The most reliable source for the version remains older physical media:
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In the Telugu dub, Mola Ram’s character transcends the film. His line, "Kali Ma Shakti De!" (Kali Ma, give me strength!), when translated into Telugu, sounds like an ancient incantation. Telugu film directors in the 90s often borrowed the visual language of Mola Ram—the red robes, the skull cup, the underground lair—for their own mythological villains. The most reliable source for the version remains