A remake of Tamil film of director Lawerence, 'Kanchana' in Kannada as 'Kalpana' directed by one of the senior most directors of South India, Ramnarayan in his 125th film direction lends state of the art technology and stunning moments to the horror lovers of cinema.
The film 'Kalpana' has many intriguing moments in the second half. The first half could have been pruned to reduce the length of the film. However for the Kannada audience so much of harsh response of characters is over fed.
It is giving back after death by eunuch. The glory is more in Upendra character. So much of blood and rugged feel could have been reduced. It is not enough hard effort is delivered. It should be soft and appealing. A few of the Kannada films in a clash between Devil and Divine have given a controlled fodder to the audiences.
Raghava (Upendra) a timid youngster is afraid of 'Ghost'. He sleeps with his mother in the night times because he believes Ghost comes in night times. Such a timid youngster is afflicted by ghost of Kalpana (Saikumar a eunuch). That is because he has applied the cricket stumps exactly at the place where Kalpana was buried....
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