Khasagi Putagalu review: A decent love story marred by poor performances

Who doesn’t love a good story that reminds them of their love interests during their college days, especially when it turned out to be a failure in the end and is yet attached with everlasting memories? Well, that’s Khasagi Putagalu in a nutshell.

Set in a coastal town, it is about the innocent love affair of Surya and Bhoomi, portrayed by newbies Vishwa and Leonilla DSouza, respectively. As in all love stories set in colleges, this one too has a gang of friends with all the mischief and escapades — till it all gets dramatically serious.

There is something about the last-bencher falling in love with the prettiest girl in the class thing in the movies. Talking about unique ways of proposing to a girl and then finally making it right is the real essence here and the film too does it right in bits.

Acting skills lacking

What spoils the lovely experience is the ordinary acting skills on display and all the usual cliches of a college love story.

It is Leonilla who impresses the most as Bhoomi, and fits the bill of a cute girl in love.

Others, including Vishwa as Surya, the protagonist, keep the boat sailing through unexpected twists and turns.

The makers have infused some moral values and lessons for humanity to exist in peace. To give a sneak peek, it talks about how even machines/materials are equally loved for their emotional attachment.

Composer and playback singer Vasuki Vaibhav has the right notes with a couple of melodious numbers to keep the love birds flying high and falling low!

Sun-earth, Surya-Bhoomi

The first part is all about falling in love and the lovely days, and the latter is obviously about whether it is going to be a happy ending — and whether they lived happily ever after!

Unlike in the majority of similar tales, where a villain, or at least the parents, play spoilsport to make sure that the love story doesn’t run smoothly and happily, here it is unforced circumstances and situations which play a big part.

The Sun-Earth (Surya and Bhoomi) connection is used metaphorically to a great extent.

The film is the first feature venture by Santhosh Srikantappa, who has done some short films. Vishwajith Rao handles the cinematography, while the background score is by Raki Sonu.

Were you a last-bencher in school/days, and had a crush? Then go relive the moments on the big screen through Khasagi Putagalu.