Gurudev Hoysala

Was expecting something else to watch the film but it turned out to be a masala film. The film raises its voice on the caste system, which is right and I also consider it wrong. But every story has two sides. We see how many girls lose their lives at the hands of boys who are just using them. But in every film only parents are shown wrong but who will tell how to avoid boys with wrong intentions Caste is not big or small, it is a person's thinking. The film seems illogical at many places and the story of the film is also quite predictable. The protagonists have done a decent job and the supporting cast is also fine, but the focus of the film was on Gurudev's character. And yes, there is a dialogue at the beginning of the film that "every language is respected in Karnataka" so I would like to correct it. No, no other language is respected in your Karnataka, I have experienced this myself and you will find hundreds of videos and news articles about it.

Movie is packed with all necessary commercial elements. The main plot revolves around honour killing and caste system which is very rare to see in modern Kannada cinema. Movies like Bhootayyana maga Ayyu, Hemavathi,Janumada Jodi were few daring attempts and the that spark is now carried over to Hoysala movie.

We might get few shades of Koshiyum Ayyapunam, Kaithi, Dark Knight.. However those have been blended to match the story.

Message they want to convey is very strong and sensitive and I totally appreciate Director's choice to make this a commercial flick. The teams intention to subtle the impact with commercial elements is clever. The character Bhoomi cannot be the Shosanna Dreyfus as caste system in Karnataka is still deep rooted and its hard to burn it down in a movie theatre. Hence even to whisper against this deep rooted caste system, one must be courageous.

Additionally movie also speaks about role of media, duties of cops and helplessness of police due to corrupt system around them. Hoysala is a symbol of ideal police officer that our society needs. These ideals are necessary for modern youths. Thanks to the Hoysala team for providing necessary medicines sandwiched with all masala elements!

I watched the movie Dasara and Gurudev Hoysala on the same day, the stories somewhere touched on casteism. But watching Dasara i felt it was a drag but Gurudev Hoysala turned out to be crisp and a very neat screenplay with no lag or overaction anywhere. Glad i watched GuruDev Hosyala and what great action..both hero and villain were very promising and equal screen space...a great subject indeed and not a single boring moment....though this subject has been done so many times, but the twist is great and ending awesome...keep smiling Dolly Dhananjay...you are going great guns...proud of you and your body language...even the dialect of north karnataka was very well done and music and bgm and story and narration everything was top notch....!!!

Gurudev Hoysala- Fast paced action movie with the right display of what "meter iro" (Kannada word) cop who knows no bounds to fight for the rights and justice.

Story and screenplay is clean and executed really well by the director Vijay Naagendra.

Dhananjaya roars like a LION KING and goes after the brutal jungle. He wears his khaki as the pride of honor, combined with his superior acting and style.

Background music and editing is spot on. Action sequences are well made. Rest of the characters have supported well and gels with the plot.

Watch it on Prime as the cop hits the baddies and gives justice.

The movie is impressive. All characters are penned as multidimentional in all its shades. Even the villains are shown to have some attatchments, love and vulnerabilities and the hero, "The Protector", can act as a "villain" when needed.

The action is great, the dialogues, the script... all is perfect.

It's a very realistic and profound approach at such horrific and inhuman practise.

What Bhoomi said in some parts of the movie made my eyes wet... such hearth wrenching feelings, the director could perfectly evoke very intense emotions all throughout the movie. The helpfulness, the bewilderment at how all the corrupt system worked, the anger, the good will to make things better, betrayals... Seems so so real.

Kudos to the whole crew ot this wonderful movie. It was really an experience not only a movie to pass time!!!!!