In a village, Chandrashekara Gowda (Sharan) is the Adhyaksha of 'Chi Thu Sangha' (Chintheyilladha ThundaikLa Sangha), which is a way of saying that he is the President of all the lazy and unproductive people in the village and the 'Chi Thu' is a form of taunting and putting down the members of the association. He wants to make a high school teacher fall in love with him and a 11th standard student, Aishwarya (Raksha), is the unwitting mule for his love messages to the teacher. Her father, Shivarudhre Gowda (Ravishankar), brings in a groom to get his third and youngest girl married off. Even though he is a powerful village head and is proud of having three daughters, he lives in constant fear of his daughter eloping with a boy like what his neighbour had been saying for years now. However, his plan is foiled by Chandru who stops 17-year-old Raksha's marriage by involving the police on account of her being a minor. As Raksha slowly becomes infatuated with Chandru and starts keeping his gifts for herself, her teacher gets married off. Chandru refuses to entertain her half-clues and sees her only as a kid... That is until he sees her in a different light in a procession of a God. Even if he convinces her to love him, he will also have to deal with her fearsome, gun-toting father.
The soul of any comedy movie is the ability of its cast and the strength of its script to make the audience forget their worries and smile/laugh for 120-150 mins. From the director of Victory and acted by a very able cast, the narration is fluid and the laughs flow quickly and easily. Though the story is a derivative one, I enjoyed it a lot (and judging by the audience who were in splits, so did everyone else) and its a testament to the brilliant screenplay. Sharan and his Upaadhyaksha (Vice-President), ChikkaNNa, make an excellent pair with their believable friendship and fantastic dialogue delivery. Sharan excels in comedy scenes, but is believably uncharming in the romantic scenes as his character demands. Aishu is overshadowed by her father and Sharan for most of the movie and her dialogue delivery leaves much to be desired. I am flabbergasted that the producers didn't want to get a beautiful and talented actress who could speak Kannada properly. Credit where credit's due though; the actress is very pretty and leaves quite an impression in one's heart when she tries her best. Sharan's co-star from the blockbuster 'Victory', Asmitha Sood makes a fun cameo as the teacher. Reality show Indian's fans will be pleasantly surprised as well. Ravishankar who is synonymous with playing terrifying villains will shock the audience with his comedy. Since I already knew what a sweetheart Ravishankar is from his Bigg Boss appearance, I was thoroughly entertained.
Arjun Janya's music is an impressive highlight which manages to blend itself into the story. Though a remake of a Tamil film, the music is original and highly addictive and its been integrated into our village culture brilliantly. 'Ponu Illa, Message Illa Nindhu' brings in quite a bit of stars from Kannada cinema and is a particular favourite of mine due to its ability to make one ponder about its deeper meanings while still being plain fun on the surface. Irony is, I didn't like it one bit when I first listened to it, but now can't get enough of it. Power star Puneeth Rajkumar has sung the chartbuster title track as well. The cinematography is rich and pleasing to the eyes. Make no mistake, if you want to have a fun time at the cinemas, forget all the stupid and dull movies from Hindi or Telugu, this is your best bet. Make some room for the antics of the Chi Thu Sangha and enjoy one of the best movies of the year with your family.
8.5/10
The soul of any comedy movie is the ability of its cast and the strength of its script to make the audience forget their worries and smile/laugh for 120-150 mins. From the director of Victory and acted by a very able cast, the narration is fluid and the laughs flow quickly and easily. Though the story is a derivative one, I enjoyed it a lot (and judging by the audience who were in splits, so did everyone else) and its a testament to the brilliant screenplay. Sharan and his Upaadhyaksha (Vice-President), ChikkaNNa, make an excellent pair with their believable friendship and fantastic dialogue delivery. Sharan excels in comedy scenes, but is believably uncharming in the romantic scenes as his character demands. Aishu is overshadowed by her father and Sharan for most of the movie and her dialogue delivery leaves much to be desired. I am flabbergasted that the producers didn't want to get a beautiful and talented actress who could speak Kannada properly. Credit where credit's due though; the actress is very pretty and leaves quite an impression in one's heart when she tries her best. Sharan's co-star from the blockbuster 'Victory', Asmitha Sood makes a fun cameo as the teacher. Reality show Indian's fans will be pleasantly surprised as well. Ravishankar who is synonymous with playing terrifying villains will shock the audience with his comedy. Since I already knew what a sweetheart Ravishankar is from his Bigg Boss appearance, I was thoroughly entertained.
Arjun Janya's music is an impressive highlight which manages to blend itself into the story. Though a remake of a Tamil film, the music is original and highly addictive and its been integrated into our village culture brilliantly. 'Ponu Illa, Message Illa Nindhu' brings in quite a bit of stars from Kannada cinema and is a particular favourite of mine due to its ability to make one ponder about its deeper meanings while still being plain fun on the surface. Irony is, I didn't like it one bit when I first listened to it, but now can't get enough of it. Power star Puneeth Rajkumar has sung the chartbuster title track as well. The cinematography is rich and pleasing to the eyes. Make no mistake, if you want to have a fun time at the cinemas, forget all the stupid and dull movies from Hindi or Telugu, this is your best bet. Make some room for the antics of the Chi Thu Sangha and enjoy one of the best movies of the year with your family.
8.5/10