Overview
- The 56th International Film Festival of India hosted the unveiling and screening, where Nagarjuna presented the remaster.
- Work began before 2019 as the original picture negatives had become sticky and required multiple ultrasonic cleanings to enable a 4K scan.
- Post-scan, extensive scratches, dust and torn frames demanded manual, frame-by-frame digital repair that lasted eight to ten months.
- Two reels of the sound negative were ruined, prompting outreach to nearly 20 regional exhibitors to locate surviving prints that restored the missing audio.
- The remastered version reached theatres earlier this month, renewing access to the 1989 cult classic that was featured in the Indian Panorama at IFFI 1990.