Awara is the story of Shiva (Karthik), a jobless guy in Bangalore who stays with his friends. Shiva sees Charu (Tamanna) in a bus in Bangalore and falls in love with her at first sight.
One day, he goes to the railway station in his friend’s car to receive someone and when Charu gets into his car mistaking him to be a taxi driver, his joy knows no bounds.
He comes to know from Charu that she is being chased by goons sent by her father who wants to forcibly get her married. Shiva takes the responsibility of taking Charu to her grandmom’s place in Mumbai in his car.
As if one set of goons were not enough, Shiva also has goons from Mumbai headed by Bali (Milind Soman) chasing him. The rest of the story is about how Shiva takes Charu to Mumbai against all odds, fighting the goons and ends up winning love.
Karthik is good in the role of Shiva who falls in love with Charu and fights for her. He however seems to have the same intrigued expression on his face in almost all scenes. He should to be appreciated for doing the dubbing himself although he needs to improve a lot.
Tamanna perfectly fits the role of a beautiful, innocent girl who is in all sorts of trouble waiting for her man to rescue her.
Milind Soman is not convincing in his role as the Mumbai goon. The situational humour in the movie between the lead pair and between the hero and his friends is decent.
Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja is above average with the rain song Arere vaana jadi vaana and Chiru chirrup chanukah poyave being the pick of the lot. The dance by the lead pair to the background beats in the rain song is something that would stick in your mind once out of the cinema hall. Cinematography by Mathi on the highway roads from Bangalore to Mumbai is impressive.
Director Linguswamy holds the audience attention with his engaging screenplay during the chase sequences from Bangalore to Mumbai. The movie might have been a lot better and intriguing if it were just about the chase instead of the story (and the flashback) in Mumbai which slackens the pace.
The director obviously chose to keep logic aside while dealing with the action sequences where we have our hero smash around 20-30 goons into pulp. It is perhaps a given for any hero in movies these days irrespective of his physique and his role in the story.
Director Linguswamy’s Awara is an out and out popcorn flick that is not meant to be analysed at all. Watch it if you have nothing else to do on the weekend without bothering yourself too much trying to analyse the movie.
Critic: Raghu Chaitanya
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