Hebbuli Cut

While the film makes interesting observations, it fails to build a compelling narrative.

Cleverly enough, he uses a pop culture reference to drive his point home, in a pleasingly entertaining manner; never once resorting to melodrama.

At the same time, the film would have benefitted further by infusing some inventiveness into the writing. While the breezy screenplay holds our attention till the very end, it occasionally has a stop-start rhythm that leaves certain key arcs in the story (Vinya’s growth into self-reliance, for instance) slightly underdeveloped. Barring these missteps, Hebbuli Cut has lots to offer in terms of perspective as it bats defiantly for the underdog, and still manages to be thoroughly entertaining. It’s also a showcase of the Kannada Film Industry’s rich pool of talent that is unafraid of representing the world it emerges from, in all its innocence and injustice.