Head Bush

Agni Sridhar's book/story based Chaitanya's Aa Dinagalu and Sumana's Edegaarike were both extremely well written, directed, and acted. I was expecting something better or at least, equally good from Headbush since it's the genesis story- the birth of a very complex, grey, and bloody underworld in Bangalore. But I was greatly disappointed as Headbush felt like a run-of-the-mill, plebeian underworld movie.

Throughout the movie I could see the poor direction everywhere. Be it the flow of the story, the way the scenes are cut, dialogues, the way the characters act, the way they speak, they behave, their decisions, the protagonist's 'star' moments, the very obvious foreshadowing of a deception, the politicians' mannerisms, etc. Everything was naive and amateurish. The story of Urs, his attempts at solving caste/class struggle, Indira Brigade, the birth of Jayaraj... are all quite complex and nuanced. But in the hands of the current director, they look silly and blunt.

And that's just about the underworld of 70s and 80s. In addition, Agni Sridhar's interpretations should be presented with elegance, intelligence, poetry, and a touch of philosophy. That's what set his two previous movies apart from every gangster movie made in India. In Headbush, let alone the characters from or "caught" in the underworld, even the politicians at the top sound and look like cheap caricatures of an 80s cheesy cop movie. I hope Sridhar brings back someone like Chaitanya or Sumana Kittur for his next story and let go of the part-2 of Headbush.

Basically this movie is an epic story of banglore underworld from 1974 ...Jayaraj acting is awesome , very natural and raw acting .. Guys Must watch the movie another master piece from KFI... Experience the 70 retro gangsters era, 70s Theme, bikes, buildings, cars material human lifestyle everything is 70 era .

Lighting is good , good camera work Samson and Ganga acting is awesome .. Pros: Good direction , good acting , good cinematography. Very natural acting , i felt like i was watching real story in-front of me...... Don't miss this master piece guys Short love story also there.. Cons : little dragged in between.... Overall its a good movie , Little improvements required here and there.

Waiting for the second part , I hope this sequel comes good.

The story tries to be a bestseller in today's industry and has multiple hyped up moments that make no sense from the story point of view.

The real life story is depicted well to a certain extent but the climax is not the end of the story. It leaves the characters at crossroads and there is no conclusion given.

Its an average watch with both acting and direction below par. The music and background track provides the sense of history and violence.

The story can be a bit more polished for the big screen. The overall story is good enough for a single time watch but there is a lot of disconnect in the movie itself.

It's a good movie , it's has great acting by all actors, they have bring all underworld stories in a same way , the bad words are harsh but reasonable.

Dhananjay has a good comeback with is rowdy style And loose Mada, as Ganga also made a desperate comeback Vasishta and raghu done good acting.

Shruti harihran had done great acting , and had good comeback .

Payal rajput , man what an acting , good entry to sandalwood, Ravichandran cameo which was ok , but nothing for story And many actors like shoba raj , Prakash belwadi and many old actors has come through this movie .

Overall a good movie ,one time watchable.

Movie is good enough to be watched in theater. There were couple of reviews which made have low expectation in watching the movie. But, the movie is good enough.

There might be part 2 of this movie. The movie shows plots of the Chief Minister of 1970s Devaraj Urs and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Movie also shows some of the details of how inefficient administration back in those days made way for uprise of M. P. Jayaraj, a don of Bangalore. The names in the movie have been deferred to keep the identity of real rowdies and politicians undisclosed.

It's a good movie to watch with friends, and you can expect some good action and offensive language through out the movie, which would probably be censored on post theatrical release.