After hearing/reading lot of positive & negative feedbacks about Gaalipata in the media, i finally decided to check out the movie with my friend Harish ( the director in making) on one fine Saturday. Our main challenge was to get the tickets. We started our hunt for the tickets from around 9.30 in the morning. Our intention was to watch the movie in one of the good theatre without paying heavy black bucks. As a result we dropped some of the major theatres like Aparna & Pramodh. PVR & INOX was also out of our list as it was already filled. Then we started enquiring in other major theatres like Vaibhav, Kaveri & Fun but, that was also of no use. To our luck, finally we managed to get 2 tickets in the newly opened Lido multiplex through some third party by around 2.30 for the 3′o clock show.
I think Gaalipata is the first movie of director Yograj Bhat released with lot of hype & hope. Even though, his earlier movie created a new record at the box office, there was no hype or expectation when it was released. Hardly few people knew about Yograj Bhat who had earlier directed movies like Mani & Ranga SSLC before venturing into Mungaru Male. I didn’t go to Gaalipata to see another film like Mungaru Male. My only expectation was to see a neat & fresh film. My one line opinion about the movie is ‘it exceeded my expectations’. Yograj Bhat has again proved that he is one of the best in the industry.
Neat narration, awesome visuals & catchy dialogues makes this film a special & unique one. Yograj Bhat has excelled again both as director & as a writer. He succeeds in smartly presenting the film even with a little story in it. I don’t understand why people expect heavy story with lot of unexpected twists & turns in every film. If you go to this film with such an expectation it is sure to disappoint you. The director has made an honest effort to infuse freshness in every scene of the film. Ganesh has given an outstanding performance. His screen presence & the way he delivers his one liners is simply superb. Digant & Rajesh Krishnan rightly match their roles & have given their best. Daisy Bopanna has given a silent but still effective performance. New comer Bahavana Rao appears lively through out film, but she appears to be very young in front of her pair Rajesh Krishnan. Neethu has given a neat performance & her ‘Thoo’ dialogues are sure to entertain the audience. All other actors including Ananth Nag have done justice to their roles.
Technically, Gaalipata is one of the best made films in the Kannada Film Industry. Credit must go to South India’s top cinematographer Rathnavelu for his excellent work behind Camera. He has made the hills & mountains of Kodachaadri and Kodagu to look even more beautiful through his camera. The choreography is also top class, especially the song ‘na dim dim tana’ deserves a special mention for its awesome choreography. Music director Harikrishna also excels with some nice tunes.
I won’t say Gaalipata is a flawless film but, the freshness it offers in almost every aspect of the film makes us to forget such flaws. On the whole, Gaalipata is a well crafted film & the entire team deserves applauds for its making.
I don’t know what made the leading Kannada daily VK to write such a bad article about Gaalipata on the next day of its release in its main page. There is nothing wrong in giving a complete positive or negative opinion about the movie. BTW, Opinions are like ass, everybody has one. But, an individual’s opinion should not be portrayed as a public opinion. There was no need for VK to write a 100% negative review about the film in its main page as if it is a big national disaster. If they think Gaalipata is poor film, its fine. But, why can’t they remember lot of other poorly made blood shed films or ‘dubba’ remake films like ‘Cheluvina Chittara’ which conveys wrong messages for the society. Why cant they write about them in the main page on the next day of its release?
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Prasanna
Lovely review…Now I know that I have to watch this for sure :O)
Thanks!
hey nice review….guess wat i watched the first day first show of da film in my native for mere Rs.25…and majority of da audience were kids..( Guess Ganesh has more chiltu fans than gals:-))
Anyways abt film…technically it scores well, but i felt it has a weak story line. poor ganesh had to deliver 90% of da dialouges while diganth and rajesh were used as mere props…and da climax was very messy….
But not to forget some catchy tunes from harikrishna… minchagi… deservesa a special mention…
overall wellmade(till climax) ,100% entertaining movie…
perfect prasanna..
a real good review.
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Hats off Prasanna.
I have watched the movie 3 times. I think each n everybody’s impression who has watched Galipata will match your review.
I think you have spoken on behalf of all Gamesh Fans.
Thanx
Hi Prasanna,
Nice review man, I saw galipata last weekend, Its very different and full entertaining. I enjoyed it.
As rightly mentioned by Prasanna, opinions are like ass, everybody has one. I just thought of mentioning my opinion. I watched the movie first day second show. My expectations were sky high bcoz of the Directors and actors previous success in MungaruMale. I felt this GP is no where near MM. Director still is in the hangout of MM. Weak points to mention are poor script, repetitive dialogs style, poor resource utilization and week ending. Almost all concepts that the director has used in GP are an extension of MM concepts.
I really am disappointed by this movie. Yogi should come out with different concept altogether and with different faces next time. But what ever it is I am waiting for his next film, bcoz still I am a gr8 fan of him…….
As rightly mentioned by Prasanna, opinions are like ass, everybody has one. I just thought of mentioning my opinion. I watched the movie first day second show. My expectations were sky high bcoz of the Directors and actors previous success in MungaruMale. I felt this GP is no where near MM. Director still is in the hangout of MM. Weak points to mention are poor script, repetitive dialogs style, poor resource utilization and week ending. Almost all concepts that the director has used in GP are an extension of MM concepts.
I really am disappointed by this movie. Yogi should come out with different concept altogether and with different faces next time. But what ever it is I am waiting for his next film, bcoz still I am a gr8 fan of him…….
yes. very much watchable movie.
Hi, Koshi,Kavya, Hemalatha, Prashant, Thejesh & a..s, Thanks for your valuable comments.
Yes, the VK article was uncalled for, and was in bad taste. I feel there must be some idea behind it. However, Gaalipata definitely moved me. To be frank I liked it more than Mungaru maLe, for the sheer beauty of its specialities. Though at times, it looked unreal(like the climax or last 10 mins), and the ‘handi’(wild boar) was given a great deal of scene, and the PJs were really very poor, but the movie moved me, All because of the clean division of screen presence of each one of the protagonists and beautiful background score with apt locations. I’m looking forward to more movies of the sort. Nice review. Totally agree with u.
Nice review mate…
I heard from most of my frineds that Galipata is a very good movie… although I never had an oppurtunity to watch it myself.
Eager to watch it on the very first oppurtunity.
good review..I watched it twice without getting bored..Its like DCH(Simple story and good narration)..If DCH finds good review then even this should..Only one thing i feel is the ending of the movie..It could have been improved a bit so that the movie would have stayed fresh on mind even after one goes out of theatre..
Perfect review.. U have commented well on the VK article.. I am sure there was some internal politics behind that article.. Else how can a movie review come in the main page that too projecting it like a terrorist attack!
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