Starring: Housefly, Sudeep, Naani, Samantha
Directed by S.S. Rajamouli
Rating: ***
You will never be able to swat a housefly again after watching Eega. Director Rajamouli’s brilliance will make you fall in love with the little pest. The story of a murdered hero (Naani) reincarnated as a fly (eega) which seeks revenge in the most funny ways is too good to pass up.
Kannada star Sudeep plays the rakish businessman whose obsession for Bindu (Samantha) consumes him, leading to Naani’s death. From buzzing inside Sudeep’s ears all night to making him crash a car and behave like a buffoon during a presentation, the fly unleashes a laugh riot.
It takes imagination to get an animated housefly to exhibit joy, relief, fear, victory, agony, rage and act heroic. My personal favourites were of the fly using a toothpick as a handweight to build muscle and sipping coffee at Cafe Coffee Day. And when the tiny thing loses a wing, the collective moan in the theatre tells you why Eega has become a runaway hit.
Sudeep is excellent in the role of a violent man who is reduced to comical self-destruction, with a ‘Hit’ insect spray his main weapon. Keeravani’s music and background score advance the theme considerably.
Eega, with its lion-hearted fly, reminds us that love is in the soul.
