NAM DUNIYA NAM STYLE

The contribution of the Gubbi Veeranna Nataka Company to professional theatre in Kannada is unparalleled. The scion of the family, director Preetham Gubbi, has turned producer with Nam Duniya Nam Style under the Gubbi Talkies banner. He continues the family tradition of entertaining the audience and carries the family name forward. Casting a host of young actors, Preetham has taken up an onerous challenge. All his previous films had love stories. This is no different but for a change there are three pairs of lovers.
    Preetham does not deviate much from his format of storytelling which involves glossy imageryandloadsofdialouges. Asusual,oneoftheprotagonist is called Preetham. Preetham follows his lover to Malaysia alongwithhisfriends.Hislover is already in a live-in relationship. To complicate things, his friendstoofallinlovewithother girls there. The film narrateshowthisyoungbunch trie sto get what they want without a care for following social norms and hence the title, Nam Duniya Nam Style.
    It is a simple tale and never does it pretend to be serious. That is the biggest plus for the film as the youngsters enjoy their time in Malaysia and cinematographer HC Venu doing a fabulous job making the film look like a grand journey. The story seems to slow down a bit and Preetham does not care to tie up some loose ends, but it can be easily forgotten as Likith Shetty, Vinayak Joshi, Krishna Nagappa, Milana and Sonia Gowda go about their job as if they were on a jolly trip. Their enthusiasm is what keeps the film's mood upbeat. Rangayana Raghu and Sadhu Kokilaaddtothetime-passvalue of the film.
    Shaan Rehman, in his first Kannada film, delivers good tunes, two of which are really special.Anotherinterestingaspect in the film is the dialouges by Harsha Urs. They sound like what youngsters would speak normally. There is nothing filmi about it.
    The actors have done their jobwellandPreetham,though not really excelling, had done his best. There have been a few youthfulfilmsthisyearinKannada, barring Parari earlier. If you have time to spend, NDNS is the place to go.