India, Oct. 16 -- Tharun Sudhir is a trusted name in Kannada movie circles, both as a writer-director as well as creative director. He's made films like Chowka, Roberrt and Kaatera, while also serving as creative director on most of actor Sharan's home productions, which have all done well at the box office. So when Tharun then decided to turn producer and back a debutant director, Punit Rangaswamy, there was no doubt that there'd be something worthwhile in the script.

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