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You are watching Suvarna News and I am Subhna.

On the very first day of the book getting published

more than one lakh copies have been sold.

And this book has been included in the bestsellers list.

You can see the cover photo of this book.

Yes. There's a photo of an elderly man on the cover.

Let's see what the connection

between this man and Maasthi Gudi is.

The author of this book, Ms. Rani, is with us now.

We will talk to her.

Thank you.

Greetings.

He is the man behind the tigers.

Be it killing the tigers or deforestation

he loses control upon hearing these things.

We will get Rs. 1 crore if we hunt a tiger. - Okay..

And we will be bailed out for Rs. 1 crore. - Okay..

Ask your people to kill a tiger.

Who are you?

I was born in the temple of sandalwood.

I have been blessed by the Goddess!

Don't even think of hunting a tiger!

Otherwise, I will kill you

and offer you

to Goddess Maasthi!

I am a tiger!

I am a tiger!

Old man! Don't show me attitude.

My attitude

doesn't change like the seasons.

This is in my blood.

It has been in me since birth.

It's evident in my hard work.

And not just that..

I have been blessed by all the mothers.

I will have this attitude

even after death! - Hey!

A cat can never

become a tiger!

You dog!

You had called me an old man.

My God! Is he that dangerous?

He was a very nice man. Very interesting too.

"I feel like flying here and there"

"and touching the sky."

"I wish to spread love and justice in the world."

"The surroundings are so green and enchanting."

"I wish to stay here."

"The world belongs to Mother Nature"

"and I respect it."

"Whenever I come here, I feel one with it."

"I fall in love with this place."

"I consider this place heaven on Earth."

"I feel like flying here and there"

"and touching the sky."

"I wish to spread love and justice in the world."

"This is life."

"God lives here."

"I am coming, my friends."

"Do not say goodbye."

"This happiness is nowhere else."

"Thank You, God."

"I will honour this friendship forever."

"You taught me how to live."

"I have lost my heart to this breathtaking place."

"My crazy heart got lost."

"I feel like flying here and there"

"and touching the sky."

"I wish to spread love and justice in the world."

Maasthi!

Maasthi!

Maasthi, we have to go to the Goddess' temple!

Maasthi!

Where are you, Maasthi?

Maasthi!

Where are you, Maasthi? - What's wrong, Ms. Bhima?

Why are you shouting?

I've never seen you shouting like this.

What happened?

I don't feel so good.

I've to go to Maasthi's temple.

I see.. - Call Maasthi, quick!

Yes.. I'll go fetch him.

Wait here.

Hey, Maasthi!

Hey!

Ms. Bhima is calling you.

Come with me, quick!

What..

What the.. Ms. Bhima..

Hey.. Ms. Bhima!

What happened?

Whenever we would invoke the Goddess

we could hear bells ringing in the temple.

But today..

There is silence.

What happened..

What happened..

What happened..

That what is forbidden is happening in this forest!

Hey..

What's happening? - Goddess Maasthi!

What's happening? - Goddess Maasthi!

Uncle..

Yes? - What happened to Ms. Bhima?

What happened to her eyes?

She said that something very bad is about to happen.

No, dear.

There will be heavy rains and then, all will be fine.

Look at the lightning.

Oh..

You have to go to school in the morning, right?

Go to sleep. Go on, sleep, pronto.

"Rock-a-bye baby"

"on the tree top."

"Rock-a-bye baby.."

Why do I forbid you

from roaming about the forest at night?

Because even tigers are afraid of human beings

and the former attacks the latter at night.

People are dying because of this

but you say people are dying because of evil spirits.

It's evident in the post-mortem report

that the tiger killed him.

Sir, you are saying that the tiger killed him.

That's not true. A ghost killed him.

We have been witnessing this since childhood.

You've come here just recently. - Calm down.

Had this actually happened

you all wouldn't have been questioning me.

Get back to work.

You will understand all this

when the ghost appears before you.

Let's go.

Darn! When will these people think wisely?

Send the body to its family. - All right, sir.

Dear, look over there. The bird is so beautiful.

Wow!

Greetings, sir. - Parmeshwar.

Do you want me to do your duty?

Don't you have any brains?

Sir, I was going back home after my duty last night.

I had taken the usual route.

Sir, I was going through the forest.

The same forest..

I heard a weird noise. I swear on my mother!

When I looked around, I didn't find anything.

Sir, there was nothing there.

I took a step ahead thinking I was being deluded. - What..

That's when a tree fell in front of me.

