|
|
Saturday, April 20, 2024
|
|
KANNADA MALE BILLE
EDITOR'S PICK
Rating: **
Director Mahesh Sukhadhare showed lot of promise in his first two films "Sambhrama"
and "Sainika", but he failed to live up to expectations in the movies
that followed. He returns to direction after a gap of nearly five years with
"Male Bille", but his attempt turns out to be a damp squib.
The movie, which has been produced by Mahesh, makes for a tedious view for
Kannada film audiences who have been overburdened with many mediocre films in
recent times.
"Male Bille" doesn`t have a believable story and it often looks like a
collage of sequences shown in many youth-oriented films. From the first sequence
itself, the movie looks too predictable and boring.
Mahesh also shows poor taste by incorporating some really tiresome comedy
sequences that look out of place for the film.
Though Manikanth Kadri has come out with classic compositions, the director has
not been able to translate them well on the celluloid. Even the dialogues seem
very ordinary and fail to make any impact.
In "Male Bille", Anjali, who hails from a middle class family, comes
to Bangalore to take an engineering exam. While travelling in a bus, she meets
Anand, a happy-go-lucky guy.
Anjali feels Anand is an irresponsible person who is disinterested in studies.
Anjali finally passes her course to become a software engineer, but Anand ends
up as a poorly paid sales promotion agent.
Anjali humiliates Anand and is set to marry her boss Akash. But just before her
marriage, she comes to know that she was able to answer her engineering entrance
test because of Anand. This puts Anjali in a dilemma.
Diganth is good in a few sequences but his characterisation is sketchy. Debutant
Akshay fails to make an impact. Pragna looks convincing as a software engineer,
but she overacts as a college girl taking the engineering exams. Doddanna
delivers a good performance in the police inspector`s role.
Manikanth Kadri`s music is impressive. Two songs of the film "Chandamaama,
Chandamaama" and "Nanage Ninna Muddisuvaase" have become popular.
However, Kadri trips in his background music which oscillates between good and
average.
"Male Bille" turns out to be just ordinary fare.
