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'Mandya' - a mix and match of many films
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Indo-Asian News Service
Film: "Mandya"; Producer: Purushothama Rao; Director: Om Prakash Rao; Music Director: Guru Kiran; Cast: Darshan, Rakshitha, Radhika, Avinash, Sathyajith, Swasthik Shankar, Dharma, Chethan, Sudharani, Chitra Shenoy and others.
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"Mandya" is the latest addition to the list of patchwork Kannada films, just putting together sequences and story elements from many other movies.
In "Mandya", the entire second half is just a remake of the Telugu film "Sambha". And the first half is a remix of sequences from other Telugu movies like Chiranjeevi starrer "Indra", "Channakeshava Reddy" starring Balakrishna and "Gentleman" featuring Arjun.
One scene has been lifted from Kannada film "Gokarna", which in turn is a remake of the Tamil hit "Annamalai".
The film's sole attraction is Darshan. He is in his element in the action sequences and also in dialogue delivery. The two heroines, Rakshitha and Radhika, concentrate only on flaunting their sex appeal.
It is the story of a do-gooder Darshan, who has a standoff with his cruel and lecherous cousins. It leads to fights, which creates problems for the police. The law-keepers want Darshan and his cousins away from Mandya for at least six months to maintain peace in the city.
Darshan moves to Bangalore where he takes up a self-employment project and succeeds. Meanwhile, a city girl, daughter of the police officer who has advised Darshan and his opponents to be away from Mandya, hooks him.
After a few months, Darshan returns to Mandya and wants to live in peace, but his cousins do not let him do so. In the end, the hero wipes off the villains.
Anaji Nagaraj's camerawork is impressive and Palani Raj competently directs fight sequences.
But music director Guru Kiran fails to match the expectations of his fans. Only one song "Kokkare koli" is catchy.
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