I got scared

thinking that my death was right in front of me!

What happened after that?

A man with white hair appeared and he shook the tree!

Then he tried to make that tree erect.

And then the tree was standing tall!

It was a ghost, sir!

What! - Hey!

That's enough. Where have the others gone?

Sir, the southern part of the forest has caught fire.

Everyone has gone there.

Dear, let's go. I'll show you the wood logs.

Okay.

This is the largest wood repository in Karnataka.

The wood here is auctioned once a year.

The trees in the forest fall on their own. I mean, dead trees.

We bring them here and store them.

The indigenous people and the government earn good profit.

Even there..

Baby.. - Yes? - Look.. Look over there.

Hey! The ranger is here. - That is Drona.

The elephant that is exhibited in the fair in Mysore.. - Yes?

It is the same elephant. - Wow!

And the man who has mounted the elephant is Maasthi.

He is the guard.

And the man accompanying him is Madaiyya.

He is a mahout. He is a forest expert.

I see.

Greetings, sir. - Greetings.

How are you? - I am good.

Madiah, this is my daughter. - What..

My only princess, Rani. - Greetings.

Hey! - Greetings. - What are you doing?

Why are you touching my feet? - She has come back from London.

She will stay here. - I see!

She loves nature. - Really?

You have to show her around. - Sure.

Would you come with me? - Yes.

Let's go meet Drona. - Okay. - Please come.

Please come.

Wow! - Drona. - He's so cute!

Greet her.. - Come on, greet her..

Yes, that's more like it.

This is our boss' daughter. You need to recognise her.

Yes.

Maasthi. - Yes, sir?

You had asked for the medicine for Bhima's eyes, right?

Yes, sir. - Come with me. I'll give it to you.

Dad!

Rani, don't worry.

It may be a dead tree.

My God!

Shit!

The trees will fall.

What shouldn't happen, will happen.

I will recover.

I am not worried about it.

Those were auspicious days.

Now, an evil power is all around us.

Mayappa's son died.

But he died on the wrong day.

Hence, I won't apply kohl

for the next three new moon nights.

We may not be able to understand what is happening

but the people won't be able to sleep peacefully.

If that happens

then what will be the future of these people?

How will we survive?

Only time will tell.

Just wait and watch.

Maasthi. - Tell me.

Let's go to the elephant. - Okay.

Maasthi, you are my life.

I will always be with you for the sake of your happiness.

I will come back for you in every birth.

I'll be on your lap like a kid.

Will the bridge be intact even after our death?

The bridge will remain here as long as the world exists.

Okay. Write both our names on this bridge.

You, I, our love, your experience

your memories.. They should remain forever

just like this bridge.

Maasthi! Maasthi, where are you?

Bhavya, I am under the bridge!

Why did you go there? Come back up!

I am coming! Hold on!

I am writing our names under the bridge!

No one should stomp on our names.

My life is linked to your name.

I love you, Maasthi.

Maasthi.

I always want to be with you.

The way a pearl stays in a shell.

Pay attention!

The elderly, women and children..

No one should come out of the house!

Everyone go inside!

No one should hit the tiger with the stick or pelt stones!

All school kids should return to home!

No one must mess with the tiger!

Pay attention, everyone! No one must come forward!

Come a little closer!

All of you must make noise on my command!

You must sound the gong, okay?

Dad, don't play the music until I tell you to. - Okay.

Come on.

Hit it! Play it loud!

Come on, everyone! Play it loud!

Louder!

It's the right time.

Officer!

Thank you.

Darn!

Sir!

Why did you kill it?

I had told you that I will catch the cheetah

and release it into the forest safe and sound.

You have made a grave mistake.

I know what I have to do.

Do you know why it had come to the village?

Because we are destroying their forest.

That's why, it had come here.

Had I not killed the cheetah

it would have killed you.

Sir, don't they have the right to live?

That's enough! Had you been killed instead of the cheetah

I would have been answerable, not you!

Go away from here!

The protector has become the killer!

Is there an end to this, or not?

'He is such a good man.'

How are you?

Mr. Madiah!

I am fine.

Oh!

Everything seems so close through this.

Poor boy!

He was crying like a kid over the death of the cheetah.

That is how he is.

He cries when an animal dies.

He cries when any tree falls.

When anyone in the forest is hurt

he feels the pain.

Good human!

But what's there to cry?

Dear, we are alive because of these trees.

We will be upset if anybody causes harm to them.

Rani, you are educated.

You can understand our feelings.

Sir, you are so cute!

