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This page was updated on:
March 13, 2011
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Jogi - film review
It
goes without saying that the expectations from an eminent
production house are nothing less than a polished gem. The
banner is a brand to reckon with today. And Ashwini Production
is no exception for this. This banner's debut production,
the most ambitious movie of the year - Jogi is being screened
all over with a never seen before kind of craze! Jogi has
style, it has substance and gloss, has thrills, and the outcome
is just amazing.
Unlike the conventional filmmakers with laidback attitude,
the new generation is entering the Kannada filmdom with newfangled
ideas, stories and different style of narrating a tale. An
apt example of this statement is Prem's Jogi which has all
the qualities of becoming his consecutive third hit film.
Talking strictly from the conceptual standpoint, the debate
was, would Jogi go the Kariya (Prem's debut directorial) way?
But, comparing Kariya and Jogi would be inaccurate as both
are distinctly different where the former devoted substantial
footage to love, while Jogi purely focuses on mother sentiment
with no place for love and lust.
Jogi
has two tracks - the cruelty of underworld and the mother-son
relationship that are juxtaposed to nest the whole story.
The protagonist Madesha (Shivarajkumar) comes to city to earn
money to look after his poor mother. But the innocent village
lad gets trapped into underworld without his knowledge and
soon gets the tag of underworld 'don'. During the course,
his mother Bhagyamma (Arundathi Nag) comes to city in search
of her son. The gap thickens with incident after incident…
The search, the anticipation and the hope of the mother and
son to find each other in the crowded city form rest of the
story.
It
works primarily because it holds your attention with the climax
hitting you emotionally and unpredictably. The first half
mainly deals with flashbacks while the post interval portions
is gripping. The plot intensifies towards the climax, when
the unexpected happens. Jogi clearly reflects the homework
of director Prem - be the usage of colloquial Kannada from
Kollegal area or the hideouts and lifestyle of underworld
goons. However, though this story is daringly different from
his debut film Kariya, one can see some traces of that movie.
It also looks unrealistic to see the innocence in a person
dealing with lethal weapons! Stunning performance by Shivarajkumar
and the role of an ideal mother by Arundathi Nag are just
amazing. Jennifer Kotwal as a young journo looks cute but
lacks experience. Another hero of the movie is Gurukiran.
His music steals the show and so is the background scoring.
Though the camera work by Seenu is good, at times its too
shaky and the fails to maintain the richness throughout. On
the whole, Jogi is a good entertainer - thanks to the astonishing
work of every artiste and technician.
Direction: Prem
Producer: P. Krishna Prasad
Music: Gurukiran
Cinematography: Seenu
Cast: Shivarajkumar, Arundhatinag,
Jennifer Kotwal, Ramesh Bhat, Yana Gupta, Chandru, Raghu etc
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What
people say about Jogi:
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Live report of Jogi by viggy.com forum members |
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Jogi review - by the people, for the people |
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