In March this year, the bail granted to gangster Bettanagere Shankara and his imminent release created a sensation in the city's real estate business. Shankara was put back in prison under the Goonda Act immediately. But he is back after courts held it illegal. Now a film based on the lives of Shankara and his cousin Bettanagere Seena is all set for release. The film however had a trial by fire at the Regional Censor Board. In a record for Sandalwood, the film was given 139 cuts. Most of the cuts were on the use of the names Seena and Shankara. The director, Mohan Gowda Bettanagere is a relative of Seena and Shankara.

Mohan said, "It is both very difficult and very easy to make a film on real incidents. I am the brother of Seena and cousin of Shankara. But there are many who did not want the film to be made. I really do not know what will happen after the film is released. But at the Censor, we created a record of sorts, dubious though. We were given 139 cuts. But since most of them were about the use of the names of Seena and Shankara the film's story or narrative is not affected. We have changed the names of the characters. The title was not a problem."