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suspense thriller film, directed by Perala and produced by Jagadish Malnad and Kashinath Chindupurge. The film stars

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, Geetha, Vanitha Vasu and Tara in the lead roles. The film has musical score by

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. The movie was released after the demise of Shankar Nag. His brother

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dubbed for Shankar's character.

Plot

Mohan, an engineer, is hired by a rich businessman to perfectly finish a large building project. However, much to his amazement, the remote area where he resides happens to be a mysterious one; where some resident disappears on specific days after a long

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and reappears after a few days on the outskirts of the city as corpse. He also comes across various chilling factors such as a supposed ghost, a haunted house, a gang of men who disappears in a matter of seconds and a powerful monster. The rest of the movie deals with Mohan's journey to bring out the truth.

Cast

Mohan (Voice dubbed by

) * Geetha Deepa and Roopa (Dual Role) * Vanitha Vasu Rohini * Tara * Doddanna * Sudheer *

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* Mysore Lokesh *

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*Kaminidharan *

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*Rathnakar *

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*Lalitha * Seema *Kala *Baby Rashmi *Baby Lakshmi *Master Sanju *Ramamurthy *Srishailan *Ramachandra *Smt Ramachandra *Chikkanna *Ramesh Pandith

Soundtrack

References

1990 films 1990s Kannada-language films {{1990s-Kannada-film-stub