Review of movie Adhugo

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Rating:2/5

Ravi Babu’s Diwali offering Adhugo released after a wait of three long years. Much was said and done about the little piglet being the hero of this tale and the centre of attention all through. While that is certainly true when it comes to the basic premise, there is a lot the little 3D animated piglet is put through before it gets to be the hero of this tale. Interjected in this story are numerous tales, multiple characters and some unnecessary song and dance – all crammed into a span of less than two hours. 

Bunty is a little piglet living a content life with his human friend Chanti (Satwik). Abhishek (Abhishek Verma) is trying to apologise to his girlfriend Raji (Nabha Natesh) for far too many things that have gone wrong in their relationship. Six Pack Shakti (Ravi Babu) is a fitness enthusiast cum goonda who’s looking for the piglet with an agenda of his own. Mixed into the tale are also Gutka Gangaraju and Sharjah Shankar who want the piglet to compete in illegal animal racing. With so many people after its life, will Bunty find a way to safely make it back home? While the story’s template brings to mind the 1996 award-winning film Halo about a lost puppy, Adhugo is far from it. 

For a film that has a run-time of less than 2 hours, the screenplay penned by Sathyanand sure makes it seem longer. Filled with cliché commercial tropes and tacky scenes in lieu of comedy, Adhugo definitely fails to do justice by its spunky protagonist Bunty. In a time and age when subtle humour seems to rule the roost, Adhugo tries too hard to make people laugh with its comedy of errors that’s anything but comedic. Fat shaming, ghutka spitting, pooping and threats of rape and forced shobanams galore, the film seems to be stuck in a rut it can’t get out of – just like the protagonist Bunty and audience both.