Natasaarvabhowma

<p>In , Ghanshyam Yadav is intercepted by some goons but is rescued by Gagan Dixit, a returning from . Gagan investigates the attack and realizes that the fight was a staged act by Yadav to gain sympathy votes in the . Gagan reports to Avinash, the , and publishes this story anonymously, leaving Yadav infuriated. Gagan meets up with his best friend Keshava and decides to rent a haunted house owned by Namadev, despite Keshav’s objections. Gagan convinces Keshav that since he has a sacred thread on his right wrist, they will be fine. Gagan unsuccessfully tries to call the phone number of someone, and they leave for the ‘s office to obtain the location of the number. They meet with Sakshi, the manager, who refuses to give it. After the story about the fake fight is published, the newspaper loses many and Avinash sends Gagan to do a special write-up on Yadav by interviewing him in his . After a fairly tense interview, the jet lands in and Yadav is ambushed. Gagan initially believes it to be another fake fight for sympathy votes, but realizes that Yadav is bleeding unlike in the last fight. Gagan saves Yadav, putting himself in Yadav’s good graces. Gagan had previously rescued Sakshi from goons in her office and she had agreed to share the location. When Gagan visits her, she refuses again as Namadev has told her that it was a setup by Gagan and Keshava to get the location of the number. Gagan goes to Sakshi’s office again but learns that her father suffered from a , causing Sakshi to faint. Gagan and Yadav manage to rescue Sakshi and her father just in time. Due to this, Sakshi falls in love with Gagan and agrees to give details about the phone number. After various in the house, Keshav quarrels with Namadev. Gagan tries to break up the fight and consequently loses his sacred thread. Gagan starts experiencing supernatural activities in the house, where he finds some spectacles in a drawer and wears them and his behaviour changes. Gagan goes to interview the famous veteran actress at a country club, where he notices his vision blurring and wears the spectacles to regain focus. Gagan shifts his focus to Prabhakar Reddy, a lawyer, in the pool and relentlessly thrashes Prabhakar, occasionally asking him “Why did you kill me?”. Prabhakar escapes and Gagan loses consciousness. Gagan and Keshav attend Yadav’s , where they get drunk. Yadav embraces him and Gagan wears the spectacles to regain focus. Gagan proceeds to thrash Yadav mercilessly. Yadav survives and Gagan wakes up in prison, with no idea about the happenings. Gagan gets bail on the case of mental illness and the media quickly picks up Gagan’s story, focusing that he lives in a supposedly haunted house. An observer explains the suicide of his niece Shruthi, which occurred in that house. Sakshi reveals to Gagan that the location of the number is the same house. Gagan is shocked and reveals the person to be his girlfriend Shruthi. : Shruthi, who works under Prabhakar as a junior lawyer, arrives in Kolkata and befriends Gagan after reading the article, he wrote on disabled persons. They both prepared articles to file a case against Yadav, who was supplying duplicate products to disabled persons. Gagan proposes to Shruthi and asks her to call him after she reaches Bangalore for her answer, but he does not receive a call from Shruthi and Gagan arrives in Bangalore to find Shruti. : Gagan is taken to the of Yadav’s mentor instead of a mental hospital, where a ritual is being performed to get rid of the spirit that has invaded Gagan. Gagan wears the spectacles again, which are revealed to be Shruti’s spectacles, revealing that Shruti is the spirit. Gagan violently kills Reddy, before moving to Yadav. Yadav holds Shruthi’s uncle as a hostage before someone delivers a final blow. In the court, Guruji reveals that he has seen the violent nature of the spirit, while the doctors divulge that Gagan is suffering from . The court orders Gagan to be sent to a . : In the ashram, Gagan kills Shruthi’s uncle before violently killing Yadav. Gagan reveals to Guruji that he was never possessed by anyone and reveals that he planned to avenge Shruti’s death. Gagan reveals that he had a with Shruthi and had witnessed Yadav, Reddy and her uncle killing Shruti and making it look like a suicide. Gagan explains that he would be proven spiritually and innocent and forces Guruji to lie in front of the media. : Gagan is in a mental asylum van and sees Guruji in a car. Guruji looks at him without blinking his eyes. When Guruji leaves, Gagan smiles. The main scenes between and were shot in , along with a romantic song “Tajaa Samachara”. The shooting schedule in Kolkata was wrapped up in September 2018. The soundtrack was composed by and the audio launch was held on 12 January 2019 in . Following Puneeth Rajkumar’s death in 2021, a tribute track penned by , which was the original concept for the introduction song for , was added to the soundtrack on 17 March 2022. The film was released on 7 February 2019. The digital streaming rights was sold to . received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. Aravind Shwetha of gave 4/5 stars and wrote “A movie tailor-made for Puneeth’s fans and is paisa-vasool throughout!.” A. Sharaadha of gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote “Natasaarvabhowma is Puneeth’s show out-and-out. He not only gets out of his regular formulaic characters with this film, but also makes sure he provides all the entertainment his die-hard fans usually look forward to from him.” Sunayana Suresh of gave 3/5 stars and wrote “Watch this film if you want a film that has the commercial elements in place, but also has a little twist. Whether the twist is edgy and risque enough, that is another debate.” Manoj Kumar R of gave 2/5 stars and wrote “Pawan Wadeyar has mashed the themes of horror-comedy, revenge and a few dance numbers to serve a that offers nothing new.” had a record 1,394 shows on the first day in .</p>