Title - Aatagara, Producer - Dwarakish Chitra, Direction - KM Chaitanya, Music - Anoop Seelin, Cinematography - Satya Hegde, Cast - Chiranjeevi Sarja, Parun Yadav, Meghana Raj, Ananthnag, Dwarakish, Sadhu Kokila, Ravishanker, Anu Prabhakar, Achyuth Kumar, Prakash Belawadi, Balaji Manohar, Pawan, Arohitha Gowda, Sunetra Nagaraj, Rohit Padaki and others are in the cast. This Dwarakish Chitra with AKK Entertainment `Aatagara' is well played to the gallery. There are enough of twists and turns to hold your attention. The social evil touched is interesting. The suspense elements, artist's performance, brilliant music from Anoop Seelin and cinematography from Sathya Hegde increase the level of the film. This is more than Paisa Vasool cinema.
Although the film is inspired from Paresh Rawal `Table 24' Hindi cinema, the screenplay is expanded to look different and convince the cinema audience. The film in a nutshell is on `Crime and Punishment'. For the sin in the society there is no proper punishment. According to law the process of punishment is long. A thorn should be removed from a thorn is the policy of this film. At the same time punishment meted out is also dangerous. The law of the land is not enough to bring in justice seems to be the theory of this film.
Two prominent actors - Parul Yadav and Meghana Raj, drug peddler Chiranjeevi Sarja, an environment lover Pawana, A school Principal Anu Prabhakar, Fashion photographer Balaji Manohar, A doctor Prakash Belawadi, a chief Sadhu Kokila, assistant chef Arrohita Gowda, a journalist - assemble for the win of a one crore of rupees in the reality game show. They are locked in an isolated house in an island. Strange developments happen quickly at this place. Chef Sadhu Kokila, assistant chief Arrohita, journalist, doctor, Pawani are killed in mysterious conditions.
It is enough of taking of the game show says the remaining five. They enter the secret room to face some more startling facts. They first know why the five were killed. Secondly what is the ill they have committed in the society is exposed by captain - Ananthnag. On the other hand there is tension in the society as the ten contestants who are declared are different from the ten contestants who are already there in the contest.
Ananthnag steals the entire show. Chiranjeevi Sarja, Balaji Manohar, Ravishanker, Achyuth Kumar, Parul Yadav, Anu Prabhakar, Meghana Raj have given splendid performance. Sadhu Kokila and Arrohita combination is a mix of comedy and innocence.
KM Chaitanya has given a few more interesting moments and ends the film with a laughing club scene. 10 in the laughing club feel happy for taking revenge. The tribute song to Dr Raj, Dr Vishnu and Shanker Nag is well timed and composed. The background score is another beauty of this film. Sathya Hegde never allows you to blink your eyes. He is so good and every shot is pretty with brightness.
It is worth a dekko!
Score - 7/10
