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Vasanth and Santha against an onslaught of bulls when the villagers embrace and shelter him. After that, Jayanth aegis and develops self-defense skills in them when Santha starts loving him. Knowing this, an enraged Vasanth tries to knock out Jayanth, but after learning
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Santha's real intention, he couples them up. Right now, Kampanna traipses to destroy the village by slaughtering Thatha when the villagers crush him.
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