It was indeed a special movie, for it was directed by one of the best film makers in the world, Upendra. It was a gangster movie, one of its kind, that wasn't explored in Kannada industry that well till then.
For the sake of the movie, the story that was about underworld mystery, Upendra brought in realistic factor by asking the real-life underworld dons to act in it. Bekkinakannu Rajendra, Korangu Krishna, Tanveer Ahmed, and Jedarahalli Krishna were some of the gangsters who acted in the movie.
- The movie was re-released for a whopping 632 times, which is an All-time record in the history of Indian cinema.
- For 75 times out of the 632 re-releases, the movie ran for more than 100 days.
- In 2015, the TV rights of the movie wa ssold out for a whopping ₹10cr, highest for a Kannada movie (then) even after 20 years of its release.
- The movie collected ₹25cr at the box office, which was the highest for a Kannada movie back then.
The songs of the movie were legendary and the story was quite unique as well. Thanks to the execution, it turned out to be a perfect gangster movie back then.
It's a cult classic movie in Kannada film industry.
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