Cyanide (2006)

Whats it about:

It’s a true life depiction of the aftermath of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination.  The assassins Shivarasan, Shubha and co. escape from Chennai and are on the run. They look for a house in many places but in vain. Finally they find a place in Bangalore thanks to Ranganath. Ranganath’s wife Mridula is very much disturbed by the presence of killers at her house. Finally the police find the killers’ hideout. But typical Indian hierarchy and bureaucracy prevent them from nabbing the killers outright. In the end, the assassins kill themselves using Cyanide as the title suggests.

                                                                                

Hits

• Malavika as Shubha has acted well and shows that LTTE killers too have a humane side and that they have taken arms only for self protection and due to a disturbed past. Her bonding with Mridula shows her yearning for human relations
• The lady who comes as Mridula has shown fear, disgust and helplessness very well through her expressions. A good show. 

Misses

• The assassins are all Srilankan Tamils belonging to LTTE. But they speak fluent Kannada. A disclaimer showing that the characters speak in Kannada for understanding purposes would have done the trick

VERDICT

A great film considering Kannada cinema’s present appalling standard. A brave attempt at showing a very controversial real life accident.