Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Movie Review

Tejaswi - When I started reading Poornachandra Tejaswi's works few years ago, first culture shock to me was the use of cuss words. I felt like blasphemy of the holy literary space! I was about to stop reading. But then I thought something greater must be in store because Tejaswi has a big fan following! To this day, I have not regretted my decision and I remain one of staunch fans of Kuvempu's son! In the movie, cuss words have been reduced drastically not because they have been used sparingly. The censor board has already heard them and muted them for general public. This certainly has impacted the rhythm of the movie! Ironically, you can hear worst(or best!!) of cuss words in your neighborhood in Bengaluru during fights involving owner and tenant or even during minor accidents on road!

What is it about? Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu is a novella by Tejaswi, which brilliantly depicts the life of people of Malnad region with high dose of humor! Rustic women of Kiragooru have to deal with a lot of issues due to drunkard husbands and village politics and sometimes, they quarrel among themselves! In spite of these problems, they are united. They continue to strive and manage the household.  How these women get rid of their life's problems form the crux of the story. Caste politics in Kiragooru mimics the politics in Vidhana Soudha, where fortunes are made or broken solely because of caste equations. Tejaswi had written the story more than two decades ago. So, I also felt that the film adaption could have made few changes in the story to depict the latest scenario.

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Yes, it is simple and it manages to hold the attention of the audience for most part. Catchy dialogues laced with sakhath Bengaluru lingo set laugh riot. You savour  those moments when your thoughts turn into words on screen instantly.

But at sometimes you feel out of synch with the outburst of words as the background commentry snatches your reaction time and it becomes even more difficult with the giggling crowd. It is a good show by the team keeping in mind that there are only few characters and they don't make you sleep. You feel boring only when the simple story takes the usual complicated twist in the climax. Though I did not fancy the climax I must appreciate director's efforts in making the audience watch the final scenes standing.