Birbal Trilogy Case 1: Finding Vajramuni or simply known as Birbal [2] is a 2019 Kannada language crime thriller film written and directed by MG Srinivas.[3] The film is the first instalment of the Birbal Trilogy.The movie also marked the third character based trilogy in Kannada after CID 999 and Sangliyana.[4]
Rukmini Vasanth made her debut as lead actress.[5] This movie introduced 8D song for the first time in Kannada. This was the first Kannada movie to use the Scribble effect. This was also the first time that VFX had been done in Canada for a Kannada film.[4][6][7] Its sequels are titled Birbal Trilogy Case No. 2: Avrn bitt, Ivrn bitt, Ivryaru? and Birbal Trilogy Case No. 3: Turremane.
The movie was praised for employing the Rashomon Effect in its story narration technique. [8] The movie was reported to be loosely based on the 2017 Korean movie New Trial.[9][1] The Telugu remake of the movie titled Thimmarasu was announced in September 2020. [10]