Mr. Madiah! - Yes.

There are lions, cheetah, elephant, tigers, monkeys

in this forest, right? - Yes.

My father had told me

there are many tigers in this forest. - Yes.

You people roam around freely.

Don't you get scared?

Rani. - Yes.

Those animals fear us

more than we fear them.

And those animals are more courageous than us.

Yes! And the tigers are more sensible

than the humans.

What! - Forget it. I'll show you something.

Okay. Sit down.

I have taken a fistful of dirt

and I sift it through my fingers.

Which direction is the wind flowing in?

That way. - This way, right?

Then we have to go straight.

Ask me why? - Why?

Our odour will drive them away.

Wow!

Great science.

So, my dear people..

Save our forest.

Save our tigers

and save our animals.

Please! Please! Please!

This is my order. - What happened, Rani?

Are you all right?

Sir, I am fine.

I am telling everyone that we must save animals.

Yes! Yes!

Sir, I have a question.

Who is he? Is he your son?

This incident happened in the year 1970.

I had been to the Mysore Dusshera fair

along with my elephants.

After performing at the fair

'I brought my elephant to the shelter.'

'What I saw was'

'a child playing with the tail of the elephant.'

'I lifted him up quickly.'

'I looked around but I didn't find anyone.'

'I understood that he doesn't have parents.'

'He was playing near the elephant at the fair.'

'Hey! Slap him!'

'He will stop crying then.'

'Sir! - What?'

'I will take the child along.'

'I have entered my address in the register.'

'You can give them the address'

'if anybody comes looking for him. - All right. Go now!'

Then I brought him along.

I raised him like my own son.

He is grown up now.

Good! That's great. - Let's go, Rani.

What happened to him? Who is he?

Stop. What are you doing? - Sir!

Hey! Listen to me.

What is this? - A kite.

It's huge. - When did it come down?

It flies in the air.

Really? - Yes.

Go. - I am going.

You go. - Sir, who is he? - He is mad.

He is a very interesting personality.

Can I click a photo of his? - Sure.

Yes.

Shall I show you something else?

Do you want to see more? - Yes.

I'll show you something. Take a look.

He will look at the ground when I blow into it.

Now, he will look up.

I will show you a new game.

Sir, shall I do it? - Sure.

Idiot?

Did you think it was a real tiger?

There's no tiger here. It won't eat you.

Go. - What if it eats me?

Does the tiger have no other work

that it would eat you? - What if it eats her?

It does not eat girls. - Really? - Yes.

Shall I go? - Yes, go.

My plane!

Here.

Here's your plane.

Like this..

Let's go.

Come on, plane!

Hey!

Hey! - Yes.

Listen! - Hey!

He..

What.. What is this?

He must have found it on the way and picked it up.

He does all useless things.

Maasthi! - What is it, Dad?

Hey! Don't tie it up. Let's go for a ride.

Gosh! I have to give him a shower, too.

You climb on it. - Should I go first?

Dad, what's this iron for?

That mad man had dropped it.

I thought of giving it to him when I find him on the way.

But I didn't find him. Drona, did you see him?

I don't understand what it is.

'Perhaps, this is what Ms. Rani was talking about.'

Oh, it's you! What is this?

Jaw trap! Where did you find this?

I was talking about this the other day.

The tigers are.. - Yes!

Breathe! Breathe! This is a jaw trap.

The tigers are very intelligent.

Extremely intelligent.

Tell you what! They live in their territory.

They come back from the same route they go in.

That's why, these hunters

recognise the marks of their paws..

They identify the marks of the paws

and fix the jaw trap.

It gets locked when one steps on it.

And then within no time

they kill him mercilessly.

Poor tiger!

That's what dad says.

Is your father home?

Yes, he is inside.

He is giving some medicines to the mad man.

Don't get in my way.

Otherwise, you will die.

We kill tigers and sell their skin.

Don't you get in my way.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Who is behind you?

Who is he? - I won't tell you.

Just wait and watch what he says when he comes out.

That the tiger has killed them, not some ghost.

A tiger has killed them, not some ghost.

Hey! Why are you laughing? Go away!.

Let's go. It's done.

Let's catch fish at the lake. - Yes, let's go.

The tiger hadn't killed anybody yet. - Right.

Mr. Madiah! Mr. Madiah, I want to go shopping.

Would you accompany me to the town, please?

Shall we go? - Yes. - Sir.

Sure.

Hey! - Yes?

Son, she wants to go shopping.

She wants to go to the market.

Yes. Let's go. Come on, Rani.

