A Quokka Dreeds its Weird

Since Baahubali and RRR were so great, I decided to look up S. S. Rajamouli's other movies. This is how I spent two and a half hours watching a movie about a housefly taking revenge on a human. No regrets.

Let me attempt to recap the absolutely batshit premise of this movie. It's framed as a child's bedtime story and all I can say is that I wish mine were this entertaining.

Bindu (Samantha) is a micro-artist who makes things like carved hearts that can only be enjoyed with a magnifying glass. She also works at some sort of charity and is pursued by men. Nani (played by Nani) is her stalker extremely persistent suitor who follows her like a golden retriever hoping to some day get thrown a ball. Sudeep (played by Sudeep) is some kind of businessman who's either also a gangster or just behaves like one. Whenever he sees Bindu, a chorus of LAVA LAVA LAVA starts playing, along with lyrics like "I am a volcano waiting to explode on you."

Sudeep gets mad when he sees Nani flirting with Bindu. (LAVA LAVA LAVA!) So he kidnaps Nani and steps on him to death with his bare foot.

If you watch enough S. S. Rajamouli movies, you will get the distinct impression that he has a thing for a barefoot person pressing their foot onto someone else's body, stalking is romantic, and sheer awesomeness.

Nani is reincarnated as a CGI housefly. After a series of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids type adventures, he recovers his memories and goes on a mission of vengeance. As a fly.

The rest of the movie explores exactly how a fly can destroy a man's life. It's inventive and hilarious and I don't want to spoil it for you, except that I have to say that Fly Nani has a lot more chemistry with Bindu than Man Nani and I finally started rooting for that crazy couple, especially once her being a micro-artist suddenly became plot-relevant, and that at one point Fly Nani writes I WILL KILL YOU on Sudeep's windshield.

Eega probably didn't need to be quite as long as it was, but it's hilarious and bonkers and 100% commits to its premise. If you've ever wanted to see a fly taking revenge, it's a must-watch. Also, I need to object to the English word "fly" being nowhere near as fun to dramatically proclaim as "eega." EEGA!

Available on Netflix. At least, it is in the US.