Hailing from a small village, Muthuraj aspires to be a great actor someday. He goes to the city to pursue his dreams and gets the role of a junior artist. His diligence gets him into the good books of an assistant director who casts him as lead in his new film. But the lead actress leaves the project when she discovers this. Or is this the real reason? Raaj the Showman finds out.
Acting
Puneeth Rajkumar plays meta-actor playing actor playing actor. Deliciously unhinged.
Writing
Script collapses fiction/reality like a house of mirrors. Boldly obnoxious.
Direction
Prem directs himself directing Puneeth being directed. Exhausting, brilliant.
Director
Prem
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Puneeth's real-life status as 'Power Star' makes his casting as struggling extra almost cruelly ironic.
The 146-minute runtime mirrors classic Kannada masala structures while simultaneously mocking their excess—a film eating itself.
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