Welcome, everybody.

Let me come straight to the point.

Our forest department has the responsibility

to protect the land from becoming barren.

At the same time

it should be the responsibility of the common people as well.

But how?

We will have to educate them.

Save tiger.

Water is supplied to the taps in our house.

And these tiger are the reason for this.

Strange, isn't it?

But it's true.

Watch the presentation.

Take a look.

The herbivorous animals like, deer, rabbit, elephant

giraffe, buffalo, etcetera.

And carnivorous.. They eat meat.

That means, non-vegetarian animals.

They hunt the herbivorous animals

and balance the eco system.

Like lion, tiger, cheetah, leopard.

Among these, the major animal is our tiger.

Especially, in the Mongolian countries

the meat, bones and skin of the tiger

are in great demand.

Hence, the tigers will reduce in number due to hunting

and the herbivorous animals will increase in numbers.

These animal will graze and finish the forest.

They will completely finish off the greenery of the forest

in the absence of our tigers.

Then the forest will become barren.

The rain water is absorbed by the earth

when it rains.

This leads to soil erosion.

When the water reaches the river

it will take along mud.

While diverting the water of the river to the reservoir

the amount of mud will increase and the water will reduce.

Then starts scarcity of water

for both, farming and drinking.

It is very important to save the forest.

Save the animals.

Save the tigers.

We will have to explain this to the people.

Mr. Murthi, particularly in Karnataka

tigers are more in number in your range.

We recently learnt about missing tigers in that region.

You better be serious.

Otherwise, I might have to take serious action against you.

Ma'am, all the officers in my range

are performing very well.

But the people believe that the tigers are in danger

because of the ghosts.

What rubbish!

Ghosts!

Remove this superstition from their mind

and educate them.

You can't be giving stupid excuses like this.

I expect more from my officers.

Okay?

Specially from you.

Parmeshwar! - Yes, sir.

Stop near the bar. - Okay, sir.

Mr. Madiah, I want to buy towels as well.

Just a minute.

Sure, dear.

I have cleared the bill, right? - She is Mr. Murthi's daughter.

Just a minute, Mr. Madiah.

Give her whatever she wants.

Okay. - She won't come again and again.

Actually, we live in the forest. - Dad!

So, it's really difficult for us to come here.

Dad will get upset when he learns about this.

Mr. Madiah, let's go.

Let's go. - What happened?

Come on. - You wanted to buy towels, right?

Where is Maasthi? Call him.

Let's go.

"Someone's nameless."

"Someone's dishonoured."

You had left these things at the shop.

A girl named Bhavya had brought them.

Bhavya!

She told me that she is a friend of yours.

Dad!

I don't have any friend by that name.

I see.

Then she might be working in the shop.

Well.. Absolutely.

It's possible, Dad.

I'll get going.

Listen to me.

This is my final warning to you.

If I see you roaming around with that boy again

then I won't spare you.

You have to go back to London.

'Alcohol consumption is injurious to health.'

'You better be serious'

'Otherwise, I might have to take serious action against you.'

'Alcohol consumption is injurious to health.'

'You will understand when the ghost appears before you.'

Sir, someone wishes to talk to you.

Connect me to him.

'Hello! Hello!'

Hello!

Dhanpal?

'Yes.'

'I will kill you, if you don't work properly.'

'It's very serious.'

'I have taken a lot of money in advance.'

'This operation must happen at any cost.'

'Do you understand?'

As you know, I am very serious about this.

'So?'

I have made a plan.

My senior officer is doubtful about me.

So, it will be difficult to hunt tigers now.

Actually, summer will be approaching soon.

The forest will become completely dry.

As per my study

if we light fires at 72 points in the forest

then the entire forest will turn to ashes.

The animals will run away from there

in order to save their lives.

But the intelligent tigers

will surely go to the backwaters.

There are 400 tigers in the forest.

And at least 300 tigers

will come to the backwaters to save themselves.

Our 100 experts will wait for the tigers

near the back water.

After killing those tigers

if we store the nails, skin, bones

and meat

in different containers

and hide them under the surface backwaters

then depending on the demand

we can lift them.

'Very good idea.'

'But will there be any problem from the government?'

Absolutely no problem, sir.

The forest department, police department, government

and public will be busy extinguishing the fire.

It's a huge area.

Nobody will interfere with our operation.

In fact, it's a safe game.

Maasthi will be killed before all that.

Yes.

Very soon, I will bring this plan into action.

We have to achieve it.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

No!

