Kiran Abbavaram’s eupohoira over success of Ka was shortlived as he has delivered yet another dud in his career in the form of Dilruba. Some of the film makers are still following the beaten track and yet to know the nuances of the game properly to deliver a hit film was once again evident from this film. It also reminds the necessity of exercising more caution in story selection by our young, upcoming and promising actors like Kiran Abbavaram after delivering a hit.
Story
The story of Dilruba was very stale and its an oft repeated line which sways between two female characters followed by a breakup with the lead actor hanging aimlessly between ‘sorry’ and ‘thank you’. These two words has caused the breakup between Siddhu (Kiran Abbavaram) and Meghana alias Maggie (Kathy Davison). As a result Maggie moves on, gets married and settles happily in the USA.
Siddhu switches over to Mangalore where he meets Anjali (Rukshar Dhillon) and love flourishes between them after a series of encounters. Unfortunately destiny goes on a different mode and the releationship between Siddhu and Anjali started developing cracks. This forces Maggie to revisit India to sort out this and fix Dilruba. How she does this and brings about peace is the remaining story of the film.
Performances
Kiran Abbavaram is back to square one though with some minor improvements. He should come out of the vestiges of the past and put a sincere effort to improve his performance levels. Mere shouting over the lungs or yelling at high pitch with unnecessary facial expressions is not at all acting my dear Kiran. Please watch old films of NTR, ANR and other greatest legends of yesteryears to know what real acting is all about. Coming to Kathy Davison, it was clueless as to how she got the role of Maggie and she fumbles very badly adding more woes to the cup of Dilruba.
The saving grace is Rukshar Dhillon who has put up a decent performance with some of the scenes bringing out her lighter side stand out. John Vijay as Joker the villain fails to make an impression while the presence of Sathya doesn’t make any difference as his screen time was minimum and failed to make any impact. Aadukalam Naren, Rahman, and Tulasi have come up with impressive performances within their characters.
Behind the Scenes
The young debutant director Viswa Karun has written a story that revolves around love as also suggested by the title. But he got swayed away and introduced the action part and inducted lot of fight sequences that diluted the core theme of the story resulting in a mishmash. The lack of emotion part was another drawback and audience were not able to connect with the happenings on the screen turning it into a watch and forget film. He could have taken proper care to make the story presentable and straightforward with fair bit of emotions so that it appeals to the larger sections of audience.
The composition of songs by Sam CS was brilliant to some extent but his background score was passable. The cinematography by Viswas Daniel was good only in parts with VFX standing out as a sore thumb.. The editing by Praveen K L could have been more sharp and crispier. The production values and other aspects are just okay but due to lack of depth in the story everything falls flat and sounds meaningless.
Final Verdict
Dilruba is another forgettable film in the career of Kiran Abbavaram. An insipid story that was just like old wine in old bottle and unimpressive narrative along with some mediocre performances make Dilruba a totally avoidable film. There was nothing new or novel to go and watch as the negatives have outplayed the positives all through this film. Its another example of how bad choices can result in bad results. Let this film open the eyes of Kiran Abbavaram and make him more judicious in his choice of stories in future.
