Bad Manners review: Abhishek Ambareesh shines in this neither-too-good-nor-too-bad venture

After a disappointing debut in Amar (2019), Young Rebel Star Abhishek Ambareesh is back to entertain the audience with his latest release Bad Manners, which is out in the theatres on Friday, 24 November.

With Duniya Suri at the helm of affairs of this one, the expectations were high. Well, let’s check how good or bad Bad Manners is.

With Suri’s direction, sharing the story is quite a challenging one.

As usual, the film runs haphazardly with a bunch of characters making their sudden entry and exit. If you blink an eye, you will miss a piece of narration and wait forever to understand what led to what!

Anyhow, the movie is about the newly-recruited police inspector Rudresh, who has the right kind of attitude to deal with the bad guys.

The bad guys here are the ones who deal with country-made guns and hence are a menace to society. He goes after them, and the rest of the flick is about how good wins over evil.

But the presentation with the stamp of approval by Suri is a major highlight, along with a renewed attitude of Abhishek Ambareesh that saves the day at the end.

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Nonlinear narration

Duniya Suri belongs to the unique category of filmmakers who follow the nonlinear narrative. His presentation of characters and plot are scattered around to come back to make an impressive piece of art in the end.

Rudresh, a straightforward and honest police officer portrayed by Abhishek Ambareesh, deals with an issue that has been a matter of great concern in present society.

The alarming signs of growing gun culture amongst the younger generation are the soul substance of Bad Manners, and the rest is the body and mind.

In simple words, Rudra is on the hunt to nab those dealing with illegal country-made guns and the gang that has been operating them fearlessly.

In between, he loses his service revolver, which adds some twists to the saga.

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Suri’s making brings difference

While the story is plain and simple, that of an upright police officer doing his duty of catching the bad guys in his style, the presentation or the making by Suri makes a big difference.

It is as good as mixing several ingredients of many kinds with a proportion that the director feels good to serve a spicy and tasty dish.

It is not the order in which ingredients are added but how well it looks good or tastes (entertains) at the end that matters.

Not everything tasty requires a bit of patience and interest to follow the lead of the makers.

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Abhishek Ambareesh wins hearts

Apart from going gaga about Suri’s return to his world of filmmaking, the Young Rebel Star makes the most of Bad Manners.

His attitude is tailor-made for the character he plays, giving a glimpse of the aura and charisma of his father and Sandalwood’s forever Rebel Star Ambareesh.

Abhishek Ambareesh makes a lot of progress as a performer, and Suri gets all the credit for his outstanding transformation as an actor.

Verdict

Though there are no “wow… so elegant, and beautiful” moments in Bad Manners, Suri’s style of making and the renewed version of Abhishek Ambareesh as an actor makes this a worthy watch.

(Views expressed here are personal.)