Come on. - No.

The government is paying you

so that you save the forest and the animals.

But you are planning to destroy

the jungle and the animals.

You will send your people one by one

and I will keep killing them.

Hey!

Government work is a noble deed.

But officers like you

don't deserve to do them.

People like you should die.

When you kill these animals

do you know how scared they feel?

I want you to witness the same fear.

Do you know how does it feels

when death is approaching you?

Look at yourself.

You are trembling out of fear.

Death!

Death!

You are getting anxious.

I will make you witness your own death.

Go up.

Come on. - No.

Up! - No.

Go up.

You will die.

Stand straight.

I will push you.

I will push you. - No!

Go!

'Alcohol is injurious to health.'

This is indeed a miracle.

He surely fell from here. - Yes.

As per the post mortem report

there are no pressure points on his body

to suggest he was pushed.

He ran a lot before dying. - Okay.

And the alcohol content was very high in his body.

According to the reports

there are two sets of footprints

at the crime scene.

One is of the person who died

that is, your father.

And the other is of you.

Any clue?

What is over there?

I heard a voice from that direction.

I looked everywhere.

But I didn't find anyone.

Sir, I don't know anything apart from this.

Sir, I am in shock after my father's death.

No more questions.

You can't leave this place

until we finish our investigation.

You have to surrender your passport.

Rani!

Death is everywhere.

It's present everywhere.

Yes.

You have to face it.

You have to forget everything and continue to live.

Yes, Rani.

Your father hasn't left you alone.

No, Rani. We are with you.

All the villagers are with you.

Rani, don't cry.

Stop crying.

Control yourself.

Don't cry. Have courage.

Everything will be fine.

Yes.

We have to finish him first.

He is killing our people one after the other.

This time, he has killed our main person.

But this won't be a checkmate for us.

RFA Murthi had told us before dying that he's powerful.

We have taken the money in advance

promising to complete the consignment.

We should take him seriously.

Of course.

I will make such an arrangement

that he will die without any noise.

Go and tell your master

that I will kill him!

Stop!

Our new officer is very strict.

He likes punctual and dutiful people.

Play it! Come on!

I don't like this garland.

I love food.

I don't get impressed by these things.

These things are under my feet.

Greenery is my life.

Save water, save forest.

I treat this job as the blessing of God!

This dutiful senior officer is Jai Singha!

Fatso, he spoilt one garland.

What will we give the officer?

What will we do?

What do I do, Narayan?

I had gone to the bus stand to pick him up.

He was standing there alone.

He has worn such a uniform

that I mistook him for the officer.

As soon as I addressed him

he hopped on the bonnet.

I could barely see the road.

I managed to drive with great difficulty.

Take your hand off.

I heard the sound of a bike.

Who is it?

Look over there. Boss is here.

Play it!

Stop.

Thank you for your love and trust.

But I don't expect all this.

RAF Murthi died suddenly

while working in this area.

So, we offer him a tribute and let's start our work.

Right, Mr. Narayan Swamy?

Sir! - Were you not aware

that you have to send a vehicle to pick me up?

Sorry, sir.

You are not alone. We are together.

Don't be upset.

Rani!

Yes.

Rani, why are you standing here alone?

I was waiting for you.

Waiting for me?

I want to ask you two questions.

Okay.

Go ahead.

Ask me.

Mr. Madiah.. - Yes.

The child in your house.. Whose child he is?

Actually, my daughter used to love a boy

in the neighbouring village.

Both of them got married.

I knew that people wouldn't let us live.

So, I told them to go away from here.

And that they can come back

when the matter is solved.

When they came back

it didn't happen what we had expected.

The people thrashed them to death.

That child is my granddaughter.

And Maasthi is like her father and mother.

He is everything for her.

This is the story of that child.

Mr. Madiah.. - Yes.

The girl in the photograph..

Is she Maasthi's wife?

Also, did he love her very much?

Tell me.

Rani, this is how this world is.

No one knows who would fall in love

with whom and when.

Here. Wrap it around. - Okay.

Girls should mind their veils when outdoors.

Strange! Why are you staring at me?

Smile.

All right. Go away now.

She is crazy.

What does love mean?

It's..

I don't know.

I know.

What is it?

Well..

First, we must get married.

What after that?

Then..

I will have to address you as 'darling' forever.

Then I will have to leave my parents

and spend the rest of my life with you.

What else?

And.. - Yes.

We will become parents.

Okay.

That's nice.

It's good.

Bhavya! Bhavya!

We will get married first!

