Agnyathavasi

Great acting, good story line... Keeps you hook up the whole movie without getting you bored.. must watch...every actor has given their best... Ragu sir though, too good for an actor... Idk why this movie remains underrated... Why this movie didn't get the limelight... I wish we get such movies in the industry and such movies get the limelight they deserve...

Watched this movie in theatre this week, very slow narration and unnecessary showing same scenes again and again for scenes which are already understood.

Message to society is totally lost, if mother is having mind related issues killing does not make sense, there were alternative solutions at 1990s also totally absurd.

Atleast shakahari had some suspense till end but story was on similar lines.

I went to movie based on previous stitnt by janardhan chickannas gultoo but disappointed.

Blink was really good with oedipus stuff like dark.

If we watch monk or any suspense tv series this could have been an epsiode.

Yes, it's a worth of watching and it has many twists in throught cinema. I suggest you after this you should definetly watch shakahari also and newly comed actress also done good job and total lense quality also very good at last you will definetly get goosebump. Also has some knowledgeable thing at the climax.

Great screenplay, superb acting. Must watch for people who like malayalam thrillers and complain about Kannada movies not being able to produce great thrillers. Keep it up! Suspense could have been built even more until the climax. The cinema hits it out of the park with this gripping thriller! The screenplay is fantastic and the acting is superb. If you're a fan of Malayalam thrillers or have been disappointed by Kannada movies in this genre, this one's a must-watch. Kudos to the team! One suggestion - a bit more suspense building up to the climax would have taken it to the next level. PLEASE WATCH IN CINEMAS.

Walked into an empty theatre for "Agnyathavasi"-just me, my popcorn, and approximately 100 empty seats. Felt appropriate, honestly. This is a film that breathes sighs, with fractured timelines and Malnad mist. It was quiet-strikingly so for this genre. No bombast, no gratuitous violence, just Thai New Wave restraint with a hint of South American cop drama simmering beneath. And then there's our main lead, Actor Raghu, he totally carries this flick. Without him, it'd be all atmosphere and no pulse.

But here's the kicker: you've seen this plot before. The cliches pile up, feeling a bit dusty, much like the police station in the film. So yeah, nothing's exactly wrong, but the screenplay just needed more punch. Of course, the film wants to make guilt simmer, and we get the point-the title is apt-but it stretches thin, losing its grip. There's also a song that drops out of nowhere, the concept was good, but it was a major mood killer because it lightened the narrative, settling for something safe. Those shades of grey, those tough moral calls, they could've hit harder, lingered longer, really making you feel it. Instead, Janardhan Chikkanna hedges his bets: half-arthouse melancholy, half-mainstream concession. (The same fate as "Roopanthara", another Kannada film I reviewed, which faced a similar dilemma.)

The whole chicken and computer angle felt a tad too convenient, a bit of a deus-ex machina. While it's meant to bridge the distance between characters and resolve things, it ultimately led to a predictable widening of relationships. And again, the clichés kept piling up, right to the very end, making the outcome easy to foresee. But yes, some shots were staged interestingly, which conveyed more than meets the eye.

Strangely, while watching, I couldn't help but draw parallels to 'Whaler Boy", a brilliant film where the arrival of the internet fundamentally alters the village. (I wrote about that one too, if you're curious; it's on IMDb.)

In closing, go in with low expectations. The cinematography does capture the stark, secretive landscape beautifully. But do watch out for Rangayana Raghu; he truly stands out. He embodies the alienation and guilt, trapped in his own personal melodrama that festers within him until the very end.