The film was inspired from 1979 film Mad Max and was dubbed in Tamil as Pani Puyal.[1][2][3]
Plot
Kumar, a CID officer, is assigned to stop a violent motorcycle gang from committing more gruesome heists and killings. Kumar soon earns the wrath of the gang leader by shooting his leg during a jewellery heist. The leader and his gang barges into Kumar's house and kill his brother Krishna and fiancèe Padmini. Kumar and Padmini's father Ganesh wants to avenge their deaths, but decide to stay low for the safety of their family and leave for Mangalore. The gang soon learns about Kumar's location, where they hunt down and kills Ganesh, Kumar's mother and his infant child, but Kumar's wife Rohini survives the incident. Enraged, Kumar finally hunts down the gang and its leader during the robberies and kills them, thus avenging his families' death.
After scripting and directing Rama Lakshmana, M. P. Shankar decided to make an action-oriented film, where he wrote the story after gaining inspiration from 1979 film Mad Max. H. R. Bhargava chose to work on the script and Chi. Udayashankar wrote the lyrics and dialogues. Vishnuvardhan, who was popular among the youth as an Angry Young Man through his role in Sahasa Simha, was selected to play the protagonist. Madhavi, who gained popularity in Kannada film industry through Haalu Jenu, was signed as the heroine. Prabhakar was selected to play the main antagonist, while Vajramuni was given a supporting role. M. P. Shankar had a pivotal role in the film and decided to produce and distribute the film under his production banner Bharani Chitra.
