Saturday 13 April 2019

Kavaludaari - My View

 
A brilliant and thrilling path less traversed by recent Kannada cinema
A meticulous thriller with certain blind spots that one would gloss over in the brilliant screenplay and excellent cinematography,
To summarize, this movie packs carefully constructed sequences, blind gun shots to deceive, plot twists that only the gifted would imagine, honest actors, “Ananth Nag”- the definition of character artist, herculean tasks accomplished with simplicity and logic, hats off performance in a negative role,
I am not experienced enough to rate the nuanced acting skills of the Nag genius ( A biased fan of this underrated master of the art) nor the subtle yet apt of Achyuth kumar
The Antagonist in the earlier parts of the movie has done brilliantly (name not available to quote), Rishi has the aesthetics and the acting skills to become a super star of Kannada cinema and he has done justice to his role of the unhired yet curious detective.
No spoilers in this one as I thoroughly enjoyed it and hence the non-review of the script would connote “please see it to believe it”. Even the beginning of the film with a few seconds inspired by “Mad Men” oozes class. I will leave you with two words that should inspire Kannada cinema “Hemanth Rao” – the director of this movie and the one that directed “Godhi Banna Sadharana Maikattu”. Watch it, bedazzled! #Kavaludaari

Pic Courtesy: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/Kavaludaari.jpg

Sunday 31 March 2019

Super Deluxe- My View



Super Deluxe
Unabashed interpretation of sexual and human misgivings
My effort to understand
Upping the Ante with uber cool writing …..

Humanised transgender, trivialised theism and the associative schema of the psyche, empathised infidelity and emphasised excuse unfettered by moral restraint, porn for sexual gratification and a porn star for a family member, a sexual predator in uniform who makes unwelcome lascivious advances to the neutral and opposite genders, theory of evolution explained for layman.
And when you begin to think people can’t do much with the word eccentric, there’s an alien’s view of beauty that puts to shame a male’s vision of beauty.   

Actor – Character  - My Take
Vijay sethupathi in trance as the transgender Shilpa –Heart felt maybe repentant
Mysskin as Arputham - a confused believer and a performer of miracles - Masterful
Fahad Faisal as Mukhil – A stuggling wannabe actor - the transformed husband dealing with infidelity – Subtle and nuanced,
Samantha as Vaembu  - Flagrantly “open” champion of infidelity  - Best performance to date in her career
Bhagavathi perumal –as Berlin - A horny buffon in uniform who gets his way when sees wrong– Amazingly eccentric portrayal
Gayathrie – A traditional wife who waits all her life for the company of a person who consummated their marriage –Enough
Ramya Krishnan as Leela – An erstwhile pornstar exposed by todays cult – Mahismathi could never overdo her role – apt
Ashwanth Ashokkumar – A kind in anticipation of Father – A gender neutral child genuinely content just on having a parent as “dad” – Marvellous performance
Cinematography – It was claimed that two were involved. But this one is a seamless integration. Cant comment more owing to lack of technical knowledge. But there is a similarity in the Background music of yesteryears and the consistent frames used like in Aaranya Kandam.
Summary - A movie of amoral thrills sensitised and rationally explained to the minute detail. A dissertation on what people perceive as Amoral when they are not part of the act and the fallacy of human mind when they are a part of it.
 All amoral acts as construed by family members are to be condoned in an existential crisis by expletive thoughts of rationality dumbed down to us the laymen? Sexual urges can cause collateral damage? Find out before it is too late. Super deluxe might not stand the test of time in theatres. Though commercially, it has veiled cheap thrills to superficially exhilarate the normal, who may enjoy it when no one’s noticing and be a contagiously corrupting influence bad mouthing it to people around for his/her own good. More often than not the questions asked of us by Kumaraja weren’t open to public view, but this attempt asks questions which as a common man I do not have answers for. Please do watch and promote.