

I’m sure you’ve noticed the brackets I’ve used for the phrase “with different intentions”. Kidi, the Kannada remake of Kali starring Bhuvan Chandra and Pallavi (directed by Raghu S.), borrows the plot points and costume combinations to tell the same story (with different intentions) to another section of the audience.

The song, which is set to the rhythms of a montage, paints the relationship they share in pink, red, and all the other colors of love, friendship, and anger. A breezy conversation segues into a song (“Chillu Ranthal”). The scene ends on a high note, and, the next scene plays out somberly since his girlfriend, Anjali (Sai Pallavi), is mad at him for getting involved in a brawl. He becomes the central figure (also known as a leader) of the tussle in less than a minute, and orders the friend who had come to him to strike a member of the rival gang. Though, several people are involved in the fight, the director (Sameer Thahir) is interested in telling the story of Siddharth only, and, hence, the scene revolves around him mostly. An unfazed Siddharth looks around and trashes the gang with the help of a motely group of friends.

A young man runs to Siddharth (Dulquer Salmaan) to inform him that he’s being chased by a gang of angry men.
