Nani is a fireworks maker who harbours an abiding crush on his neighbour Bindu. Honestly, he's a bit of a pest about the whole thing, but eventually Bindu starts to find herself warming to his attentions.
However, Bindu has another suitor, the successful (and criminal) businessman Sudeep. Sudeep does not deal well with rejection, and when it is clear that Bindu prefers the impoverished Nani, he decides to remove the competition with lethal efficiency.
Unfortunately for Sudeep's seduction plans, Nani is a hard man to keep down. Reincarnated as a common housefly, but still aware of who he is and what has happened, Nani sets out to protect Bindu and wreak revenge on Sindu. At first glance that seem might seem a comically uneven battle, but it's hard to keep a good fly down, and Sudeep soon finds his life in uproar ...
As you can tell from that synopsis, Eega ("The Fly") is a rather off the wall film. It's a fun, madcap comedy with a strong romance element. I deliberately don't call it a 'romantic comedy' though, since while Nani and Bindu's relationship is key to the film, the script does not at all follow your typical romantic comedy story beats. There is, after all, a fairly strict limit to the degree of romance a human and a fly can have. The film in fact has to rely quite heavily on Sudeep (who is played by the mononymous actor of the same name) to carry much of the humour and action. Fortunately, he is more than up to the task.
I had a ball with this wacky escapade of a film, and as long as you are willing to fire up the subtitles, you might too.
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