Nightmare gone rogue

In the end, even before the end credits start rolling, director Puri Jagganadh thanks the audience for watching his film Rogue. If the audience had any option to reply to his gratitude, a majority of them would have rejected it, and cursed themselves for having watched it in the first place (or the film crew) and wished it had come with a disclaimer, “watch at your own peril!” 

There is also the possibility that the audience would have run away from the theatre before the interval, not having to endure the rest of the lack lustre film, and that miscued “thank you” too!

This Rogue easily beats the worst film of the year moniker by a huge margin. It is unbearable right from the beginning with the most senseless plot ever. Apart from the actor who looks good, and does his best even under such bizarre and ridiculous circumstances, the film, unfortunately, has all the right ingredients to torture an audience to the maximum. The worst part is that it doesn’t even allow the audience to take a nap, thanks to the endless sound effects.

It’s also Puri Jagganadh’s worst comeback. Apart from showing how a well built handsome man can use his stamina to acrobatically hold girls, while romancing near a beach and a waterfall, and not to mention the introduction of a hero hanging upside down and swinging, it is a complete nightmare.

The trashy storyline starts with some hot scenes and an inane concept called World Promise Day. Knowing his lover is being forced to get engaged, the handsome hunk barges into the ceremony. But his girl, the daughter of a city police commissioner, has already done an easy flip-flop, choosing the better (or more lucrative) option of marrying an encounter specialist who has gunned down 99 culprits, and is now waiting to score a century. In the tussle, the fiance shoots the Rogue and the bullet miraculously misses his heart by an inch. He is eventually sent to jail for two years!

The entire film is set in Kolkata and Puri has completely turned it into  a Kannada-speaking land (to any Bong’s dismay)! Every person knows Kannada and they speak nothing  but Kannada. The twist in this ridiculous tale is when the Rogue comes back after serving his sentence, and it is learnt that he has badly injured one of the police constables on the fateful engagement day.

He heads to the constable’s family and decides to help them but they are in no mood take his help. He finds another girl, Anjali, the sister of the injured wheelchair bound constable.

The story, script and the making deserve an award, the category being, “How not to make a film” and might be an example included in a film syllabus as a warning! The entry of a psycho villain takes the torture to a new level. If you want to take revenge on someone, then buy a ticket for them to watch Rogue.