Wow! I feel I want to be with you forever.

But Maasthi..

I am really scared.

What are you afraid of?

Father and grandpa have found out about us.

No one has ever talked to me this way

in my house.

I'd told you back then

to not waste your time raising this street dog.

Hey! - But..

If someone else had said that instead of you..

Maasthi!

No.

I'll forgive you as you are her father.

Hey! She is mine.

She is my beloved.

I'll give her all the jewellery a bride should wear

anoint vermilion on her forehead and marry her tomorrow morning.

It's a part of your culture to welcome your son-in-law.

Try to stop the wedding

if you have the guts.

I swear I'll kill everyone who tries to

and feed them to vultures. - Hey!

Uncle! - Hey - Hey!

Dad, I really love Maasthi!

Please, Dad!

She is a part of this family

and I want her to be content

and happy always.

She should be happy when she comes to my home tomorrow.

If you hurt her

even a bit

I will finish off

your brother!

She is going to meet him now.

But both of them are going to die today.

No!

Maasthi!

No!

Uncle!

If I had a child, I'd not have loved you so much.

That's why, I didn't get married.

I've not seen a daughter like you who has inflicted

such anguish on her parents.

You don't have any right to live!

Bhavya.

Dad and uncle

raised me very affectionately.

P-Please don't hurt them.

Bhavya..

H-Have you left me forever?

Bhavya!

Bhavya! No..

I won't hurt your family.

The things that life does to us.

After that incident, Maasthi slipped into silence.

Everyone thought that he had lost his voice forever.

But with the Goddess's blessing, he regained his speech.

What happened after that?

Maasthi still thinks that Bhavya is alive

and that belief keeps him going.

Even the villagers say so.

Yes.

At times, he has hallucinations where he sees her around.

There are only two things that we tribals believe in.

The Almighty and ghosts.

That's about Maasthi.

Where did he go?

Maasthi, where are you? I can't see you.

Look who is with me.

Hey, Maasthi! Are you here or not?

Dear..

Why are you staring at me?

Dear, what happened?

What had happened to you? - Nothing, sir.

You are sitting on a grave.

Get up.. Seek her forgiveness.

I'm sorry..

Maasthi isn't here, so we should leave soon.

Come. Come on.. - All right. - Hurry up.

Dear, I don't come here often.

I only come here if necessary.

Come on.

Dear..

What happened, dear? Why did you come here?

Why are you here, dear?

Are you alone? - I want to see my parents.

Once I was on my way into a dense forest.

The road was bumpy and narrow.

What happened?

The Goddess' pet. - Where? - In front of us.

Oh, my God! Where did it come from?

P-Pick up the gun..

Come on! Pick up the gun..

Do it.. - I won't.

Get the gun! - I won't, sir!

Uncle! Uncle! A tiger!

What are you staring at? Pick up the gun!

What are you doing? - Sir! Shoot it with your left hand.

You are the expert.

I-It's coming towards us. - No..

What will happen now?

What are we going to do?

Why has it come here? What for?

Somebody, help us!

Please, fire in the air! It will run away!

No.

No, no.. Stop it!

What happened? It's going back.

Look, sir. It's going back.

Somebody, help us. What are you doing?

There is a tiger! Run..

Sir, it left.

Did it? - Yes, sir.

I will get up then.

I knew it'd retreat once it sees me.

Is that why you wet your pants?

Let me take you leave, sir. - Where are you going?

Come with us. We will drop you.

No, sir. I will walk.

Why do you want to walk? I'm offering a lift.

Actually, that's for our safety.

Come on. Get in. - Come on.. Listen to him.

Maasthi killed all of our men.

We must kill Maasthi no matter what. - Yes!

Maasthi!

Maasthi!

Maasthi, the girl whose photo you have on your wall..

She took my clothes when I was bathing in the river.

She was right here! I am really scared, Maasthi!

Listen, this is a forest and is home to all kinds of forces.

So, you have to be careful.

Rs. 1 crore for a tiger.

Approximately, there are 350 tigers.

We will give you Rs. 350 crore.

This is Operation Maasthi Gudi. - And we need all your support.

Especially yours, Mr. RFO.

We will set fire at a 100 points in the forest.

So, at least 350 tigers will come to this pond.

We'll have 200 men waiting there

and thus, we will be in control.

Have a look at the clip.

What! What is happening?

Hey!

What..

Who are you?

Hey!

Bhavya! Why? Didn't you recognise me?

I did.

What do you want?

I want to see Maasthi.

All right, I will call him.

