<p>Jaaji marries Dhushyantha and steps into Ayyana Mane, a home filled with secrets, rituals, and the scent of something long dead. There’s conversation, but it’s careful and cautious. A few meet her eyes. Most don’t. The house deity, Kondayya, may be restless, and the deaths? Too many to pass off as coincidence. Is it divine wrath, buried trauma, or something more human? Maybe it’s folklore, or maybe something more.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kushee Ravi anchors the show as Jaaji — never overplaying the fear, just letting it simmer. Akshay Nayak plays the quiet, brooding husband without tipping into melodrama. Manasi Sudhir owns the screen with silence; every glance feels like it’s hiding a confession.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rest of the cast adds weight without stealing focus. The story builds slowly, leaning into mood. While the setup is strong, the pacing lags, and episode endings often feel too easy to predict. The tension is there, but the payoff wobbles. Visually, it’s clean and moody, though the set design struggles to sell the ’90s — it’s a little too polished, more curated memory than lived-in space. If it had looked a bit rougher and less polished, this house might’ve actually felt haunted by time.</p>.'Phule' movie review: Not as revolutionary as the couple.<p class="bodytext">For the first OTT-backed Kannada web series, director Ramesh Indira and creator Shruti Naidu set a decent benchmark. It’s not perfect — some threads fray, some moments don’t land — but it sticks to its lane. No fluff, no genre confusion, just a straight-up mystery that holds. And if you’re curious about the chill that lingers — maybe it’s time you visited ‘Ayyana Mane’.</p>
<p>Jaaji marries Dhushyantha and steps into Ayyana Mane, a home filled with secrets, rituals, and the scent of something long dead. There’s conversation, but it’s careful and cautious. A few meet her eyes. Most don’t. The house deity, Kondayya, may be restless, and the deaths? Too many to pass off as coincidence. Is it divine wrath, buried trauma, or something more human? Maybe it’s folklore, or maybe something more.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kushee Ravi anchors the show as Jaaji — never overplaying the fear, just letting it simmer. Akshay Nayak plays the quiet, brooding husband without tipping into melodrama. Manasi Sudhir owns the screen with silence; every glance feels like it’s hiding a confession.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rest of the cast adds weight without stealing focus. The story builds slowly, leaning into mood. While the setup is strong, the pacing lags, and episode endings often feel too easy to predict. The tension is there, but the payoff wobbles. Visually, it’s clean and moody, though the set design struggles to sell the ’90s — it’s a little too polished, more curated memory than lived-in space. If it had looked a bit rougher and less polished, this house might’ve actually felt haunted by time.</p>.'Phule' movie review: Not as revolutionary as the couple.<p class="bodytext">For the first OTT-backed Kannada web series, director Ramesh Indira and creator Shruti Naidu set a decent benchmark. It’s not perfect — some threads fray, some moments don’t land — but it sticks to its lane. No fluff, no genre confusion, just a straight-up mystery that holds. And if you’re curious about the chill that lingers — maybe it’s time you visited ‘Ayyana Mane’.</p>