Arishadvarga movie review: The Arvind Kamath directorial packs a punch
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November 28, 2020 12:00:33 pm
Arishadvarga hit theatres on Friday.
Arishadvarga movie cast: Mahesh Bung, Samyukta Hornad, Avinash, Anju Alva Naik, Nanda Gopal, Sripathi Manjabailu
Arishadvarga movie director: Arvind Kamath
Arishadvarga movie rating: Two and a half stars
A personable young man enters a house by appointment. An inviting female voice on his phone has been holding out the promise of a good time, and a hot date is in the offing. Instead of a warm body in bed, though, Anish (Bung) stumbles upon a cold one stuffed in a cupboard, and from here on, nothing goes according to plan.
For a film which calls itself a ‘neo-noir mystery thriller’, there’s very little literal play of light and shadow. But as the plot unfolds, featuring the unfortunate Anish and an assorted bunch—aspiring actress Saakshi (Hornad), film producer Manjunath (Avinash) and his editor wife Kruthi (Naik), tough cop Ashok (Gopal) and his impassive sidekick Rajaanaa (Manjanabailu), and a couple of others – you can feel the build-up of the darkness.
It takes time to get going, but when it gets to where it wants to, Arshidvarga packs a punch. In the meantime, I found myself getting a tad impatient: the genre requirements of red-herrings and diversionary tactics being effective need sharp, tight writing. On that score, there is some amount of fluffiness and confusion.
