'Deadly Soma' film review - movie by Ravi Srivathsa starring Audithya and Rakshita

When you have a title like Deadly Soma, you know what to expect - action and loads of action. You get to see every alternate scene with choppers, dons, cops, politicians, blood and gore. Debutant director Ravi Srivatsa has picked a real life story of Soma who ruled the underworld in Bangalore for over three years. Interestingly, this film has equal scope for family sentiment though is underplayed. Journo Ravi Belegere who has written this story also lends his voice in-between which give you the feeling of watching his popular TV program 'Crime Story'!

This film revolves around a sober young boy Soma belonging to a rich family. Crime, violence and underworld had no room in his life. But certain inescapable incidents turn him into a criminal. As result, he departs from his loving parents and establishes himself as an underworld don in Bangalore. The film concludes with an encounter and you know what will be the culmination! No price for guessing!

The story of Deadly Soma isn't new. In fact, a storyline like this has been witnessed umpteen number of times on the screen before. To bring in the commercial values to a regular story, director Ravi Srivatsa has laced it with balanced sentiment and action. However, in the process of highlighting the hero, such films often leave an impression on the audience that the lead character indeed is a good Samaritan which is untrue!

Rakshita in Deadly Soma

There is no second word about the capabilities of director Ravi Srivatsa from a technical standpoint. If not handled rightly, there were chances of Deadly Soma becoming a plain mediocre. With solid grip on script and dialogues, Srivatsa demonstrated the potential of him directing good entertainers in the future. Audhitya does a very decent job. His performance in earlier films Love and Adi are no way comparable with it. Rakshita has nothing much to do. Tara and Avinash are competent with small but effective roles. Music by Sadu Kokila is functional, with couple of interesting songs. And so is the camera work by Mathew. Overall, Deadly Soma has the potential of ringing the cash register if we look at the current trend of successful Kannada movies!

Direction: Ravi Srivathsa
Producer: K.K. Films
Music: Sadhu Kokila
Cinematography: Mathew Rajan
Cast: Audithya, Rakshita, Tara, Avinash, Devraj, Beby Raksha, Shobaraj, Kishore, Harish Rai, Vijaya Sarathi etc