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The sizzle, the suspense, the hype and the hoopla got Ram Gopal Varma and Urmila Matondkar’s first film after Rangeela a bumper initial. And then, after an encouraging weekend, it fizzled out, not even completing its run in some theatres. The verdict was that Ram Gopal Varma in his preoccupation with technique virtuosity had completly neglected the storyline which was deemed wholly and solely responsible for the debacle of this much-talked-about action adventure sold for an astronomical Rs 2 crore per major territory. Not even AR Rahman’s hit hot tunes could keep Daud in the race. It won’t even recover 50 per cent of investment for its distributors.