Dashing hero Darshan is like a credit card today in Kannada cinema. The intelligent director only can encash his popularity. This is what exactly director cum efficient dialogue writer M.S.Ramesh has done in 'Swamy'. He has used his brain power while Darshan has used his…

Director Prem on the way to hit a hat trick (his earlier two - Kariya and Excuse Me are super hits) has not belied the expectations. The hype and hoopla generated by this film from the beginning is in tact and well served to the…

Story -writer Ajaykumar has rehashed some of the yesteryear hit Kannada films of Dr.Rajkumar era. The box office hit of Dr.Rajkumar 'Sampathige Savaal' is the inspiration for 'Auto Shanker'. Nevertheless this is a high voltage action packed film with dose of sentiments, comedy, good music…

In his debut direction in Kannada Veerashanker is good in bits and pieces. All is not well in 'Namma Basava'. Comparing Puneeth earlier films is inevitable. 'Akash' is a much better film than 'Namma Basava'. Puneeth's excellence in stunts and cool as cucumber in acting…

The hype and hoopla created by this film 'Amrutha Dhaare' just because of the guest appearance of icon of Indian cinema Amitabh Bachchan is a neatly made film for the family. But that does not mean there are no bottlenecks in the film. For the…

Deadly Soma is badly made film. The glorification of violence, bloodshed, cutting the heads, legs and hands are very crude and it is as if made for the underworld fraternity. Ravi Srivatsa has no moral responsibility and he has picked the story of ex underworld…

With nearly 100 films to his credit actor Abijeeth in his home production try to get the image of action hero. He is partly successful while the film is good in bits and pieces. Why Abijeeth with so much of experience has kept so many…

A long and protracted film is good in bits and pieces. The story is wafer thin. The director has forgotten that he is living in the 21st century and makes it slow pace in narration. When one asks what ails Kannada film industry the answer…

The title and audio cassette you hear, you get the essence of this film. The subject is as old as Indian cinema. The inspiration is derived from 'Nalla Thangadevi'. The luxurious production values, the splendid performance of Shivrajkumar, Radhika, Srinivasamurthy and Deepu make this 'tear…

If the presence of anger, violence and blood shed could assure a film it's success that Nammanna ought to be a runaway hit. It would have, but only if the film had something new to offer. What's seen on the screen is the same old…