Meanwhile, terrorists plot to kill MP Gajapathy in an explosion at a public gathering. He learns that her name is Heena, a Bengali girl whose father was a tamilian, and she has come for an exchange program. He develops an attraction for that girl and again meets her in his college. Vasanth lives a fun-filled life in Chennai, until he meets a girl ( Rinke Khanna) when they both rush to save a baby who was about to fall in a railway track. Gajapathy is a senior leader in a National religious and acts against inter-faith marriage. Regardless, Lalbagh might offer an engaging story experience to those who understand both Malayalam and Kannada well.Vasanth ( Prashanth) is a post-graduate student and son of the wealthy MP Gajapathy ( Raghuvaran). When those incomprehensible dialogues team up with mediocre acting of quite a few cast members, the movie often gets reduced to an average affair that can be tiresome to watch. Viewers have to wait for hints falling out of occasional English dialogues or familiar words, to piece together some sense out of the proceedings. However, in the crucial first half of the film during which the police investigation unfolds, a good portion of the key explanations and doctor – police exchanges regarding the case are in Kannada! Yes, the story is set in Bengaluru, but in those sequences, which run without any subtitle, it looks like the makers forgot that this is a Malayalam film, after all. It also has a curious blend of family drama and police investigation, that raises engaging questions on who can be trusted, who is bluffing, and the like. There is a decent story build-up presented through beautiful frames of Bengaluru city. The movie has some palpable human conflict, plot twists and turns that can keep the audience interested just enough. They are a regular couple, but the investigation peels one layer after the other into their connection and personalities. In director Prashanth Murali Padmanabhan’s Mamtha Mohandas-starrer Lalbagh, Sara (Mamtha) and Tom’s (Sijoy Varghese) marriage is central to the story that tries to find the answer to a murder mystery. Review: A man is dead and he is presumed killed, and in the process of chasing the murderer, his marriage undergoes autopsy. Story: Sara’s husband Tom gets food-poisoned after a birthday party, and police suspect it was a deliberate attempt to murder him.
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