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This page was updated on:
March 13, 2011
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Stumble
film review
 Stumble
- a brilliant 'made in Bangalore' English film for Bangaloreans,
by Bangaloreans and of Bangaloreans. It is not just the story
of a fateful family but ours', yours' and everyone's in general
dealing with new economy, ups and downs of IT, stock market
scam, voluntary retirement and mutual funds… Prakash Belawadi
who is making debut into film world as a writer and director,
has taken immense care in every frame of the film based on
the boom and bust of today's dollar dreams of younger generation,
get rich quickly policies of fallacious financial institutes
and political scams.
Stumble revolves around a middle class family of Anand Rao
(Ananth Nag) - a former bank official who takes voluntary
retirement from his bank and invests that money in a mutual
fund company which will yield a maximum return on investment
among the rest. But this company goes kaput making him self-pity
and depressed for his wrong decision. His wife Nandini (Suhasini)
who tries to give moral support to the family members, including
her software engineer daughter Madhu (M.D. Pallavi). To add
to their misery, shock comes in Madhu's way in the form of
pink slip as she is one of the victims of her company's layoff.
Rao who thinks his daughter is inefficient, hopes that his
son working in the US will bail them out from the situation.
Fateful son Uday (Ajith Hande) comes back after loosing his
job.
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the other hand Madhu's boss Kosla (Ashok Mandanna) enters
into joint ventures with foreign investors to make quick bucks
in short time in the form of call center and continues to
layoff talented employees. But he and his 'mother of the year'
wife Indu (Priya Ganapathi) realises their mistake when its
beyond their control.
All characters of scrupulously handled film Stumble of Belawadi
are very close to real life. Be it the mentality of middle
class families or the entrepreneurs, corrupt politicians or
the venture capitalists. Every sequences of the film are blended
so very well with current scenario, you just don't find it
different from the happenings in our neighbourhood, but on
the celluloid. Ananth Nag and Suhasini are as usual at their
best. Pallavi as Madhu, Balaji Manohar as Aditya and Mohammed
Amanulla as Vasu steal the show among the youngsters. It does
not mean that every frame of the film is at its best. Mukyamanthri
Chandru as politician Divakar is not a right fit who was over
acting in many instances. Ashok Mandanna and Priya Ganapathy
justify their roles. Music by Praveen D. Rao is real good.
Catchy dialogs of Prakash are very effective. Fellow software
engineer says "layoff is the most stressful thing in their
life after death and divorce" Another sample of Kosla's mother
(Poornima Vyasalu) "People need underwear more than software"…
And throughout the film you feel as if you are part of those
characters not just a viewer. Kannada dialogs peeping in-between
bring the local touch. At the end when Anath Nag says "you
know why I lost everything? Because I invested in things which
I did not understand"…what a message to public, that touches
the heart. Stumble is a must see film if you are a 'Ctrl+Alt+Del'
guy. Well done Prakash. Lets hope to see many such films in
the near future.
Story and Direction: : Prakash Belawadi
Producers:S.N. Krishna Chidambara, Nagaraja Rao and Krishna Kumar
Music: Praveen D. Rao
Cinematography: Clay Kelton
Cast: Anant Nag, Suhasini, Ashok Mandanna, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Sihi Kahi Chandru, Priya Ganapathy, Pallavi M.D, Clay Kelton, Russel Byrne, Ajit Bhide, Veena Appiah, Ajit Hande, Aporup Acharya, Anil Abraham, Balaji Manohar, Mohammed Amanulla, Bhargavi Narayan, M.P. Venkata Rao, Poornima Vyasulu, K.S.L. Swami, S. Dattakumar, Goa Dattu and Allen Mendonca etc
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Very nice to see those great articles, photos... Well, we are proud of u man... being a true kannadiga... Keep it up.