Man this movie is still amazing after all this time. Even with its little flaws, still stands strong. Looking at today's standards this movie should be considered masterpiece.
This has everything what u can expect from a movie. Cinematography, awsome songs and background scores, a pretty awsome story line, mystery, local folklore, physchological aspects and a tragic love story all wrapped into one single movie. For me the movie peaks at halfway when the revelation starts to happen. And in the second half story takes a new turn, which is brilliant. Sai kumar just kills it as Kalinga bhatta(literally). There is so many things happening in this movie, justifies the longer runtime. First it starts of with the mystery of guddeda bhoota, halfway through the movie will make you question on what is real, second half deals with the backstories of the characters, there is even a plot of local currupt politics and the system. And at its core, psychological trauma and it's effects. All crafted masterfully. Yes, there are some cheezy stuffs going on, acting isn't great always but these are small things that can be overlooked when the movie itself is so engaging. Made me interested in Kannada movies again, and showed the potential in our industry which i grew up watching. More such films please.