Film: Bangari
Cast: Yogish, Sadhu Kokila, Ragini Dwivedi,
Director: MA Chandru
Music: AM Neel
Running at : SagarDepression, survival, crime, poverty and affluence provide the themes for Bangari. But this celebrated social drama has been done and dusted many a times and now seems to make a rather mawkish and quaint re-entry. Feature director MA Chandru, associating with ultra low budget production, took a long time in the making but doesn’t bring out any freshness.
Bangari manages to strikes an emotional chord with the audience by bringing in motherly sentiments, which had a set of audience cheering and the other half feeling irritated.
The story starts with young Bangari (Yogish) and his widowed mother Sumitra (Sathya Priya) struggling for survival in a small village. Enter Paddu alias Padma (Ragini Dwivedi), daughter of a social servant, whose only aim is to acquire power along with two other social servants who are equally power hungry and are in the race. Bangari gets upset when he comes to know that the people whom he trusted had turned atrocious for the sake of power.
Adding more blow to the weak heart, the antagonist kills his mother. In revenge mode, Bangari sets on a killing spree, which leads him to prison. What lies ahead for him and will he get back his love is told in a very ordinary narration.
Bangari has a major drawback with the director doing a shoddy job with the script and presentation. Chandru comes across as an amateur director who has filled up the film with action, sentiments, and love, which is seems quite repetitive in Sandalwood these days.
Actor Yogish can really do better provided he chooses the right subject. The hero needs to upgrade with better films rather than just being part of films where he is either collecting tears or is on a killing spree.
Ragini Dwivedi is at her charming best but too glamourous to be a village belle. Sadhu Kokila in a comedy dose is a total waste, which is a minus point for the film. Sharath Lohitashava is completely sidelined while Ramesh Bhat and Sathya Priya have justified their roles. Nothing impressive about the camerawork nor editing. A couple of songs by AM Neel are hummable.
Verdict: Routine love story, definitely worth a miss.