Ma'am, you should have asked him to get remarried.

What happened?

M-Maasthi..

Haven't you seen him?

Now leave. - I want to talk to him. - Do it.

Will you feed me for once? Will you?

Come on. Somebody bring her some food.

Maasthi!

You should leave now.

How long are you going to possess her? Go away!

I am leaving. But I have one thing to tell you.

One thing.. Just that.

If you don't comply, I'll make sure you'd regret it.

Some evil men are planning to set fire to this forest.

They plan to kill all the tigers here.

The guardian of this forest want to kill Maasthi.

What?

If you believe in God, you should believe her as well.

The forest will be gone. The tigers, too.

Destruction will follow.

Total destruction.

Save the forest.. - Who are they?

Dear!

A girl of our village was possessed by a spirit.

She was saying that the forest will be set on fire.

All the tigers will die.

A-And Maasthi, too.

She said so.

We are naive people. We don't know what to do.

Please speak to the government and save our forest.

Please give us the chance to live here.

People possessed by spirits? What century are you living in?

Tell me.

That's why education is important.

Only then, will you change and so will this country.

Is he the witness?

Nonsense! Get out!

What did you say, sir? - I asked you to leave!

Come..

Bhima, come in. Please sit.

Shivappa..

The opportunity for us to be relatives

was lost 15 years ago.

Tell them.

You've been exacting revenge on us for the past 15 years.

Now, Goddess Maasthi wants revenge

against the whole forest!

No one will survive here. Everyone will be killed.

A fire! A ferocious fire

will consume this whole forest! The ghost said so.

There is still time left. Let go of your anger.

Forget the past.

We'll perform a veneration to appease Goddess Maasthi.

And Ms. Bhima's premonition shouldn't become a curse.

Please agree, Shivappa.

Please agree, Shivappa.

You should agree.

If you are still not agreeing

I'll fall to your feet, Shivappa. - No.

Stop, Father!

You tell me what I should do now.

If he needs pleading to let go his anger

then I will bow before him.

Hey! Will you bow before him?

Will your father bow to him?

If anybody here bows before him

will be an insult to me!

Ms. Bhima, please don't talk about bowing to anyone.

You are like our mother.

You are a mother for the whole jungle.

Okay, we will do as you say.

Begin the veneration to appease Goddess Maasthi.

I'll take the initiative for this veneration.

Hail Goddess Maasthi. - Hail Goddess Maasthi.

"Oh, Goddess."

"Oh, Goddess."

"Oh, Goddess."

"You are Shakti. You are Kali."

"You are Durga. You are Lakshmi."

"You are merciful. You are compassionate."

"Take us under Your care."

"Take us under Your care."

"Oh, Goddess."

"Oh, Goddess."

"Goddess Ambe, the Earth and the Universe"

"resides in You."

Oh! These people are so superstitious.

Look at them celebrate festivals without even bathing.

The person's heart should be clean

and not just his body.

God hears everything.

Let's go. - Okay.

Come on.

Hey! - Sir.

"Hail Goddess Ambe."

"Hail Goddess Ambe."

"Hail Goddess. Hail Goddess Ambe."

"Hail Goddess. Hail Goddess Ambe."

"Goddess, You are the universe."

"You know everything."

"You are there wherever I see."

"You are in the water. You are in the skies."

"You are there wherever I see."

"You are the house of affection."

"You are compassionate."

"You are the creator of this universe."

"Hail Goddess."

"Hail Goddess."

Ms. Bhima, come out!

Those evil people have entered the jungle!

'We have performed the appeasement veneration.'

This means, Goddess Maasthi has not accepted this veneration.

I'll have to inform everyone in the village.

Ms. Bhima.

How do I believe you?

You should believe me if you believe Goddess Maasthi.

What is happening to her, Ms. Bhima?

Dear.

Dear, what happened?

What happened to her? - Ms. Bhima.

Dear, open your eyes. - Ms. Bhima.

Ms. Bhima, Goddess Maasthi has not accepted

our peace veneration.

The offertory that we offered the other day

has come back from the water.

Our veneration has not been accepted.

There will be destruction!

Total destruction!

"You take away pain. You give us bliss."

"You are life. You are the one who gives life."

"You are auspicious and ever glorious."

"Goddess, You change everyone's destiny."

Goddess Maasthi has been held captive in the water.

She has been blindfolded

So that She cannot see us.

Her ears have been closed so that She cannot hear us.

Her mouth has been sealed

so that She cannot talk to us.

All of us will have to fight together.

