'Yashawanth' film review - a film starring Murali and Rakshita

Though his directorial debut Ok Saar Ok was a disaster, his second Baa Baaro Rasika was a technically well-made film by Dayal. When such directors with fresh ideas come up with new product, the expectations obviously soars. Contrary to expectations, Yashwanth fails to arrest your attention. You genuinely feel sad when a talented director dishes out an inferior product like Yashwanth. Although Dayal tried hard to make it a movie with a message, neither does Yashwanth serves the purpose effectively, nor does it thrill you in those two hours.

Film has a straightforward story. It deals with today's younger generation and how they invite trouble by means of careless attitude. Yashwanth (Murali) an unemployed youth loses 50,000 bucks kept for his mother's operation when his folks are away from home. The whole story revolves around the consequences of how Yashwanth earns the money back before his parents return. During the course, he meets the heroine (Rakshita) who flees her home to avoid a forced marriage.

Yashwanth belongs to Murali completely. The actor puts his best foot forward and delivers an impressive performance in all aspects like in his earlier movies. Though the director tried to say, 'stay focused if you want to achieve something', he fails due to baseless logistics. He tried his best to enthrall the audience with some action and romance however. Apparently, one of most talked about 'hot smooch' has been censored in the final version. But, the director and the producer denied that there was no such scene at all!

Murali in Yashwanth

The heroine, villain and other supporting characters do not have much to do. Muni who played the villain role imitates the mannerism of Rangayana Raghu from Ranga SSLC. Actor Dhirendra Gopal's voice for a dog was an awful thing to do. Mani Sharma has churned some 'mix and match' tunes from Tamil and Telugu movies. And furthermore, he used the popular song of yesteryear 'Mannige Mara Bharave' of Chi. Uday Shankar with meager modification of lyrics but without any credit to the legendary.

On the whole, Yashwanth is not as gripping as one would've expected it to be. Its an absolute letdown but enthralls the frontbenchers!

Direction: Dayal
Producer: K. Manju
Music: Mani Sharma
Cinematography: Satya Hegde
Cast: Murali, Rakshita, Ramesh Bhat, Vinayaka Joshi, Pavan, Preethi, Sanjana, Muni, Vanita Vasu, Tulasi Shivamani etc