Premism Movie Review
(2.5/5) Cliched!
Sometimes, mediocrity hunts you in pairs. Last week, we were silent spectators when two college kids battled it out for a girl with a dimple in her cheek and a dent in her acting in 35/100. This week, a similar story unfolds in Premism where two more enterprising college dudes are at loggerheads with each other to win Amulya’s heart.
Show some sympathy for us; we saw both the films!
To say that Premism’s first half is full of clichés will be a cliché in itself. There is Chetan and Varun who hate each other because the script demands it. So every time they meet, sparks fly between them and their acting capacity is severely tested. They have their own set of typical Indian filmy friends who do what the typical Indian filmy friends do. They hang out with these two leading boys and utter appropriate dialogues at the appropriate moments to stop you from storming away from the cinema hall in frustration.
Enter Amulya, the cute, baby faced beauty for whom the boys will wage a war. But unfortunately, she has very limited acting talents and it makes you feel that she doesn’t give a damn about the proceedings. The fact that director Ratnaja makes her mouth earth shatteringly philosophical dialogues doesn’t help the matters very much. The face, the age, the acting skills and those dialogues look so incongruous that her dialogues sometimes turn out to be unintentionally funny. So, our boys start waging petty wars for her which eats up the whole first half.
But before you jump the gun and drop your plans of watching this flick, be warned that the second half of the film is really nice. And strangely, it’s because of Sunil Rao, who was hidden by the director from the promos of the film for some strange reason. Sunil Rao’s lively presence, coupled with some punching dialogues with Ratnaja’s sensible direction (now now, why didn’t he have the same sensibility while directing the first half?) make the second half look like a gift to you for having withstood the banality in the first half.
Ratnaja’s direction is stale in the first half and stable in the second half. In the first half, he chases that ever elusive styling of frames and they look pathetic without any substantial content. In the second half, he opts for a more restrained narration and the results are worth watching.
Chetan and Varun are just about OK. As mentioned earlier, Amulya has a very beautiful face but god hasn’t been equally kind to her in the acting department. Sunil Rao is the surprise package of the film (in fact, Gulabi Kennege is his song, and the one that you seen in TV with Chetan and Varun is just a promo).
On a whole, Premism is forgettable in the first half and watchable in the second half.
-Movie Review By Raju Shanbhag
edu makkala chitra……. i requesting all schools should take their students to show this movie…..
Good movie
Nice costumes
Music is good
I liked Amulya’s brother Character which is played by Ninaasam Ashwath
nodo astotge theater ninda movie kaldogithhu…hamsalekha sir hats offffffff……
i had watched his first movie in theater mistaking it to be very good after seeing nice reviews!! i realized that I’m trapped very badly after watching few scenes of nenapirali!! it was a horrible experience for all of us!! but still that movie was a hit!! kudos to kannadigas patience!! but his 2nd movie miserable failed!! thank god i didn’t even know when that movie came!!
Hello Ratnaja. Really great contribution to Kannada film industry. I took my mom, dad and sister to movie. As a brother of my sister, i really liked climax of the movie. Any beautiful girl one or other day will face same problem as amoolya faced, but she handles situation nicely in climax. Its really gud message to all girls. Its worth watching this movie rather than remake movie.
Ratnaja sir I liked yr movie Premism. Hats off to u. I really liked valuable dialogues in the movie. As a Kannadiga, i have been observing great depression in Kannada film industry. At this time, I really appreciate yr movie. Amulya, Chetan Chandra and Varun acting is good. Please continue your direction. Amulya all the best for u. We support your movies. Finding mistakes is very easy job. But dont bother abt these comments. We need directors like u. All the best for entire team.
Rathnaja…please produce and direct films not serials in the name of film…i have seen u r nenapiralli…u have draged 2 line story with 4 people….and lead actors in the film acted horrible..it is real pain to watch films with serial as thier soul …. kind request …
Amulya…plese learn some acting and some mannerisum for god sake …u no where fit in the frame of heroine…
hamsalekhs sir……u r music in nenepirali was really sweet bu in this film …u confused some time that it is ur hand music or some on eelse…
like hamsalekha with melody and heart in songs…but not these songs..
This movie has got good reviews. I have watched his first two movies even though i hated the casting. 2nd one was better than his debut movie. And I’m glad that worst actor prem is not part of this movie.
Dabba movie. Just because his first movie got award, he thinks that he is greatest director of KFI. He will loose heavily in this movie also.
I completely agree with the reviewer. It deserves 1.0. None of Ratnaja movies are good. Full of drag and boring. He thinks that he is super smart. This movie will be out in 2 weeks.
i don understand what Mr so called perfect Ratnaja is upto.He thinks he is god of kannada industry forget it dude. The movie is boring. And our amul baby kindly stop acting like paris hilton of kannada industry.no perfection in dance and pathetic dialogue delivery. the two new chaps i appriciate your work and a piece of advice that stop wasting time with hopeless story writers and directors.Little hard work will take you to good path in this industry. Sunil welcome back man u are really a surprise.
Over all gotta say that only few audience are there to watch kannada movies don chase them away with your pathetic creativity Mr. Ratnaja.last but not least cinematography is horrible.
@ Kishor
der is no use of making swamake if they are full of cliche’s !!
good review
Yes.! Cinematography should have been better….. Music by hums is not helping the movie…
I hate KANGLISH songs from hams
I will watch this movie for Rathnaja…atleast this guy is sincere in trying to give gud swamake movie…