A simpleton, working as an Usher in a Bengaluru single screen theater is suffering from insomnia. By virtue of fate, he gets introduced to pills (named Lucia) that can allow him to cultivate and experience his deep desires in the form of lucid dreams. How his dreams and real life get dramatically entangled is what gets presented in tremendous style with a classy exhibition of almost all qualities & measures a film can be gauged with.
Language:
Kannada
Running Time:
136 min
Rating:
U
Release date:
6 September 2013
Directed by:
Pawan Kumar
Produced by:
Audience films and Home Talkies
Written by:
Pawan Kumar
Starring:
Ninasam Satish
Sruthi Hariharan
Sanjay
Achyuth Kumar
Hardhika Shetty
Krishna
Music by:
Poornachandra Tejaswi
Shot by:
Siddhartha Nuni
Editing by:
Sanath-Suresh
Pawan Kumar
Distributed by:
PVR Director’s Rare

What’s Hot

  • Hats off to the writer-director Pawan Kumar for having come up with a script that is mind-bending and which teases the viewer but ultimately connects all untied ends and trolls the critic in you to perfection. The fact that it is not open-ended (unlike The American Psycho & even Mullholland Dr. to an extent which leave the audience with questions and allows them to discuss things on forums!) makes this all the more enthralling.
  • Sathish Neenasam, guy who plays the main role is a revelation. He presents a subtle contrast between the two characters he plays and when he breaks down on the death of his beloved mentor Shankranna, played expertly by seasoned actor, Achyuth Kumar, and vows to bring back life to the talkies, he brings the raw emotion on to screen brilliantly.
  • Shruthi Hariharan who plays the love interest of the protagonist is cute in her expressions and fits the role to a T. The policemen who investigate the case and the Lucia sales man have also performed adequately.
  • The film’s technical prowess is evident in both style and efficiency (that has helped this one to be made in a shoe-string budget!) Siddharth Nuni’s modern-school camerawork complements Pawan’s intentions extremely well.
  • Music by Poornachandra Tejaswi (aided in BGM by Santhosh Narayanan) is quite impressive led by the chartbuster Thinbeda Kami. The cuts are classy and combine well with the screenplay.

What’s Not

  • If there is anything to talk negative about the film, it could be the build-up given to CBI officer Sanjay whose role eventually fizzles out and makes one feel the initial build-up was unnecessary. Who knows, that could have even been to distract the viewer from what line the film is to take when it gets deep!

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A gem of an experience that, in the best possible way has explained 'There is someone with a big dream about your small life!'