Actress Sanjjanaa Galrani, colleague and co-actor of Kannada actor Darshan who has been arrested in a murder case, said, "This has been a black day for us yesterday, and it's been like a doomsday for the Kannada industry." Sanjjanaa called Darshan a "demigod figure in the Kannada industry" and a "soft-spoken gentleman. "People are out here worshipping him," Sanjjanaa added.