7/10
India's Pulp Fiction, not quite, but a good film nonetheless
11 May 2020
Based on the Rashomon effect, Ulidavaru Kandante tells us about an incident which took place in a coastal area of Karnataka, through the eyes of a news writer, whose ultimate source are it's eyewitnesses. Along with the witnesses, she also interviews friends and relatives of those who were involved. Though these people might have different intrepataion of events, some of them might be lying, there might me some loopholes in their stories, but the director shows what actually happened in the last segment.

Though we don't what really was the incident she was covering but it's not hard to come closer to that merely by guessing.

The story is divided in segments which are not in a particular order. The second part with Richie in focus is the best one. But it was too elongated. Rest were not that exciting to watch. There were some unnecessary scenes there, like all the scenes between the reporter and Richie(one of which was important to understand the order of events).The stories were good but I am not sure if making them non-linearly was important.

Ulidavaru Kandanthe does not live upto expectations, but it's a good enjoyable film to watch.
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