Ramya Chaitra Kalai¿½

Desai, the director of famous films like Nammura Mandhara Hoove, Sparsha, Prema Raaga Hadu Gelathi has now brought Ramya Chaitra Kala to the public. There is nothing new in the film, and the maker has just reheated, cut and pasted scenes, sequences and subplots from his earlier movies, making it dull, boring, tedious and monotonous. The movie is long-winded and suffers from déjà vu, in addition to being improbable and unbelievable.

Chenna (Sandeep) is the typical good boy who falls for anybody’s hard luck story and tries to help all even at his personal cost, so he ends up being fooled and misguided by others for their selfish purposes. Shoba (Nandita), the postmaster’s daughter feels sorry for him and starts educating him, making him worldly-wise. Predictably, as in any movie by Desai, the two get closer and closer, fall in love, and so on. Predictably, there is a sudden shock and change of status quo when a tribal girl, running away from an undesired marriage, turns up on Shoba’s doorstep, and is subsequently reported dead. Shoba feels that she should not marry Chenna and forces him to accept marriage with her friend Shalini (Manasi), who was jilted by her lover Sudhakar.

Then Sudhakar realizes his mistake, comes back to woo and wed Shalini, Shoba learns her misunderstanding about the reported death of the tribal girl, and rushes to unite with Chenna. But Chenna falls from a height, and Shoba goes into shock. Chenna has not died since some trees broke his fall; Shoba undergoes medical treatment, but remains in shock. Chenna bravely decides to “fall” again from the same spot in an effort to cure her and does so. Unfortunately, this time his fall kills him, Shoba becomes sane, but on seeing Chenna dead, she also dies.

Sandeep, Nandita and Manasi have fulfilled their roles well, but are yet to become polished actors. Songs and music is also dated. Photography is good and the scenery of Karnataka is well displayed.