| Who is it? | Actress |
| Directed by | T. B. Srinivas |
| Produced by | Sanjay Desai Ashit Desai |
| Written by | T. B. Srinivas |
| Starring | Abbas Madhavan Prakash Raj Prema Avni Satish Shah |
| Music by | Sandeep Chowta |
| Cinematography | P. C. Sriram |
| Edited by | P. Sai Suresh |
| Production company | Geethanjali Movies |
| Release date | 20 November 1998 (1998-11-20) |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
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Upon release, the film became a financial failure for the producers. However, after the success of Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey (2000) in which this film's supporting actor Madhavan, played the lead role, producers opted to dub the film into Tamil as Relax. Both lead actors threatened legal action, with Madhavan unhappy that a film in which he portrayed a supporting role would hamper his career in Tamil films, whilst Abbas was unhappy that the promoters were ignoring him. He also threatened action claiming that the producers owed him money.
The Director of the film, T. B. Srinivas, an estwhile assistant Director to Mani Ratnam, collaborated with former state cricketer Sanjay Desai, a distributor and theatre-owner, to produce a film on the youngsters of Bangalore and the idea soon started the film. Srinivas claimed he was inspired by two incidents — the kidnapping of a rich businessman by young thugs from Uttar Pradesh who were attracted by Bangalore's reputation as a fast-growing city with rich men and relaxed cops and the case of four city girls running away for a week with a man who promised to help them fulfill their ambitions — in order to write the story.
