Bell Bottom

<p>Divakara is a wannabe detective who grows up reading and novels and watching movies like where he adopts his name as Divakara. After immense pressure from his father Annappa, Divakara joins the police station as a constable. One day, Divakara solves a murder mystery and gets immensely popular where Sahadeva, Manjunath and Parashuram entrust him to solve a mysterious robbery case where recovered goods are stolen in the police station. Divakara accepts and begins the investigation. With Constable Qureshi’s help, Divakara suspects and interrogates him where he learns about a maniac named Pinto, but to no avail. Amidst investigation, Divakara meets Kusuma, a bootlegger who sells hooch in the area and falls in love with her. Divakara learns about a robbery bust by his cousin Inspector Sunil and informs Sunil about the mysterious burglary where despite tight security at night, the goods are stolen. Divakara learns about a priest named Modi Nanjappa, where he suspects foul play. After a misunderstanding, Sahadeva insults Divakara, which leads Divakara to take vengeance against Sahadeva with the help of photographer friend Gurupada. After a clue, Divakara suspects some blind priests as they had always arrived at the police station at the time of the robbery where he also learns Kusuma’s involvement in the robberies. Gurupada uploads the photos of Parashuram’s wife Lalitha romancing Sahadeva (when Divakara and Gurupadha accidentally see them in the forest and that Gurupada took photos of them), which leads to Parashuram creating a ruckus at the bar by attacking Sahadeva and Manjunath, where he takes the photos of the ruckus and provides it to Sunila, who in turn provides it to the which leads to the Inspectors getting arrested. Divakara interrogates Kusuma about the robberies, but there is no evidence of her involvement in the robberies. At night, Divakara learns about a drug named and that Pinto was illegally supplying the drug; he interrogates Pinto who reveals that Modi Nanjappa is also involved in the robbery. While interrogating the blind priests, Divakara learns about the antidote of the drug which is actually created by Kusuma, and that Kusuma frequently arrives at the police station at the time of the robbery on the pretext of her theft and also trains the blind priest to perform the robbery without leaving any clues. After relaying the information to Annappa, Divakara reveals that Annappa is the main kingpin behind the robberies. Divakaras asks the reason for the robberies and Annappa reveals that Chamanlal Seth, a rich merchant had laid eyes on the land of orphanage which is famous for producing . With the help of Sahadeva, Parashuram and Manjunath, Seth manages to send the children under the pretext of renovating the orphanage and files that there is no orphanage of such name. With the orphanage being leased with Seth, Annappa decides to steal the robbery goods and also to take vengeance against the Inspectors. Having them locked in the interrogation room, Divakara reaches the place where the goods are buried, but there is no sign of the goods. On the day of the building lease, Divakara manages to make Seth to refuse the land on the basis of superstitious beliefs, and the orphanage is saved. Thus the orphanage is reopened again where Divakara and Kusuma, along with Annappa and his girlfriend Lalitha get married. has scored the soundtrack and score for the film. A total of three songs were composed by him. The audio was launched under Rishab audio label. The songs are written by and Raghu Niduvalli. Unlike the usual marketing strategies including poster release, teaser and trailer releases, the film team approached a different strategy by releasing the audio trailer of the film. With this, the film became the first ever in the world to have an audio trailer. The audio trailer clocked 2 minutes 57 seconds and was released on a popular radio channel in Bengaluru. Later, a video trailer was released and was narrated in a style. The film got a good response at the box office. The movie became one of the biggest films in 2019. It became the first Kannada film of 2019 to complete 100 days. Seeing the success of the film the makers announced a sequel titled in January 2021. The critic of wrote that Dayananda’s story makes so much sense because it takes place in the 80s. Director Jayatheertha has managed to stitch a beautiful tale together and he knows how to draw an audience to theatres. Arvind Kashyap proves his prowess with the camera. The ’80s tone is perfectly captured and his sense of framing is brilliant. He takes us on a nostalgic journey to the ’80s just with his camera. The movie rides high on comedy and emotions and also has the undertones of a crime thriller. The music, cinematography and dialogues make one of the best movies of the year so far. Ajneesh Loknath’s background music and songs lift the mood and give the right ’80s feel. The fun-filled dialogues are entertaining and make us laugh hard. The critic of wrote: “Bell Bottom is one of the finer films to have hit the screens lately. The film is entertaining, no doubt. But what is more commendable is the fact that it has those little nuances that ensure the imagery to the time that the film is set in remain intact. Bell Bottom is worth that weekend trip to the cinema halls for its laughs and clever writing”. The critic of wrote: “Bell Bottom made under Golden Horse Cinema is worth a watch as it marks the beginning of a summer thrill”. The film is being remade in Tamil by with the same title. Initially, the Hindi movie starring was speculated to be a remake of this movie. However, Akshay Kumar later refuted this, clarifying his movie was based on an original screenplay.</p>