It is not easy to imprison the Goddess.

I may lose my tantric powers due to that.

I have held Goddess Maasthi captive in the water.

No evil spirits

or demons can reside there.

I have heard that there is a spirit in a woman's body

who is conveying our talks to the people.

Ask the officer who works in that area

to interrogate her.

The truth will be out.

We have very less time.

Our operation should succeed at any cost.

Come on.

You are an educated girl. You are a Ph.D. holder.

Yet you are saying

that you get possessed by a ghost.

This is strange.

I don't know anything, sir.

Sir, seriously, I have no idea about all this.

I feel dizzy before all this happens.

I feel as though somebody is entering my body forcefully.

I don't remember anything after that.

I am surrounded by people when I open my eyes.

I don't understand anything, sir.

We will have to free our Goddess from this captivity

for the betterment of this village.

Mr. Madiah, what has happened?

Okay.

What do we do now?

Henceforth, anybody who dives into the river

will have to perform the veneration with me.

If anybody places the stone tied with mantras

on the feet of Goddess in the river

She will be freed.

Her eyes will open.

Her ears will open.

Do this.

He can even die

if his heart is impure.

Who will sacrifice his life?

Who will do this task?

I will do it.

Uncle.

Dear, why are you sitting alone?

Is it because your uncle has entered the lake?

Here's a toy. Play with it. Your uncle will be back soon.

Okay, dear.

You're so nice! You're very lovely!

I'll sing a lullaby for you.

You'll fall asleep after it.

Maasthi has returned!

Why is everyone standing?

Maasthi.. - Father!

What happened, Father?

What happened, Dad? My granddaughter..

Granddaughter..

She's gone!

She's gone forever! She won't return, Maasthi!

Look at this!

Why did this happen, Maasthi?

Father! My niece..

Where did she go?

Who's responsible for all this?

Who did this?

Maasthi..

Tell me, who did it?

Maasthi, the toy seller..

He gave her a toy.

Is he the witness? Should I tell this

to the government?

Your niece is dead.

But you're still young.

Marry once again.

Maybe the fisherman had left dynamite in his trap.

It exploded and killed the child.

I'm very tensed right now.

Let me go.

Or else, I'll shoot you.

Listen..

I know that you're behind all that is happening.

I'm willing to sacrifice my life for the sake of my people.

Who killed my niece?

Tell me, who killed her?

Who was it?

Tell me, who killed her?

Who killed my niece? Speak up!

Stay calm and hear me out for just five minutes.

I will tell you everything.

And that's why they were blackmailing me.

'Your wife and daughter are safe with us.'

'Excuse me, sir.'

'Hello, Mr. RFO.'

'Your wife and daughter are safe with us.'

'I have sent you a telegram stating what will happen to you'

'if you don't support us in our operation.'

'It's a game of chase. You will make the decisions'

'and I will play the game. - Hey!'

'Relax!'

They have kept my wife and daughter onboard a train.

If I don't support them

they will blow up the train.

I can rescue them

with the help of you and your men.

No matter what

government and police department or forest department

shouldn't learn about this.

We need to execute this very carefully.

Look, don't make haste.

They're watching your every move.

It would be better if you do something such

that they can't recognise you.

Maasthi!

Save me please, Maasthi!

Maasthi!

Maasthi!

They are going to attack you. Be careful.

It's not so easy.

This train should be stopped in the forest

between Arsikere and Hassan.

If it happens

the communication between coaches will be interrupted.

And our operation will be successful.

Father!

Please spare me! - Where are the rest?

Where are they? - Near Maasthi Gudi.

They are hiding under the ground.

Who killed my niece? - I was lured with money.

So, I committed this sin.

I made a mistake.

I made a huge mistake by hiding this secret.

Darn! I am overconfident.

Goddess Maasthi is out of confinement.

If we make any mistake, we will be in danger.

This operating seems too difficult now.

No matter the odds

This operation won't stop.

I will move ahead.

It's not in my nature to step back.

'The gang of tiger poachers was exterminated.'

'And Maasthi was arrested and put behind bars.'

Poaching of tigers should stop.

Or else, in no time the land will become barren.

Be it a forest, village

or jail..

Wherever I am, my only goal will be

to hunt down tiger poachers and kill them.

And I will.

I will never give up.

I won't spare them.

And the court of law

considered all his crimes to be for the betterment of society

and reduced his sentence and released him from jail.

Friends, really, hats off to him!

Where is he now?

He is still guarding the forest.

Because that's where his soul belongs.