Rangitaranga
I am writing this review after the 50th day
completion of the movie though I watched the movie on July 18th. What’s the
meaning of this word “Rangi Taranga”, a color full wave can be the meaning but
actually there is no such word called Rangi in Kannada, actual word is “Rangu” for
“color”. May be the director wanted to have a freshness in the name too along
with new actors fresh music and lyrics.
A neatly woven story with mind-blowing twists and turns with
an unpredictable climax. What is this movie about, what’s the genre? No, it is
not a horror. It is a thriller, it’s a drama, and it’s a love story.
I was always quoting to my friends about why Kannada movie
do not run and generate much revenue. I always said Karnataka as region has
been divided into 4 languages apart from Kannada. The Koramangala, Hosur region
is dominated by Tamil movies; KR Puram, Kolar, Chinthamani by Telugu movies, to
some extent border of South Canara watch Malayalam movies, most of the North Karnataka region
watch Hindi and Marathi. Left over regions watch Kannada with a very
less share from Bangalore because this is more of a cosmopolitan hub, and the
dwellers are mostly from other regions and large group of Kannadigas would not
want to watch their own language movie. But my theory has been proved wrong by
Mr.Anup.
It has been quite a while that a good Kannada movie has been
made with wonderful lyrics and music. It has made Rs.20 crore collection in 50
days in Karnataka alone in the limited slots allotted in the multiplexes. So
what has made the movie a success? Why did Hindi film maker Ashutosh Gowarikar
take the rights of movie to be remade in Hindi? Why did Telugu super star Allu
Arjun watch this movie? What is so special about this movie? How did it survive
the competition of Bahubali and Bhajarangi bhaijaan and still running packed houses?
Cost per ticket is 250 Rs in Mantri mall cinema on a Saturday, that too after
50 days. My friends would not mind paying this much amount watching other
language movies but not for a Kannada movie, then why are they now shelling out
this much amount?
There is a newness in how the movie has been narrated not usually
Kannada movies are told this way. The dialogues have been written in an
excellent way. Cinematography has been used very nicely which shows the
richness of the nature, a good camera work never goes unnoticed by cinema
lovers. The lyrics have deep meaning unlike the present trend, there is a poetry
in each song. Music is awesome matching the crispiness of story. I personally
loved the acting of Avanthika, Nirup though there is a room to improvise and finally
Saikumar has done a great job.
Apart from the fantastic story, lyrics, music, direction and
screenplay, credit goes to the director Mr.Anup Bhandari a marketing genius who
has presented the movie in a good package. He has created a positive hype in
social media which reached lakhs of Kannadigas who did not go to theatres to
watch Kannada movie from a long time. So he has proved and brought a new wave
in Gandhinagar, that a good movie can be made in limited budget and if
presented in a right way it can create history.
Lastly, he has used the social media and his personal
networking to a great extent to reach NRI s as well. What a genius he is? Can
we see more movies from him in the coming days? Will the industry allow him to
grow?
