UI

Upendra is one my favorite directors. I generally love his vision, his approach to filmmaking and the way he makes the audience think with his themes. UI is no exception. The movie questions your conscience in a typical Upendra style narrative. While all his past movies are set in the real world, UI takes a different a drastically different approach. UI is set in a fictional world that was created by a filmmaker.

You are introduced to this beautiful world where greedy politicians take advantage of the average person for their own gain. As evidenced in the trailer, people are fed media to brainwash them into subservience. How one man rises up to challenge this is what the rest of the movie is about. It'd be a disservice if I said this is the story of the movie as it goes much deeper. It is part satire, part commentary on the workings of current society, the direction humanity is heading in and even the vices that we developed along our evolutionary path going against nature and even hurting it.

It is Upendra's way of communicating this message. The format follows classic Upendra's style reverse screenplay narrative where you are introduced to the climax first. I must say this is the best movie opening act I've watched this year. The movie demands your attention to piece things together and make sense of what's going on. This is not a movie where you go to watch a linear story unfold.

Upendra touches upon the duality of things. Heavily inspired by the "Samkhya" philosophy which talks about the duality of realty. Consciousness, or the spirit, and matter, or the human mind & emotions.

The movie comments on topics like nature, conservancy, greed, politics, humanity, and society in a not-so-subtle manner. There are scenes which may make you feel uncomfortable, mainly because of Ajneesh Lokanath's background music. But the choice of music had Upendra written all over it. After all, that's his motto. A movie should make you feel uncomfortable to make you think.

While the editing could've been better as you will be scratching your head at time, it all makes sense in the end during Act 1. Yes. As I said, the movie goes in reverse for the most part. The part where I said the movie demands your attention is let down a little bit as it could not command my attention due to its editing. While crisp, I did feel the scenes could've been strung together a little better.

As with all Upendra's movies, you will either love it or hate it. But one thing is for sure, they will make you think.

-YT/@CinephileIndia2023.

Amazing movie for those who love Uppi's way for storytelling and screenplay.

Fast and quick first half.

He has covered all the sensitive topics around us and is trying to make us think before deciding or concluding.

BGM at its best Amazing screenplay (Uppi style- not common)

Colorful costumes- Uppi's trademark.

Mass Dialogues are less compared to his previous movies.

All the characters in the movie are well balanced, it more on Uppi Once again, he made sure we as audience go out of the movie hall having so many questions on ourselves and the society.

Worth spending money and time to watch.

Upendra's direction and screenwriting is just mind blowing. Only he could make something this creative and unique.

Amazingly made film, great cinematography and has a great message for society.

The VFX is top notch with immersive visuals.

The film holds up a mirror to the society touching upon all modern evils and injustices.

No film has been made yet quite like this.

Upendra is in his best form and on another level altogether.

It is very intellectual in its core ideas and also appeals the mass audience with stylistic action scenes.

The sets are very well built and seem realistic Upendra is charismatic as an actor and just brilliant.

Pay attention! As usual this is a difficult movie for the masses to follow and a bit hard to sit through. But trust me what Uppi has shown is a universal struggle. So many things summed up from origin, present and the crumbling 🌎 i.e is U & I.

I think some people are confusing this film's as depiction as the end of the world. But This film, man, it's like a glitch in the Matrix. You think you're watching a story, but it's all a puzzle, a game. Upendra, he's playing with your mind, throwing curveballs at you every step of the way. And the dialogue, forget about it! It's all riddles and paradoxes. You gotta think deep, man, really deep, to understand what he's trying to say.

But hey, that's the beauty of it, isn't. But hey, it's a wild ride. You gotta hand it to him, he keeps you guessing till the very end. Just be prepared for your brain to take a vacation after watching i

Nope rethink!!!

U&I.

UPENDRA'S KIND OF SCREENPLAY, A FEAST FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL LOVERS💯, KIND OF NEW AGED PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER💥💯, AND ABSOLUTE METAPHORICAL MOVIE🎥.

EXCELLENTLY USED THE METAPHORS THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE💥, UPENDRA INTELLIGENCE (UI).

IN THE CLIMAX YOUR MIND GOING TO AWESTRUCK , UPENDRA DIRECTLY PLAYING WITH THE AUDIENCE'S BRAIN WITH HIS SCREENPLAY 💯💥 IT'S A NEW AGED MOVIE, SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTION IS AHEAD OF TIME, I THINK INDIAN AUDIENCE NOT READY FOR THIS KIND OF NEW AGED MOVIE 🎥.

IN THIS MOVIE YOUR GONNA SEE, (UI) UNIVERSAL INTELLIGENCE WORLD. UI SHOWS WHY UPENDRA IS THE MASTER OF SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTOR'S DIRECTOR.

ABSOLUTE MIND BENDING DIRECTION💥.