Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana feels Jogayya is no Jogi. Post YOUR reviews here!The curious journey of Madesha from
Jogi to
Jogayya unravelled on screens today.
Jogayya, the 100th film of Shivarajkumar, released amidst great fan furor, tells the story of Madesha alias Jogi after his mother's death.
In
Jogi, we saw Madesha (Shivarajkumar), who is from a small village, come to the city in search of a job and in the process become underworld don Jogi. Madesha is close to his mother who comes to the city in search of him. The film ends with the mother dying without meeting her son. It was the mother-son relationship that had made the film a huge success.
Jogayya talks of what happens to Jogi after his mother's death. Jogi decides to cut off ties with the underworld and leaves for Mumbai. He even manages to find a job as a helper in a Kannada household. But it's not long before his unsavoury past catches up with him. The police catch him in Mumbai and bring him back to Bangalore. However, he is freed for lack of evidence. He then decides to take over the underworld. How long will he survive it this time?
Jogi had enough action to please Shivarjkumar's many fans. But what had worked more for that film was the beautifully etched mother-son relationship. In
Jogayya, director Prem does not want to let go of that theme, but he overdoes it a bit. 'Mother sentiment' rules
the roost here too. There are enough and more musical echoes from