Some comedy films get misunderstood, while many are just terrible, with actors on-screen having a lot of fun while people watching them scratch their heads, wondering what’s so funny. Naveen Narayanaghatta’s Moorane Krishnappa is a hilarious film that never takes the audience for granted. The quirky, relatable comedy, helped by a controlled screenplay and actors with great comic timing, is a welcome change in the Kannada film industry, which often stereotypically portrays rural stories.
Veeranna (Rangayana Raghu), the gram panchayat head in a village near Anekal taluk, is set to contest for elections again. His trick to win votes is to invite a celebrity to inaugurate a newly-built temple in the village. But the scheme takes a hit when a famous comedian, who was supposed to attend the inauguration, dies of heart attack a week before the event.
A helpless Veeranna seeks the help of Krishnappa (Sampath Maitreya), a mathematics teacher at a government school. Krishnappa, to everyone’s surprise, promises to bring the state’s chief minister to the event after talking to his influential friend from Bengaluru. The series of events which follow, while people wait to see the CM in anticipation, form a breezy, rip-roaringly funny first half.
Sampath Maitreya and Tukali Santhosh in ‘Moorane Krishnappa’| Photo Credit:Special Arrangement The characters in the film talk and behave as if they belong to the village (perhaps some of them are locals), enhancing the rural flavour of.