India, July 17 -- Ever since Yuva Rajkumar's second film was announced as Ekka, there's been widespread speculation that the Rohit Padaki directorial has been inspired by the late Power Star Puneeth Rajkumar's Jackie. This, says Yuva, probably stems from the fact that Jackie had an Ekka Raja Rani song. For his film, though, the actor explains that Ekka was just an apt title. "Ekka means Ace, which has two perceived values in a pack of cards. Here, it signifies the two shades of the character Muthu and his journey from one to the other," said Yuva on Stars Express.

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