A few years ago, there might have been a blockbuster (Kannada Movie), and it probably had a tag-line, in English.  Following that leader, it has become mandatory for all Kannada titles today, to have a tag-line whether it makes sense or not.  Kencha tag-line’s itself as  ‘Man Of The Match’.  What does this mean?  It means, the director had no script/screenplay to begin with, and the only thing he wrote (probably on a old newspaper) was this tag-line.

Rahul, is a engineering student (all heroes are always in college.  Why don’t they ever graduate?).  He is orphaned, and is a big time philanthropist, and is the dude of college.  He funds his philanthropy by betting on risky (according to the movie) activities like running and biking.  Yeah.  I am not lying.  He falls in love, blah blah blah songs, and everything.  Through some twists and turns (which seem forced) he ends up jamming with the underworld and has to fight a lot and finally one more last, big fight to save his girl (he needs to have a weakness, so slot load the heroine).  Also, included is a mandatory back-story for the hero.  That is pretty much the story.

I do complain a lot about Kannada movies (but continue to watch them.  Sigh  ), and this tag-line, gave me enough as a heads up, that this movie has nothing new to offer.  So, I walked in to the cinema hall with complete awareness to expect a standard issue Kannada movie.  Which means there will be :

a)      A Hero who is orphaned (available in the movie)

b)      A Heroine whose only job is to appear in the songs, usually in skimpy outfits (available in the movie, but she is neither hot nor pretty)

c)      Movie set in college, still every other cast member in the college scenes looks drastically younger compared to the hero (available in the movie)

d)      4 fights sequences, all of them involving the hero bashing up all the mooks one by one, while making sure all the bottles/empty boxes/crates/make-shift beeda stores are destroyed in the fight location(available in the movie and also, where do all those boxes come from? Why would any store keeper buy such fragile boxes?)

e)      The hero is the top of the class, top in sports, top in college events, top in, well everything (available in the movie)

f)        All the girls have a huge crush on him in the movie, as he is already studying in the college for at least a year or so.  In spite of that, the hero is still single!  That is until, the day heroine joins the college, and he immediately falls in love, even though there are better and hotter girls already in the campus.( available in the movie)

g)      All the rowdies in the villain kill other villains using guns, but when they want to attack the hero they prefer hockey sticks and similar non-lethal weaponry.  (available in the movie)

h)      Hero walking away in slow motion, after delivering some punch-lines with  metaphors in English mixed with words from Kannada (available in the movie, but why do the ever impatient villains keep listening to these monologues by the hero?)

Yeah, I already expected this, but my complaint is this.  Why does the director messes up each and every one of these scenes.  The Hero is orphaned all right, but where does he get the money to buy the branded jeans?  If you really have to insert fight scenes, why does the choreography suck?  Your story has nothing new, but the fights can surely show better style and craftsmanship.  Punch lines are there, but why don’t they give any punch?  There seems to be a general lack of attention to detail, and the director seems almost bored by the time 3/4^th of the movie has passed, as the remainder of the movie is wrapped up in a hurry.

The acting is plain bad, which is evident by most of the cast being filled with has-been or television artists.  The production quality is amazingly low, and even decent locations are not made the most of.  All effort has been put in, to make sure that you will never have a single moment of suspense.  The leading lady has no role, and the director fails to make the most of her looks as well.  Bummer .

With movies like these, I will give 10 years before the Kannada Movie Industry goes down under.  Good luck!  Where is another Mungaru Male or Jogi when you need one?

Movie Rated -2 (minus 2) on a scale of 1 to 4.