Chitra Varga

Motivational speakers routinely exhort that ‘success belongs to those who care not for circumstances to create opportunity for themselves’ . True! Often though, circumstances intensify the drive in people for shaping successful lives. “ ಜೋಶ್ ” (‘ Jhossh ’, which translates in Kannada slang to ‘ High Spirits ’) is a 2009 Kannada film. The flick was a high grosser at the box office. After garnering both critical acclaim and popular applause, it went on an award-winning spree too. The movie was later remade in Tamil ( Yuvan ) and Telugu ( Keratam ). Rocky (Rakesh Adiga), a college student, hails from a middle-class family. He constantly yearns for a loving relationship with his heartthrob. Poorna (Meena) rebuffs his romantic overtures though. The love smitten Rocky then shifts his attention to Meera (Nithya Menen). The fallout: his academic performances suffer, even as his classmates pursue their respective passions and become upwardly mobile in life. So how does the ‘coming of ag...

“ When you fall in love, it is temporary madness,” is what someone has pithily, but poignantly said. At times though, love is permanent madness. " ಮೈನಾ " (' Mynaa' ) is a 2013 Kannada film inspired apparently by real life incidents. The romantic drama has the theme of love-induced mayhem and murder...or, madness, in other words. The film was a trailblazer at the box office and won a slew of awards too; critical appreciation was heaped on it in no mean measure. As reported the flick is being remade in Hindi. The male protagonist of the movie, Sathya (Chethan), an orphan, falls in love with a differently-abled girl, Myna (Nithya Menen). He fakes a disability himself to win her heart. The two tie the nuptial knot and settle down to a blissful wedded life together. But then, destiny has different plans. Enter Dr. Anirudh Desai (Ajay), who under the pretext of curing the disability, takes a few nude snaps of anesthetised Mynaa unethically and blackmails her. Enra...