Nanda Deepa Kannada Movie
Nandadeepa is a tear jerker film from start to finish. The producer and director of the film have no pretensions and have been honest enough to claim that it would be difficult for the audience to come back from the theatres without wiping the tears. And debutant director Shivu Hiremath makes it sure that he uses the crudest ways of narration to make people cry.
Watching the sequences of Nandadeepa rolling on the screen from the beginning, you may well wonder how such films are made even in these times of email chatting and tele conference. And film makers like Anaji Nagaraj may well argue that many sequences in the film are only the reflection of real life incidents that many people have encountered.
Nandadeepa is based on a poem "Kanneerina Kathe' written by Singer and lyricist Gururaja Hoskote nearly thirty five years ago. May be his story would have some releavance during those times, but in these days of globalization and reforms and a gradual change of life styles, the film certainly looks out of place. And the film's narration also belongs to the seventies.
Nandadeepa is the story of a young innocent boy being tortured by his step mother. And Shivu Hiremath has many sequences that are doctored to make the audience weep. His target is mainly the rural audience who are believed to enjoy such tear jerkers. And the sequences are sure to moisten the eyes of female audience.
Acting wise Devaraj and Shruthi who are seen briefly in the film speak in old Mysore Kannada dialect, while the other artists speak in the Northern Karnataka dialect. Master Manoj has delivered a good performance. All the other artists are just okay.
M.R.Seenu's photography is a plus point. Harikrishna's music lacks the punch seen in other films.
Nandadeepa is just an okay film. Audience who want to cry in the theatres continuously can watch this film.
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