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*ing: Danish Sait, Sal Yusuf, Disha Madan, MIchael Madhu, Pitobash Tripathy, Rangayana Raghu

Rated: 6/10

This Kannada comedy-drama movie (it has English subtitles) would have most probably bypassed the viewers in North India had it not been for the OTT platform. Directed by Pannaga Bharana, the film is set in the backdrop of Bengaluru city and talks about the trials and travails of a foreigner who comes to the city who then unfortunately gets caught in the melee of confusion and chaos that comes with living in a metro and the problems it throws up when you don’t know the language.

References to France with prawns may not be funny but the expressions of Sal Yusuf who plays the Frenchman are definitely worth a laugh.And here lies the hero of the film — the language barrier and the problems it lands a French salesman who comes to the city to attend a conference to sell drug (read medicine) but instead it takes him on a journey into the streets of a city he would have never undertaken voluntarily with an auto driver, Asgar, played brilliantly by Danish Sait.

Sait slips beautifully into this role with a typical Hyderabadi accent to boot. His ability to speak different dialects and ability to interact with a French tourist is an absolute delight. But the film has its downs as well. There is nothing much to offer in terms of a story given that there are two other parallel stories running that collide with the third. One a blundering son who becomes a don at the death of his father and the other about Asgar’s sister and husband. References to Chris Gayle because he sports a certain hairstyle is in bad taste and a strict no-no.

Men ogling at the butt of a woman while she has an argument when her car hits an auto makes no sense as does the whole idea of a man staring down the blouse. Objectifying women in such a manner is demeaning and uncalled for in such a senseless manner.

Despite this drawback, such faux pas are far and between and the movie manages to keep you entertained for most part.