Manjunath Movie Review

Movie review: Manjunath - There's enough, in the way the film begins, to keep us engaged.

Good story aside, the actors have performed well. Overall, a must-watch. Get inspired by the story of a man standing up for what was right.

It's limitations albeit, Manjunath is one film that should be watched. Just to remind us of that one tale of courage if not for its cinematic value.

This is not a hero film. This is a movie about one guy who made a choice to tell the truth. Nothing more, nothing less. His is a story that has to be heard, to ensure that Manjunath's life wasn't spent in vain.

...a well-intentioned film that wears its message brazenly. It's an important story that deserves to be heard.

You feel for this young lad whose life was brutally snuffed out for doing what he was supposed to do and refusing to take a bribe and the easy way out. He chose to walk the narrow path.

Manjunath is a story that needs to be told in a time when corruption has seeped into every tiny crevice of our society. We wish the effort was more hard hitting than its attractive posters.

Manjunath, the film, doesnrsquot gloss over facts Even at risk of sacrificing on the aesthetic front, the director tries to bring out the harsh reality of the story that led to the killing of the 27-year-old IIM graduate

The film slips into a morass of clunky plotting in its final act, when the court case takes over, followed by the candlelight vigil undertaken by IIM students. It all feels very rushed andummobligatory.

Once a while there comes along a man who genuinely wants to change the world we live in. Manjunath is the hard hitting conscientious story of one one braveheart who tried to make a difference. And paid with his life.

I am still in two minds about the film. Though Manjunath is a concept that is hailed for all the right reasons, the films execution is badly done.

The biopic is worth applauding as it goes beyond the obvious. It doesn’t merely recount crucial events of Manju’s life.

You might find it a little boring, perhaps even insipid in the beginning and frustrating around the interval but you will be rewarded in the end.