Galaate

Director MD Sridhar seems to have stuck to his usual technique of a commercial movie for this flick as well – a little bit of romance, sentiment, comedy and traces of action. There is nothing new that one can expect in this movie as the director has not deviated from the usual success formula.

Sridhar has chosen a romantic subject that’s a little different from the rest. The movie focuses on a rift created between two couples. One rift occurs because of a love letter and the other when the hero is rejected by a girl citing different mental wavelength between the two. Hardika Shetty delivers a bold performance and even dons a swimsuit gracefully for her role in this movie.

The story can be split into two parts. One part concentrates on the confusion created after a love letter lands in wrong hands. The confused characters are played by Shashikumar-Tara and Shobhraj-Suman Ranganath. It’s a comedy of errors that lands each one in a soup. Full marks has to be given to Tara for her brilliant performance.

The other segment is hero Abhi (Prajwal Devaraj) falling in love with Shalini (Hardika Shetty), a model. Differences arise between the two when Shalini doesn’t accept Abhi’s objections to her modelling portfolios. The other heroine Ankitha, played by Krithi Kharabanda, falls in love with Abhi, who isn’t aware of her feelings. Meanwhile, Abhi seeks Ankitha’s help to woo Shalini. The climax has our hero caught between two girls -- Ankitha and Shalini. Whom does he choose?

While Prajwal impresses you with his matured performance, Krithi gives life to her role. Shobhraj and Suman make a good screen couple with decent performances. Tilak shines as a villain. Cinematography by AV Krishnakumar is amazing and music by Jassie Gift is good.