K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018) is a new benchmark in Kannada cinema. It is one of the first movies from Sandalwood to break the pan-India regional barrier and run to full houses and acclaim all over India.
I call this the Baahubali effect. SS Rajamouli broke the mindset that you need to know the language to enjoy a movie. With Baahubali getting global acceptance, people woke up to the fact that there are good stories being told in non-Hindi cinema as well and they are well worth the price of the admission ticket.
The audience these days is very discerning, while you have the odd Salman Khan flick with no substance all style winning at the box office, the audience wants good quality content for the price they shell out to watch a movie
KGF is a throwback to the days of Zanzeer, Kaalicharan, Agneepath, and Sholay. The movie has a good script and the casting, especially for the protagonist and the antagonist, is well done. The editing could have been a bit crisper, Indian movies still have to get out of the romance and song mindset.
Other than that, the action and the pace of the story is good. There is a tendency to jump in the storyline, moving from past, to present, to future which is a bit jarring and spoils the surprise in the film which is trying to build some tense moments for the hero,
But overall the cinematography and the visual stylization of the movie is pitch perfect, even though I am non-Kannadiga, I watched this movie in the theaters and enjoyed every bit of it.
IMHO the director has enough material to split the movie into 3 parts, rather than the chapter 1 & 2 that is proposed, but Indian movies are not yet acclimatized to trilogies yet, it is hard to hold the audience interest for the time taken to produce and direct 3 parts.
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