Banner: SJP Creations
Producer: Jagannath V Pai
Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, Direction: SK Amarnath
Cinematography: Sree Venkat
Music: Veer Samarth
Stunts: Anal Urs
Editor: Suresh Urs
Cast: Sri Murali, Sharmila Mandre, Shobaraj, Vinaya Prakash, Avinash, Ramesh Bhat, Kote Prabhakar, etc.
How the hell I came to such a movie is what I uttered at the Intermission of the Shivamani movie. The director of the film S K Amarnath must have lost his logical thinking while scripting the story. It appears that the story is only designed for Murali and it’s quite obvious when you see Murali’s stunt sequences which may or may even not appeal the mass and front row seaters. For producer, the Pai Group’s Jagannath V Pai, though, who forayed into sandalwood film production with this shitty film. No doubt, the Pai group tried to promote the movie but he would have been in state of a shock if not coma for Shivamani’s openings.
I was smitten by this out and out rubbish called Shivamani for about 145 minutes and I am unsure if I have to sympathize with the Shivamani crew or lambast them for taking Kannada audience granted.
It’s so unfortunate to see Sri Murali’s talent being untapped. So sad, Murali still tried to impress the audience in emoting some drama and sentiment from a script that hardly got anything other than stunts. To have big off-screen crew such as Vira Shankar and Sree Venkat working for this crap surprised me. However, Veer Samarth’s music and Sree Venkat’s cinematography are the feel good factors if any for the movie Shivamani.
The storyline is weak, and the screenplay makes it weaker and director S K Amarnath failed to do his best in his debut directorial, and it gives a feeling that he jumped the gun little too earlier. Maybe he needs to go to Pune and take a diploma course in contemporary film direction. He seemed to have influences of the 60s and 70s Indian cinema. The fight sequences which are poorly picturised defying logic will only reiterate this. The hero successfully actually grounds 20+ big-bodied goons each and every fight, and there are over 10 stunt sequences throughout the movie. As Shivamani movie ends audience will become immune to the goried scenes.
Film is poorly woven around college romance between Shivamani and her lady lead Shruthi (Sharmila Mandre). Shivamani is raised as an orphan by a good samaritan and he grows into a person who’s intolerant to societal wrongs and tries to correct. It is this character that is liked by his college mate Shruthi. Shivamani later meets a couple and realizes that they are his birth parents, but keeps estranged from them for obvious reasons. Mafia leader Naga’s sycophants receive some bashing up treatment from Shivamani and that’s how he becomes hostile to Naga (played unimpressively).
Sri Murali by all means tried to impress as Shivamani, but he wasn’t given enough space other than showing his bare chest and muscles. Shivamani tackles 30 baddies at a time during the last fight. How long Kannada audience will cheer such nonsense? And to add to woes those irritating punchy counter dialogues, which I doubt anyone will be impressed with. Comedy track runs along the villains which is in bad taste.
Although, Shivamani movie takes off with a nice hummable tune ‘Badatanekke ambuva chinte’ the nice part ends there and we got to take all rubbish for 2 plus hours that Shivamani has for us. Sharmila Mandre looked beautiful, but other than that she has nothing more to offer in Shivamani. Even acting pros Avinash, Ramesh Bhat and Vinaya Prasad had nothing much to offer in the movie. S K Amarnath fails in all aspects of direction and you will heave a sigh of relief once you see the end card.
Verdict: Shivamani movie is a poorly blended cocktail tasting awful. In all mercy, it can be given a C rating.
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