Kannada Movie Review - PRITHVI

DIRECTOR: Jacob Varghese
ACTORS: Puneeth Rajkumar, Parvathi, Avinash, CR Simha, Achyuth Kumar

For the first time, kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar essays a role where his character gets to say something about current issues. Prithvi portrays the struggle of a honest bureaucrat against the corrupt mining lords of Bellary. Loaded dialogues, breathtaking stunts and eerily realistic depiction of situations sets the foundation for what could have been an awesome film. Unfortunately, in the second half of the film, only the stunts remain and the film rushes to a hurried climax. Nonetheless Prithvi has enough ammunition to more than satisfy his fans.

Prithvi, (Puneeth) like any good on-screen hero, is the embodiment of truthfulness. He is an IAS officer who is dispatched as the DC of Bellary in a jiffy. Now, it does not need a film to tell what Bellary is famous for these days. But Jacob tells it anyway with enough cinematic masala. A mining lord who controls the state politics, runs it like a fiefdom, altering state borders and killing people at will. Prithvi’s clean up task is unenviable.

Some witty (‘Every son-of-the-soil cannot become the prime minister’) and charged dialogues (‘After 40 years of politics wearing shorts, I have to listen to some outsider’) add the necessary punch to the story. To make the narrative realistic, the director makes the film look like a documentation which partly fails the purpose for what could have been an insightful entertainer. A bold conclusion eludes the film and easy machismo finds the answer for all the troubles of Bellary. Jacob does a good job but Puneeth’s ‘power star’ image building exercise in the latter half of the film somewhat dilutes the effectiveness of Prithvi.

Puneeth and Parvathi share great chemistry but their interaction throughout this film is repetitive. Puneeth is never out of any scene. He seems to be there in almost every frame making the other characters look like far flung specs of mining dust. Prithvi is still worth a watch. Fans can look forward to multiple viewing.

Parvathi Menon liplock scene with Kannada actor Srinagar Kitty

This kannada film’s release date isn’t confirmed yet, but Sandlewood is already buzz with the news that Parvathi Menon has a kissing scene with Srinagar Kitty in Male Barali Manju Erali.



And when we called the actress on Friday evening, she confirmed the news.

“Lip-locks in films aren’t new to Indians. There have been sensual scenes in classics that have become masterpieces now,” she says in defence of the kiss in her film. And Parvathi cannot understand why such a fuss is being made over something as harmless as a kiss.

“Films depict all sorts of things — pain, fear, anger, rape and murder. But no one ever questions any of that. But there’s always a hullabaloo made when it comes to a liplock,” she says. The actress emphasises that the kiss is integral to the story. “Films are a reflection of life, and in Male..., it’s the characters, Sneha and Vishwas, who share an emotional and intellectual bond. So the kiss was necessary to take the story forward,” she maintains, adding that the scene was not intended to be a gimmick.


“We don’t want people to watch the film just for that one scene. And we don’t want them to run it down just for that one scene either. Male... should be watched and judged as a whole,” she maintains. “Hats off to Vijaylakshmi ma’am (the kannada director) for ensuring that the characters are not compromised. There’s a solid reason for every scene,” she adds.

Here are the pictures/photos/wallpapers of hot Parvathi Menon.