Diganth and Dhanya Ramkumar in ‘Powder’.
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Kannada cinema has had administrators approaching comedy in numerous methods. If one appears firstly of the millennium, Yogaraj Bhat thrived along with his refreshing dialogues that mirrored the carefree angle of kids. Not many may replicate the magic Bhat weaved over the college-going crowd.
Guruprasad arrived as a shock and gave a definite contact to his two darkish comedies starring Jaggesh: Mata and Eddelu Manjunatha. Within the early 90s, individuals loved the unmistakable flavour of comedy in Anant Nag’s Ganesha collection. And within the 80s, Kashinath made heads flip along with his uncompromising method to intercourse comedies.
Powder (Kannada)
Director: Janardhan Chikkanna
Solid: Diganth, Dhanya Ramkumar, Rangayana Raghu, Gopalkrishna Deshpande, Anirudh Acharya, Sharmiela Mandre
Runtime: 130 minutes
Storyline: Three individuals in a small city attempt to change into wealthy in a single day by promoting unlawful powder smuggled in talcum powder bottles.
Other than some filmmakers who got here as a welcome change to revive the style, comedy in Kannada cinema within the final 20 years has suffered from stereotypical dealing with of humour. Sadhu Kokila continues to play insufferable loud characters whereas not so way back, Rangayana Raghu would get wasted in poorly-written, exaggerated humour.
The dry spell of excellent comedy dramas within the Kannada movie trade ended with Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare in 2023, a campus drama that broke new grounds in manufacturing. And scorching on its heels, Powder, directed by Janardhan Chikkanna and written by Deepak Venkateshan isn’t your common comedy drama.
Sharmiela Mandre in ‘Powder’.
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Soorya (Diganth) works at a grocery store in Mysuru, and he shares a room with Karan (Anirudh Acharya). Soorya is attempting to woo again his ex Nithya (Dhanya Ramkumar), a nurse. The trio learns in regards to the presence of medication price crores stuffed inside talcum powder containers inside Soorya’s retailer.
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They determine to show wealthy in a single day by promoting the medicine, and that brings them into confrontation with drug supplier Annachi (Rangayana Raghu) and his rival Sulemaan (Gopalkrishna Deshpande). The drug racket has a global connection, with a drug lord from China calling the photographs.
The truth that the humour is generated from the idiosyncratic behaviour of the movie’s characters relatively than overt reliance on dialogues is a plus. In reality, the movie doesn’t go overboard with its dialogues, and Trilok Trivikram’s witty traces present the fitting impact because of their good timing within the scenes. Regardless of affected by a pacing situation, Powder isn’t boring, and successfuly swings like a pendulum between quirky and grownup comedy.
Sharmeila Mandre is hanging along with her motion strikes as ‘Make-up’ Mallika, a harmful murderer who can kill individuals with make-up supplies. Rangayana Raghu and Gopalkrishna Deshpande shine because the poles-apart drug sellers shine, with the previous being hilarious along with his Tamil-mixed Kannada.
Even when Powder doesn’t insult the concept of a comic book caper with extreme concepts, it fails to be fun riot. The less-eventful first half appears like a misplaced alternative, even when Diganth salvages it along with his depiction of a naive teen. Powder springs to life within the second half, and the episode displaying the hunt for the talcum powder containers is a hoot. Nagabhushana, because the spoof of a well-liked Kannada YouTuber, delivers the knockout punch.
Director Janardhan Chikkanna and his technical groups triumph within the final quarter-hour. Expectedly, characters hallucinate, and weird issues start to unfold. The director’s visible fashion — helped by cinematographers Advaitha Gurumurthy and Shanthi Sagar H G — to current this psychedelic world is spectacular. Even when the affect of the visible results is a bit overwhelming, you’re left astounded on the efforts behind it.
Powder is at present operating in theatres
