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Surprisingly, the title has no resemblance in the film whatsoever. Vamshakobba means a Samaritan. But the title does not suit the activities of the hero of the film. It seems as the film had to be called something thus the title. Hero Jaggesh does not do any good deed to acquire this precious title. In fact, he is spoiling the atmosphere with double meaning dialogues. With 100 films to his credit and a good reputation in society, isn’t it time for him to deviate from the cheap and vulgar films.

Singari Gowda (Jaggesh) is a wayward and is always after women. During one of his usual night rounds to a prostitute’s house, he finds a sudden change in the atmosphere as, without his knowledge, a good family has occupied the prostitute’s house. It is the case of mistaken identity. There is a girl in the house who is the new teacher at the village school. As Singari Gowda leaves the house after learning the truth, but his detractors throng the house and the innocent girl Sowbhagya gets a bad name. To save the girl, Gowda marries her to everyone’s surprise. But he has a secret lover Kalyani with whom he used to play pranks. Soon Gowda is blessed with a male child. But Kalyani and his opponent gang are waiting to take revenge on Singari Gowda. A confusion is created when Gowda’s detractor lies about him and Kalyani. This angers Gowda thus disturbing the peace in his house. Sowbhagya brings Kalyani home and confronts her husband. In the climax, Sowbhagya learns that her husband is innocent. But Kalyani is sentenced to imprisonment. What happens after Kalyani’s return is shown in a flashback.

Sujitha has performed well while Manichandana looks pretty. Jaggesh, with his usual mannerism, is okay. The song rendered in his voice is tolerable. A senior actor like Mukyamantri Chandru shouldn’t have accepted the role in this film.

The songs are just average. The photography is not up to the mark.

This is a film for Jaggesh fans and front bench audience.

Ghalate Madhuve
Wasted effort

This wedding is a waste of time. It is like going to a wedding, eating non-spicy food and coming away without having any sweet dish. This madhuve is like many innumerable films that have come and gone. Added to this, there are major technical lapses. It is a torture to sit and watch this film. It seems that after shooting the film, senior director Ramamurthy must have detached from it. With a lovely comedy team, the director of over 25 films, fails evoke titillating situation. The first half is a sheer waste. The technical team has done a shoddy job and it is surprising that the director was not aware of it. Poor photography, music and the inept dialogue recording is sickening to watch.
Orphan Krishan (Shashikumar), working in a company not known to us till the last frame, is a Samaritan. Every month he distributes a major portion of his salary amongst his colleagues. So naturally, he gets love and affection from them in return. Radha, a new entrant to the office, falls in love with Krishna. Initially Krishna draws away from her. But when Krishna proposes marriage to her, Radha has a condition. Her father, a rich agriculturist, wants his daughter to marry into a family full of people. So the office colleagues chalk out a plan to pretend as Krishna’s relatives. The scene shifts to a village. Each one of the office colleague claims to be related to Krishna and Radha’s father is happy. But there are trouble makers in the villagers. The wedding takes place after a fight.
Shobaraj, the popular villain who is in a supporting character is the only consolation in the film. Rest of them don’t impress. Newcomer Deepti is not a heroine material. Look out for better entertainment.

 
 
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