irector P N Sathya, who had tasted success with films like Majestic and Daasa (based on the Bangalore underworld) returns with another film on the same theme, Udees.Unfortunately, the Kannada film audience has had an overdose of such mindless films. Mayur, who showed a lot of promise in his first film Mani, stars in Udees.
The movie is the story of a student, Sathya, born to a middle-class family. He is talented musically. He loves his sister, who always supports him when he is targeted by their parents. Sathya's father (Srinivasa Murthy), a fruit vendor, is an alcoholic. He takes a hefty loan from a local don for his daughter's wedding but squanders it on drinking.
The don starts harassing him, and Sathya promises to repay the loan within a few days.
Eventually, Sathya turns into a gangster. Unable to reconcile to his son as a don, Murthy commits suicide. Thereafter, the film becomes a mindless bloodbath.
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Udees falls flat on many counts. Quite a few sequences remind you of Hindi films like Vaastav, Garv and the Kannada film Om. But Udees lacks the class these films had.Even the performances are below standard. Mayur has tried his best to prove himself, but he is let down by the weak script. The action sequences also fail.
Heroine Sonali Joshi, imported from Mumbai, simply dances in a few sequences, vanishes, and then returns much later in the climax.
The other actors -- Anu Prabhakar, Srinivasa Murthy and Padma Vasanthi -- are wasted. The film is too predictable. The typecast villains throw up the same mannerisms you have seen umpteen times.
Director Sathya also doubles up as a comedian and an underworld rowdy.
Despite having a talented cinematographer like Sundaranatha Suvarna, the film's visual presentation looks ordinary. Venkat-Narayan's music has nothing to write home about.
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