When you watch the trailers of this film, they may strike
a chord with you too because in simplicity lies beauty.
The first trailer has 1 woman
and 1 man and nothing more;
Trailer 2 has 1 woman and
2 men and nothing more.
Like I had mentioned sometime back, I have a
soft-corner for films which speak of goodness.
With that disclaimer, hello, I'm Kairam Vaashi
and this week's film is KS Ashok's "Dia".
That woman is Dia and the men are Rohit
and Adi, all three possess a heart of gold.
Thrown in a big conflict into their lives
and that's what will give you "Dia".
Honest to the title, this film is all about Dia
and her relationship with these 2 gentlemen.
I wanted them to resolve this conflict without any of them being
penalized and this is what I think is this film's success.
Director Ashok and producer
Krishna Chaitanya are bold men.
There are no songs, no separate comedy track, no fights, only
5-6 characters and a climax that is not popularly accepted.
This film has a beautiful rhytm, a pleasant audio-visual
tonal quality, one much like the purity of these 3 souls.
Even the dialogues are soft, the loudest
sound in the film is that of the train.
I guess Ajaneesh Lokanath looked at this film like a baby, no
wonder, he has played a pleasing lullaby all through the film.
Khushi as dia, Dheekshith as Rohit and Pruthvi as Adi
haven't produced stellar performances but
they keep the essence of this film infact
and make this film's world
as believable as they can.
Pavitra Lokesh is excellent.
There are repeating tropes, dialogues, wisecrack comments and
cheesy one-liners, but with a hit rate greater than 60%.
This film will, in some way, impact everyone,
but also comes with its own share of issues.
Accidents, both happy and unhappy
happen far too many times,
the ones towards the climax and the one in the end,
seem to be written for the sake of convenience.
As long as this film doesn't take
itself too seriously, it's engaging.
But when it starts to spit out some
philosophy is where it starts to lag.
Also, the "philosophy" leaves us confused
We are not sure of the
director's take on suicide.
In one scene he beautifully avoids a
suicide with some random phone call,
 while in another, he seems to use it as resolution.
Life is full of problems and pain but life is also
full of surprises and miracles, the film says.
I wish the director had not chosen
one side over the other at the end.
The scene where Dia figures out that Rohit has been looking
at her through the peephole in the door is fantastic,
Dia's voiceover is filled with humour
and infact the fact that a love story is narrated with a
woman as the focal point itself is something uncommon.
Eventually the light does vanish but for as long as it was lit, this
"Dia" certainly does illuminate a bit also keeps us warm a bit.
Summing up, if you beleive there's only darkness in KFI (Kannada
Film Industry) and nothing else, then this "Dia", you can...
