The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Yet another dull narrative

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Karnataka

Karnataka - Bangalore

Yet another dull narrative

FAILS TO STIR: Puneet Rajkumar and Meera Jasmine in "Arasu"

Arasu (Kannada)

Director: Mahesh Babu

Cast: Puneet Rajkumar, Srinivasamurthy, Komal Kumar, Adi Lokesh, Ramya and Meera Jasmine

THIS IS another telltale film on love, friendship, class distinctions and worldly realities. Although neatly made, it falters at various levels and struggles to push through its point of view. Despite a promising start, it ends up as another dull narrative.

Director Mahesh Babu's inability to perceive the theme betrays the producer's claim that the late thespian Rajkumar and his younger brother the late Varadappa were all appreciation for the script. The very title of the film "Arasu" is interesting.

But the director Mahesh Babu fails to get to the depth of the title and limits himself to superficial things. The term "Arasu" in Kannada has many contextual connotations. Its general meaning would be king, and search. In the context, the title is applicable to the name and status of the hero and his search for the boundaries of human bondage.

Rich and careless young man Shivraj Urs (Puneet Rajkumar) falls in love with his employee's daughter Shrithi (Ramya). But Shrithi challenges the hero to prove his worth by earning money on his own. In the course of proving his mettle, the hero comes across Aishwarya (Meera Jasmine) and realises the boundaries of love and friendship. Puneet's acting and stylish appearance and histrionics of Ramya and Meera Jasmine give an edge to the otherwise stale theme.

K.N. Venkatasubba Rao

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