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Ladies Bar Movie Review

Name: Ladies Bar Movie Review
Item: Ladies Bar
Rating: 2
Author: Sivapriya Anand

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Review for the film " Ladies Bar"

Runtime: 02 Hour 14 Minutes

Certificate: A

Released: 16-02-2024

Genre: Drama

Similar To: Vyuha, Appuge, Ee Dil Helidhe Ni Bekanthaa, Aarohana

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CAST & CREW

Harish Raj

Kempe Gowda

Venus Murthy

Shivaraj Mehu

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Producer:

T M Somaraj

Music Director:

Harsha Kogodu

Editor:

Shivaraj Mehu

Director:

Muttu AN

Director of Photography:

Venus Murthy

Supporting Actor:

Harish Raj

Kempe Gowda

empty:

Chitra Gowda

Prerana MJ Gowda

T M Somaraj

Diana Jessika

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Ladies Bar is a Kannada social drama written and directed by Muthu AN. TM Somaraj and SN Rajashekar are the co-producers of this film. This film is distributed under the banner of TMC Productions. Venus Murthy Venus Murthy is a Telugu cinematographer and direc >> Read More... is the cinematographer, while Shivaraj Mehu Shivraj Mehu is a Kannada movie editor. He has w >> Read More... is the editor of this film. This film stars an ensemble cast of TM Somaraj, Harish Raj Harish Raj is a well known Kannada TV actor who la >> Read More... , Prerna MJ Gowda, Diana Jessika, Chitra Gowda, Shivani Gowda, Ganesh Rao Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , Kempe Gowda Kempegowda is an Indian actor who has primarily wo >> Read More... , etc. The film got a theatrical release on 16 February 2024.

Plot

Amar opens ‘Ladies Bar’, a liquor bar exclusively for women. However, a social worker Sudhakar has objections to the operations to the same. Who will prevail in the end?

Star Performances

TM Somaraj does his best, both as a producer, and one of the actors in this film.

Apart from TM Somaraj, it is the technical department of the film, that does a fine job of making this film somehow watchable.

Analysis

Women empowerment is one of the most sought-after topics in the region of both literature and cinema. However, very few have the courage to depict the same through the respective mediums. Is ‘Ladies Bar’ any different?

Directed by Muthu AN, this film aims to address the hypocritical approach of the society through the medium of a ‘Ladies Bar’. The film starts on a good note and initially promises an entertaining film, with a deep social message.

However, midway, the film’s narrative loses focus. From a film with the social message, it suddenly changes its focus to the exploitation of women. Some of the sequences have no connection at all with the original plot. It seems that the people entrusted with the editing made a complete mess of the same. The musical score is no better, and at the best, forgettable. The film is almost 2 hours and 15 minutes long. Yet, after the second half, it seems like a never-ending lecture on moral science.

Is there anything good about this film? Despite the underwhelming efforts by director Muthu AN, TM Somaraju, who is the producer [as well as one of the actors] of this film, makes a decent effort as the progressive husband. The ensemble cast of ladies is just about okay, with nothing very remarkable about their performance. Probably the actor who did the role of Sudhakar was more interested in his role than the ladies themselves!

What's There?

Some visuals by cinematographer Venus Murthy
Performances by TM Somaraju

What's Not There?

Forgettable editing
Unimpressive performances by the leading ladies
Not-so-great musical score
Narrative that loses focus midway

Verdict

‘Ladies Bar’ is that social drama that has the potential to achieve the impossible. However, director Muthu AN had other ideas. A seemingly good script on paper was ruined by execution. Only the performances of TM Somaraju, and some visuals somehow managed to salvage the film.

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