About 40 minutes into the film, Uttam is arrested in a minor scam, but the local police didn't realise his real identity.
Uttam comes to reveal his past - He hails from a very poor family with his father working as a clerk and his mother a flower selling vendor.
As the court releases him months later due to the absence of solid evidence, his associates betray Uttam and escape with the remaining money.
Meanwhile, he moves back to Avani, and she looks after him for some time, gives a second chance to him, and they get married and leave for Chikmagalore and starts a small nursery, in the process he realises the value of hard earned money.
As the gang gets released, they threaten Uttam to pull a bigger scam and compensate their losses and settle their lump sum of money, else he and his wife will be killed.
As Ugrappa agrees to the deal, the artifact is transferred after rituals, and the gang receives 100 Crore Rupees as payment.
Meanwhile, Basava, after observing Avani, completely changed his attitude and transformed into a good, sensitive, and careful human being who once a ruthless gangster.
Finally, Avani looks at him at scared and disgust, and then Uttam realizes the value of life, and he leaves the money to the police custody.
The Times of India gave the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "Though Bluff Master never runs out of steam, the director Gopi Ganesh Pattabhi and his screenplay stumble in striking an emotional connect to the story.".