

Santhosh helps Vijay in his business dealings, while also having Rathanlal killed, when he tries to conquer the Gayakwad Syndicate. After realizing that his family is also in danger, he appoints Santhosh Kumar, who is the manager in J-Wings security agency, as his bodyguard due to his skills and tactics in handling his assignments. Vijay Gayakwad is embroiled into a life-threatening situation when Jayadev Gayakwad is murdered by unknown assailants. The crime syndicate which is operating in Bangalore is divided into three groups namely Golden Horse syndicate owned by Joseph Anthony who is operating from Miami, Scorpion syndicate owned by Rathanlal which is operating from West Bengal and Gayakwad Syndicate owned by Jayadev Gayakwad and his son Vijay Gayakwad who are operating in Bangalore.

The film grossed ₹100 crores within 4 days of release and became the second highest-grossing Kannada film at that time whilst also becoming the fastest Kannada film to gross ₹100 crores at the box office at that time only to be surpassed by K.G.F: Chapter 2 in less than a month.

It became a huge success at the box office and broke the record for the biggest opening day collections for any Kannada film by grossing around ₹28 crores to ₹32 crores on the first day. However, the audience considered it as a fitting tribute to Puneeth. The film received positive reviews from critics and audience praising the visuals, stylish execution, action sequences, background score, production values and the performance of Puneeth but criticism was drawn towards uneven writing. The film had a theatrical release on 17 March 2022 on the occasion of Puneeth Rajkumar's birthday. Harikrishna and Charan Raj, respectively. The film score and soundtrack are composed by V. The film marked the second collaboration between Puneeth, Priya and Sarathkumar after Raajakumara (2017). This is Puneeth's posthumous appearance following his death on 29 October 2021. It stars Puneeth Rajkumar and Priya Anand. James ( Kannada: ಜೇಮ್ಸ್) is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Chethan Kumar.
