Devotion is pure… but cinema should respect it. Kannappa wants to be a mythological epic, but it ends up as a lavishly-produced TV serial. The ambition is there, but ambition without execution is just noise. The biggest problem hits you straight away: the CGI is embarrassingly bad. Whole environments look fake, sets look half-rendered, and instead of grandeur you get a cheap video game feel. And the costumes? Confusing. Men wear period attire, women are in oddly modern, revealing outfits that break immersion. Instead of authenticity, the movie feels like a cosplay event that went wrong. Instead of focusing on the core story, the devotion of Kannappa to Lord Shiva, the film spends half its time on an unnecessary love track. The romance is dull, misplaced, and strips the narrative of seriousness. Add in forced comedy characters and the screenplay has no discipline. Performances don’t save it. Many actors overact like they’re in a stage play. Even veterans like Mohanlal leave no impact. Prabhas manages to look good, Kannappa’s father works, but beyond that the characters feel hollow, stripped of depth and sincerity. The leads look embarassingly bad. But here’s the painful part: the ending was almost good. The scene where Kannappa is ready to sacrifice both his eyes… finally, a spark of emotion. For one brief moment, you see the film it could have been. A story of faith, sacrifice, and divine love. Yet it only reminds you of the wasted opportunity. And here’s the irony, if this exact movie was made in Bollywood, people would have torn it apart. But because it’s from the South, many ignore the flaws or stay silent, since they only expect blockbusters from the South. Everything that South makes is good, it isn't like that as people only watch their good famous movies and don't criticize absolute embarassments like these. The bias is real. Respect shouldn’t depend on geography. A devotee gives everything. A filmmaker should too. Kannappa doesn’t give us devotion, or grandeur, or sincerity. It gives us weak CGI, incoherent costumes, a misguided romance, and acting that fails to connect. It disrespects its own source material and misunderstands its cultural responsibility.