The clever handling of a captivating subject by debutant director Shashikanth earns him kudos. Had he given up songs and inconsequential comedy the film would have risen to the Hollywood standards to some extent. The opening of the film the unveiling of murder in the early stage of the film and proving what is truth is false indicates director Shashikanth sat tight on the subject. The glory is his style and narration is very new to the Kannada cinema audience.
The luscious Sheela (Suman Ranganath) finds Sharan (Srujan Lokesh) a cop to satiate her hunger. She keeps her secret affair for some time but her husband Mallik (Devaraj) a business tycoon discover through a private detective the moments of his wife. On one fine day Mallik question his wife on her connections and shoots her to a brutal injury. It is Sharan a cop who come to arrest Mallik. Mallik admits that he shot his wife and put behind the bars. When the case of Mallik comes up in the court without the help of anyone Mallik argues his own case. Incidentally the cop Sharan is gravely insulted in front of everyone in the court hall. Losing his job Sharan tries to maintain a separate route to teach a lesson to Mallik. It is the public prosecutor Vijay (Vijay Raghavendra) gets in to every detail and stops Sharan from clumsy decisions.
A very smart Mallik has not left any clue that he has used his pistol to shoot his wife. The arguments of public prosecutor fails and the judge passes an order that Mallik is innocent despite of he agreeing to cop that he shot his wife. Sheela in coma breathe her last in the hospital and it is a plus point for Mallik. How outside the purview of court Vijay proves that Mallik is the culprit and arrest him in `IPC Section 300' is interesting part of the film.
Grand looking Devaraj has done a fine job. It is a long time that the Kannada audience has seen Devaraj in such a powerful role. Suman Ranganath is very attractive and in a scene when Srujan Lokesh drops the ice blocks on her it is such a hot moment for the viewers. Vijay Raghavendra although defeated till the end wins through a brainy work. Srujan Lokesh is apt for the role. Priyanka has nothing much to explore in this film.
The club song scored by Veera Samarth is good in meaning and it is beautifully adjusted in the film. Niranjan Babu Cinematography is high class.
This is worth a watch!
Scoring 7.5/10
