Gultoo (2018) :
Brief Review -
Indeed, an overrated film, but definitely a very important topic for the Internet generation. Gultoo was the 4000th movie made in Kannada cinema and has content that should appeal to internet users. Moreover, it's a warning bell for the IT era. Gultoo is not a good film that can be recommended, but it is definitely a concept that everyone from our internet generation should watch at least once. Such films make people aware of the frauds and threats they might face without any proper warning. Gultoo is about 125 minutes long, but the content you should watch only appears in the last 30 minutes. The entire first half is useless and dragging. The second half also starts off like a waste, but then the last 30 minutes make you forget the past boredom. A computer trainer falls in love with his colleague, and that's all you get to see in the first 70-80 minutes. There are so many songs, so much romance and flirting for no reason. Suddenly, you learn about a murder, which is again left incomplete, only to find the reasons in the last 30 minutes. I just couldn't understand why that romance was there for so long. The 2-hour film could have been short and gripping if they hadn't wasted 70% of their runtime on an outdated love story. Anyway, as they say, All's well if the end is well. Gultoo follows that saying. The performances are strictly average, but the characters look like real people, except for the leading lady. Gultoo could've been faster, with a better screenplay and editing than whatever pathetic efforts they showed. Janardhan Chikkanna's conviction seemed a bit confusing if I had to judge the final product. He wasn't sure what the concept was, which is why he extended and stretched it to feature film length. As a result, he loses control and vision of the subject. Nevertheless, Gultoo can be watched once for the modern topic that relates to us, but 7.9/10 at IMDb? Hey Kannada viewers, have you lost your minds or what?
RATING - 6/10*
By - #samthebestest.
Indeed, an overrated film, but definitely a very important topic for the Internet generation. Gultoo was the 4000th movie made in Kannada cinema and has content that should appeal to internet users. Moreover, it's a warning bell for the IT era. Gultoo is not a good film that can be recommended, but it is definitely a concept that everyone from our internet generation should watch at least once. Such films make people aware of the frauds and threats they might face without any proper warning. Gultoo is about 125 minutes long, but the content you should watch only appears in the last 30 minutes. The entire first half is useless and dragging. The second half also starts off like a waste, but then the last 30 minutes make you forget the past boredom. A computer trainer falls in love with his colleague, and that's all you get to see in the first 70-80 minutes. There are so many songs, so much romance and flirting for no reason. Suddenly, you learn about a murder, which is again left incomplete, only to find the reasons in the last 30 minutes. I just couldn't understand why that romance was there for so long. The 2-hour film could have been short and gripping if they hadn't wasted 70% of their runtime on an outdated love story. Anyway, as they say, All's well if the end is well. Gultoo follows that saying. The performances are strictly average, but the characters look like real people, except for the leading lady. Gultoo could've been faster, with a better screenplay and editing than whatever pathetic efforts they showed. Janardhan Chikkanna's conviction seemed a bit confusing if I had to judge the final product. He wasn't sure what the concept was, which is why he extended and stretched it to feature film length. As a result, he loses control and vision of the subject. Nevertheless, Gultoo can be watched once for the modern topic that relates to us, but 7.9/10 at IMDb? Hey Kannada viewers, have you lost your minds or what?
RATING - 6/10*
By - #samthebestest.