<p>Film: <em>Paddehuli</em></p>.<p>Rating: 2/5</p>.<p>Language: Kannada (U/A)</p>.<p>Cast: Shreyas Manju, Nishvika Naidu, V Ravichandran, Sudharani</p>.<p>Director: Guru Deshpande</p>.<p><em>Paddehuli</em>, which is a remake of the Tamil film <span class="italic"><em>Meesaya Murukku</em></span>, justifies the charge that sandalwood filmmakers ruin the originals while remaking them.</p>.<p>Director Guru Deshpande's attempt to launch ace producer K Manju's son Shreyas goes haywire as the flick miserably fails in every department. </p>.<p>Deshpande, who had directed superhit film Raja Huli, lets down the audience as he fails in effective handling of musical romance.</p>.<p><em>Paddehuli</em> is the story of an engineering graduate's sacrifice of his love for the sake of music. Deshpande spends two hours and forty minutes to narrate this bare minimum.</p>.<p>He stuffs the film with ill-timed songs, fights, unfunny comedy scenes and allusions to the late Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan and Ambareesh that are irrelevant to the story.</p>.<p>The plot lacks an edgy, new-age subject and a realistic treatment.</p>.<p>The narrative is extremely slow and will try the audience's patience.</p>.<p>Out of 10 songs, those penned by G P Rajarathnam (Yenda Yendati), D V Gundappa (Baduku Jatakabandi), K S Narasimhaswamy (Ninna Premada Pariya), B R Lakshman Rao (Heli Hogu Kaarana) and Basavanna (Kalabeda Kolabeda) are touching, while the remaining five are buried in the sound of instruments.</p>.<p>Ajneesh Loknath, who had composed music for popular flicks such as <span class="italic"><em>Rangitaranga</em></span>, <span class="italic"><em>Ulidavaru Kandante</em></span>, <span class="italic"><em>Kirik Party</em></span> and <span class="italic"><em>Bell Bottom</em></span>, looses his mojo with the hip-hop beats.</p>.<p>Ravichandran and Sudharani, who share the screen after 26 years (they had last paired up for <span class="italic"><em>Manedevru</em></span>) in the role of protagonist's parents have done a decent job. </p>.<p>Nishvika Naidu impresses with her performance. Shreyas Manju's performance is below average, be it dialogue delivery or expressions. However, he excels in action.</p>.<p>Chandrashekar's cinematography is average. There is nothing much to mention about K M Prakash's editing.</p>.<p>Even guest appearances by Rakshit Shetty, Puneeth Rajkumar, K Manju and Yogaraj Bhat fail to elevate the flick.</p>
<p>Film: <em>Paddehuli</em></p>.<p>Rating: 2/5</p>.<p>Language: Kannada (U/A)</p>.<p>Cast: Shreyas Manju, Nishvika Naidu, V Ravichandran, Sudharani</p>.<p>Director: Guru Deshpande</p>.<p><em>Paddehuli</em>, which is a remake of the Tamil film <span class="italic"><em>Meesaya Murukku</em></span>, justifies the charge that sandalwood filmmakers ruin the originals while remaking them.</p>.<p>Director Guru Deshpande's attempt to launch ace producer K Manju's son Shreyas goes haywire as the flick miserably fails in every department. </p>.<p>Deshpande, who had directed superhit film Raja Huli, lets down the audience as he fails in effective handling of musical romance.</p>.<p><em>Paddehuli</em> is the story of an engineering graduate's sacrifice of his love for the sake of music. Deshpande spends two hours and forty minutes to narrate this bare minimum.</p>.<p>He stuffs the film with ill-timed songs, fights, unfunny comedy scenes and allusions to the late Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan and Ambareesh that are irrelevant to the story.</p>.<p>The plot lacks an edgy, new-age subject and a realistic treatment.</p>.<p>The narrative is extremely slow and will try the audience's patience.</p>.<p>Out of 10 songs, those penned by G P Rajarathnam (Yenda Yendati), D V Gundappa (Baduku Jatakabandi), K S Narasimhaswamy (Ninna Premada Pariya), B R Lakshman Rao (Heli Hogu Kaarana) and Basavanna (Kalabeda Kolabeda) are touching, while the remaining five are buried in the sound of instruments.</p>.<p>Ajneesh Loknath, who had composed music for popular flicks such as <span class="italic"><em>Rangitaranga</em></span>, <span class="italic"><em>Ulidavaru Kandante</em></span>, <span class="italic"><em>Kirik Party</em></span> and <span class="italic"><em>Bell Bottom</em></span>, looses his mojo with the hip-hop beats.</p>.<p>Ravichandran and Sudharani, who share the screen after 26 years (they had last paired up for <span class="italic"><em>Manedevru</em></span>) in the role of protagonist's parents have done a decent job. </p>.<p>Nishvika Naidu impresses with her performance. Shreyas Manju's performance is below average, be it dialogue delivery or expressions. However, he excels in action.</p>.<p>Chandrashekar's cinematography is average. There is nothing much to mention about K M Prakash's editing.</p>.<p>Even guest appearances by Rakshit Shetty, Puneeth Rajkumar, K Manju and Yogaraj Bhat fail to elevate the flick.</p>
