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Kidu Story: Five Class 11 students continue with their mischievous ways till a new teacher joins their school and puts her faith in them, despite the opposition from other faculty. While the boys change their ways, a shocking incident leaves a lasting impact in their lives.

Kidu Review: Choosing movies featuring youngsters and school life as the central theme is a tried and tested formula for debutant directors. Mostly because of the low budget as well as the simplistic storyline.

Director Majeed Abu's directorial Kidu is a simple tale of school life told through five Class 11 students, played by Minon, Ramzan, Ayman, Althaf and Vishnu. The first half of the film, which also has Leona Lishoy and Sudhi Koppa in supporting roles, focuses on the mischiefs of the students - their tiff with teachers, their lackadaisical attitudes to exams and their budding romances.

racter Annie, who is their class teacher, the boys' attitude starts to change. She slowly succeeds in making them responsible academically as well as personally through her faith in them despite the other teachers' opposition. However, just when they are getting their act together, the students are shocked to their core by an incident. How this will change their lives is what the film is about.

Ramzan and Minon, who play the characters Vyshakh and Vishnu respectively, get the bulk of dialogues and perform their characters well. The others give them ample support. The movie's story though is start-stop of sorts and it never once gets going. Ironically, it is the lengthy first half, which is string together by snippets from school life, that is more engaging than the latter part which follows the students on a mission of their own to track down a preparator of a crime that changed their lives.

The frames are good, especially the ones in the second half when the students are chasing the criminal as well as the fight sequence in the end. However, the sound department is a letdown and the dubbing takes away from the zest of the youngsters onscreen.


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