Sarja before Kannada audience one and two years after their previous Kannada releases respectively. <br /><br />With a powerful role, Sudeep flexes his acting muscles to the most pleasing effect—shrieks and seetis accompany each dialogue and the dishoom-dishoom punch much before they leave the actor! Indeed, Sudeep towers above the rest — scorching even Chiranjeevi’s hard work as the younger brother, till the time he is onscreen.</p>.<p> It is only in the remaining scenes of the second half that Chiranjeevi comes into his own but it’s a little late by then. <br /><br />Nikesha Patel, reprising Anushka’s role in the original, gets more screentime here and shows more gumption than required during the lip-lock or other pout-worthy occasions. A diction coach would do wonders for this actress.<br /><br /> Ravishankar’s menace is intact, without descending to irritating levels. Shobhraj revels in his bumbling-idiot-aide role, while Sharath Lohitashwa, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Padmaja Rao, Jai Jagadish, Sathyajit, Chitra Shenoy, Dharma and others have precious little to do. <br /><br />Sameera Reddy, after pleasing turns in films like Varanam Aayiram for one, debuts in Kannada and gets Rebel Star and his beautiful actress wife Sumalatha introduce her eye-catching number “baithe.. baat karlenge” (set to tune by the irrepressible Arjun Janya) with the red-hot Sudeep.</p>.<p> She also has the luxury of getting the correct artiste to dub her voice though only for around 100 words. But her new slim look is almost lost with a blink-n-miss role –- she’s left literally holding a baby! But was she necessary for THIS film? <br /><br />Varadanayaka leaves behind questions like these, but for fans of Sudeep, nothing matters. Their idol delivers.<br /><br /></p>
