<p>Ee Bannada Lokadali<br />Kannada (U) ¬¬¬<br />Director: V Ramrao Putaane<br />Cast: Ramesh Bhat, Rekha Das, Biradar, Moogu Suresh, Veena Sundar, Ramesh Pandit and others<br /><br />There have been a few films focusing on theatre, its artistes, their triumphs and tribulations and the like with Ranganayaki and most recently Aitalakadi coming to mind. <br /><br />Putaane’s Ee Bannada Lokadali steers clear of such labelling, instead offering slice-of-life comedy. Comedy that is mostly healthy with Putaane’s dialogues trashing all that’s bawdy.<br /><br /> Putaane keeps his plot simple: A TV team is about to visit a village to shoot a drama and the village-actors led by the younger brother of the village headman rope in a natakada meshtru and predictably, chaos ensue. Each character comes with his/her own baggage and the film shows how each of them deals with it — to better or deteriote their lives further.<br /><br />Led by Ramesh Bhat, known, not-so-known and practically little known actors like Rekha Das, Moogu Suresh, Biradar, Veena Sundar, Ramesh Pandit and others put up a cracker of a show. <br /><br />Though the film appears to drag a bit, the comic situations do not at any point appear stilted and contrived — a great achievement these days. Dinesh Kumar’s music complements the plot well and Ravindra Soragavi, Malathi Kanavi and other singers enrich the experience some more. <br /><br />Lack of marketable faces and 80s style-story and making may put some people off, but Ee Bannada Lokadali definitely puts some colour into wan cheeks.<br /></p>
<p>Ee Bannada Lokadali<br />Kannada (U) ¬¬¬<br />Director: V Ramrao Putaane<br />Cast: Ramesh Bhat, Rekha Das, Biradar, Moogu Suresh, Veena Sundar, Ramesh Pandit and others<br /><br />There have been a few films focusing on theatre, its artistes, their triumphs and tribulations and the like with Ranganayaki and most recently Aitalakadi coming to mind. <br /><br />Putaane’s Ee Bannada Lokadali steers clear of such labelling, instead offering slice-of-life comedy. Comedy that is mostly healthy with Putaane’s dialogues trashing all that’s bawdy.<br /><br /> Putaane keeps his plot simple: A TV team is about to visit a village to shoot a drama and the village-actors led by the younger brother of the village headman rope in a natakada meshtru and predictably, chaos ensue. Each character comes with his/her own baggage and the film shows how each of them deals with it — to better or deteriote their lives further.<br /><br />Led by Ramesh Bhat, known, not-so-known and practically little known actors like Rekha Das, Moogu Suresh, Biradar, Veena Sundar, Ramesh Pandit and others put up a cracker of a show. <br /><br />Though the film appears to drag a bit, the comic situations do not at any point appear stilted and contrived — a great achievement these days. Dinesh Kumar’s music complements the plot well and Ravindra Soragavi, Malathi Kanavi and other singers enrich the experience some more. <br /><br />Lack of marketable faces and 80s style-story and making may put some people off, but Ee Bannada Lokadali definitely puts some colour into wan cheeks.<br /></p>
