Film: Sugar Factory
Producer: Girish
Director: Deepak Aras
Starring: ‘Darling’ Krishna, Sonal Monteiro, Advithi Shetty, Ruhani Shetty, Rangayana Raghu and others
A lot has been said and written about how the present generation approach relationships and their beliefs in love and marriage. ‘Sugar Factory’ is a cinematic approach towards it.
The film tells the story of Arya (‘Darling’ Krishna) who never believes in love or marriage. He happens to meet Aditi (Sonal) in a pub who has a similar approach towards life. In an intoxicated state they announce in Instagram live that they are in a relationship. The relationship does not stand for long because of their philosophies in life.
To forget his past memories, Arya shifts to his native Mysore where he meets Nandini (Advithi Shetty). After a couple of fights, the two gets close and Nandini falls in love with Arya. Soon Arya who is a wedding planner by profession gets a marriage contract of his friend who is all set to marry none other than Aditi. What happens next forms the crux of the film.
After a decade, director Deepak Aras is back with a new age love story which is quite common among the present generation. Based on the observations, Deepak has made this film. What has the title ‘Sugar Factory’ got to do with this film. Well, ‘Sugar Factory’ is a pub in Goa where the entire story is set up. Here’s where the love story of Arya and Aditi blossoms and ends. Hence the title.
The first half of the film is very slow and takes a lot of time establish each and every character and their philosophies in life. The story speeds up only in the second half after Arya comes to Mysore and meets Nandini. Though there a lot of twists and turns in the second half, the film is quite predictable and ends up according to the expectations of the audience.
Krishna in an interview had said that the film’s making is in the Bollywood level and his statement is indeed true. Most of the shooting has been held in Goa and couple of songs in Kazakshtan. Santhosh Rai Pathaje makes the film a visual treat with his cinematography. A couple of songs by music composer Kabir Rafi also manages to woo the audience.
Off late, Krishna has acted in many romantic films and he is very ease with this forte. His portray of Arya is good, but it is quite tiresome to see his performance in a drunken state. Sonal Monteiro adds freshness to the film with her performance. Advithi and Ruhani have nothing much to do. Rangayana Raghu is at his usual best. The rest of the characters have done their bit.
