Plot Summary – Karna from a small town has joined this engineering college and he gangs up with his hostel mates Loki, Alexander, Manja and others to fuel a lot of mischief in the college.

Language – Kannada

★★★★★ 

Watched on 26 Mar, 2021

Rakshit Shetty is very rapidly turning out to be my favourite actor and writer. His ability to tell engaging and nuanced stories which also provide mass entertainment for the Indian audience is unlike anyone else in the industry especially in Sandalwood. Kirik Party is one of the funniest and enjoyable movies I’ve watched in a long time and it’s still filled to the brim with nuance, character growth and a sensible storyline. It indulges itself by becoming a typical South Indian film but that’s point of the film and that’s what makes the ending feel so earned. I was fully prepared to give the film four stars for most of the runtime but the last 30 minutes or so were so captivating and moving that you feel like this is an unforgettable film. Rakshit Shetty shines again in his role as Karna and he essentially has to play 3 different roles embodying the three different personas he takes up during the course of the film. Rashmika Mandanna, Samyuktha Hegde, Aravind Iyer and of course Achyuth Kumar are also brilliant in their roles and add so much to this film’s atmosphere. Rishab Shetty proves to be a phenomenal director by helming this film in such a way that someone who hasn’t even reached college yet can feel nostalgic to their college days. The way it shows the various nuances of the Indian Engineering school experience makes me recount similar stories narrated by seniors and relatives who have gone through these stories first-hand. The songs in this film are so catchy and yet again Rakshit proves that he knows how to accurately use music in his films. Belageddu and Katheyondu Helide are some of my favourite songs now and they were so culturally relevant that I knew about them long before I watched this film. Overall, I really admire how this film handles the topics of grief, remorse and redemption while also being a coming-of-age comedy about the trials and tribulations of college. I highly recommend this to anyone, especially someone who is in university right now.