Shubham Kannada Movie
Another much awaited Kannada film "Shubham" with a new director has hit the screen only to disappoint the eagerly expectant Kannada film audience who are week after week fed with remake films.
"Shubham" director Ravi Garani had made a name for him through television daily soaps and had raised high hopes about his first directorial venture. In fact he had publicly stated that he has been making two versions of the same story and script to target the class and the mass audience to be released simultaneously through out the state. He had claimed the class version of the film which would be smaller in length and which had some different pattern of editing the re-recording would be released in cities and the mass version prints would be released in interiors. But what we are seeing now, according to the producer and director is the version which is made for masses and the same prints are now screened in all the major centers.
Frankly the mass version of the film which is under review will confuse all sections of the audience and certainly come as a dampener to the film enthusiasts who had really believed what had been claimed by the team.
To be fair to the producer and the director of the film, it has to be said that "Shubham’ has some high level of technical expertise which certainly distinguish this film from the other run of the mill films. "Shubham’ does not boast of a big star cast, but it has a good team of technical experts working for it and doing a commendable job. Giri outshines his own performance shooting some beautiful visuals in the picturesque spots of Dubare forests and Madikeri. Guru Kiran has also done his job well and songs like "Hani Hani Ibbani, Ninna Baachikolluva Aase’ have been well composed and shot. But what could these experts do when the story lacks logic and the script has too many twists and turns to confuse the viewers. The end product looks like an astonishing painting work without the soul.
Director Ravi Garani would have done well spending more time in writing a good story and script rather than concentrating more on the technical details. The major part of budget has been spent on graphics, visual splendor and the optical work of the. The director should have spent at least half of this time in writing the story. The way story is narrated on the screen, it looks as if the director had wanted the script to be week so as to fill the narration with technical inputs. The net result is that the film falls flat from the scene one to the climax where the heroine dies.
The story revolves around the Cable operator Venky who sees Priya in her house in the course of his professional duties and falls for her. Then he meets her in a couple of occasions, but will be unable to express his love for her. Priya has three brothers who form a protective ring around her and ever loving grandpa. Venky’s advances will be resisted by Priya’s brothers.
After several twists and turns which will see Venky taking Priya to forests and then being attacked later. Venky loses his mental balance, but now Priya starts loving him. There are so much of twists and confusions in the second half that even the climax looks too normal.
Shivarjun who has done many films earlier mostly in non assertive roles has a good role. He has two get ups in the film-one with the long hair and another he shaves off his head. He has worked hard to portray his role in a film which has unconvincing story. Sanjitha as the heroine is just average.
Kishor plays the role of the villain and is the pick of the artists. Veteran actor Loknath shines in the limited scope that has been offered.
The film will be more remembered for Giri’s photography than any other thing. He is certainly the best in the team. "Shubham’ has rich technical values but with a poor story and script.
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