|
|
Saturday, April 20, 2024
|
|
KANNADA PUNDA
EDITOR'S PICK
`Punda` - worth watching once (Kannada Film Review)
Rating: **
Kannada film "Punda" is the remake of Dhanush-Divya
Spandana starrer "Polladhavan" released some two years ago.
Yogi, the hero of "Punda" has been acting in many remakes of films
starring Tamil star Dhanush in recent days as both of them share a similar
physicality and have been portraying middle class characters.
But the comparison ends there.
While Dhanush has built on his acting capabilities, Yogi still lags behind.
"Polladhavan" was an action entertainer which looked real and was
strong on the technical front.
"Punda" director Vasu has been faithful to the screenplay of "Polladhavan".
To that extent, Vasu has succeeded in delivering a fast paced entertainer.
However Vasu should have also tried to offset the negative points of the
original film which he has not done.
The story revolves around Yogi dreaming of getting a motorcycle. But his poor
family cannot afford to get him one. Instead his father lends him some money to
start a business, but Yogi prefers to get a secondhand motorcycle.
The rest of the story revolves around how his motorcycle gets stolen, and about
his confrontation with underworld dons.
The dance and fight sequences in the film are quite entertaining. Yogi has done
well in the action sequences, while Meghana adds a lot of sex appeal to the
film.
Petrol Prasanna is another actor who has done well in the film. Sharath
Lohithashwa, Avinash and Venkatesh have also given good performances in the
film.
Cinemetographer Chandru has done a fantastic work behind the camera, while the
tunes of original film have been lifted. Even the choreography style remains the
same as the original film.
"Punda" is worth a watch once.
