Kousalya Supraja Rama

Shashank's new directorial narrates the story of Rama (Darling Krishna) who is brought up to be a toxic male, following his father Siddegowda's (Rangayana Raghu) footprints while his innocent mom Kousalya (Sudha Belawadi) compromises her entire life for their sake. His love story with Shivani (Brinda Acharya) ends on an obvious note owing to his behavior and he ends up marrying Muthulakshmi (Milana Nagaraj), a raging alcoholic. How Rama learns his mistakes and saves his marriage forms rest of the story.

Amidst all the newcomers, Shashank has come up with a solid film to prove the old timers still have the right charm to deliver good films. The screenplay is the winner here as the key emotion involved delivers big time. The first half has a decent pace establishing Rama's character and his predicament due to toxic masculinity. There is enough humor too mainly provided by Santhu played by Nagabhushan. Pre-interval portions are heavy on sentiment as the pace drops to ensure the right impact.

It is the second half with the introduction of Milana Nagaraj's character that brings in non-stop entertainment with Nagabhushan too contributing through his counters. The humor is elevated here with few hilariously delivered lines. Here too, the emotional angle works well and the third act is handled very sensibly, hitting it hard. Barring the one Sonu Nigam song and probably the title track in the end, remaining songs fail to leave any impact and the film definitely deserved better songs.

With good performances and a terrific screenplay, Shashank has hit it out of the park making Kousalya Supraja Rama as one of the best films to release this year and a must watch. Highly recommended.

I honestly wasn't expecting a bit from this cinema after watching the trailer. Felt like it would be yet another typical cinema that comes and leaves.

The reality hit when my husband insisted me to watch this, and couldn't get a ticket for Saturday evening show!

The cinema started okayish to be honest. First 10-15 minutes offered nothing exceptional. But post that, it was a serious changeover and it got us involved in the narration so intensely.

One-liners & narration kept getting better and the story got so engaging that the whole theatre was erupting with laughter, dead silent with their eyes moist and what not!

I wasn't, and along with me, many women weren't getting up from their seats even after the final frame froze to the perfect family photo! There was a smile on face, lump in the throat. I couldn't speak for a while on our way back home.

Sudha Belawadi - I felt as if the team spotted my mother somewhere, observed her and then wrote the story!

Brinda, Milana, Rangaya Raghu, Krishna and most importantly Nagabhushan - they have acted like they knew they won't get a cinema as good as this ever again.

Maybe Karnataka got back the director that once delivered the finest cinemas once upon a time!

While I write this, I still have a lot running in my mind about the cinema. Undoubtedly the best cinema I have watched in the recent past.

A much needed cinema in Kannada this year. A neat family entertainer that will intrigue you for a long time. Just WOW!

Trailer onthara itbittu, bere cinemaane torsbittrala guruuu! BLOCKBUSTER .. I will watch it with my family again Surprise surprise!! Nobody expected this cinema to be this good. The best cinema of 2023 so far.. Daaaamn!!!!

First 6 tinglu bargaala.. Next 6 tinglu pravaaha.. Back to back blockbusters for KFI.. this is better than any recent cinema in all languages!

We were prepared for a love story, Milana Nagraj and a high dose of entertainment came out of the syllabus! Whatta roller coaster of emotions! Watching it again.

Watched this movie in Hyderabad with the family. It is better than many Telugu blockbusters of late. I dont remember when was the last time all of us sat together and watched such a good cinema in theatres. Maybe Milana, nothing of that quality after that. It made us laugh, cry and still have that smile throughout its runtime. Story, script and dialogues were the best in recent times, because everything was written so decently and still made every age group laugh! It gave a feeling of watching something sensible. Performance of each artist was top notch, in fact the best in their career. Just Shashank can make such movies in today's era. Strongly recommend to every age group 🤗

Watched the best family entertainer yesterday.

Positives of the movie:

Performances - Nagabhushan, Rangayana Raghu and Milana Nagraj will take awards home for their flawless performances. Sudha Belawadi is so natural that one feels like watching their mother on the screen. Darling Krishna's best cinema outside Love Mocktail zone.

Direction - Shashank is back with his best work yet. Though his previous cinemas were blockbusters, humour was something that he hadn't tried. This cinema is humorous to the core. He has proved yet again that he is the go to director for complete family entertainers today.

Writing - Brilliant story. One liners are crazy, comedy scenes are hilarious especially in the second half. Emotional scenes make your eyes wet. Dialogues in those scenes break you down. Overall, amaaazing job by a newbie.

Music - second half is super hilarious and emotional because of the tempo that music has set. AJ has elevated scenes to another level. Song placement in the cinema is perfect every time.

Negatives:

A few scenes in the First half could have been trimmed. Like, it could have been better in the first 15 minutes of the cinema

Songs should have been chartbusters. These are just above average/good.

Would have loved to see more scenes of Sudha and Rangayana Raghu.

Overall, this is the best cinema in recent times. A comeback movie for Darling Krishna and Milana. Shashank too is back after a very dry phase of 6-7 years. Watch it. This is the best cinema and the most sensible cinema of late.