Director Gururaj Kulkarni’s The Judgement is a film that is true to its title. It follows a seemingly open-and-shut murder case from beginning to end with an array of participants.
Keeping the genre conventions intact, the story unfolds almost entirely inside a courtroom and things remain gripping throughout, even urging the audience to get involved.
Gururaj Kulkarni scores well for the amount of research he infuses into his material. Courtroom thrillers often tend to over-sensationalise their plots and stick to tall monologues.
Key junctures in the film take off on a promising note, but they are abruptly nipped in the bud because the writing doesn’t feature the intent that we expect from a courtroom drama.
Still, The Judgement works for its conviction which cannot be said about many films of late. Give this film a go if you enjoy stories full of intrigue and suspense.