Shankar IPS

Shankar IPS
Directed by M. S. Ramesh
Produced by K. Manju
Written by M. S. Ramesh
Starring Duniya Vijay
Catherine Tresa
Ragini Dwivedi
Avinash
Music by Gurukiran
Cinematography Dasari Srinivasa Rao
Edited by S. Manohar
Production
company
Bindushree Films
Release dates
  • 21 May 2010 (2010-05-21)
Running time
 145 minutes
Country India
Language Kannada

Shankar IPS (Kannada: ಶಂಕರ್ ಐಪಿಎಸ್) is a 2010 Indian Kannada language action - crime film written and directed by M. S. Ramesh and produced by K. Manju. The film stars Duniya Vijay along with Catherine Tresa, a model making her debut, and Ragini Dwivedi in the lead roles. The film deals with the social issues such as acid attacks on women, plight of women call centers employees and others. The film was also dubbed in Hindi with the same title name.[1]

The film released on 21 May 2010 rated U/A across Karnataka and set high expectations for its storyline and toned body of the lead actor. However upon release, the film generally met with negative reviews from the critics and audience.[2]

Plot

Shankar Prasad (Vijay) is a tough cop who is on a mission to eradicate all the social evils around him. His unique style is to kill his enemies out rightly in encounters which irks most of the corrupt politicians and cops. He gets dismissed and transferred several times but does not get deterred in completion of his mission. Shilpa (Catherine) is a wannabe beauty contestant winner who dreams of winning the Miss India title. She comes across with the top business tycoon Saklej's son who assaults her and even makes an acid attack on her. Shankar is on a mission to hunt this criminal even as he develops a love feeling towards her.

Cast

Production

Director M. S. Ramesh teamed up with popular producer K. Manju for his second directorial venture and named it Shankar IPS. He was on the hunt of a well built actor who would require to do some heavy action sequences for the film and play a cop. For this role, he opted Duniya Vijay again after his first film Thaakath. Vijay was required to build a six-pack abs for his role of a tough cop and the director teamed up with ace body builder Kitty to train to build up Vijay's physiques. Bangalore based model, Catherine Tresa was roped in to play the female lead.[3] Another actress Ragini Dwivedi was cast to play the second lead role.

The filming took place for 65 days at a stretch and was shot primarily in locales of Mysore. Some song sequences were shot at Bangkok.

Soundtrack

Shankar IPS
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released 11 May 2010
Genre Film soundtrack
Label Anand Audio

All the songs are composed by Gurukiran teaming up with the director M. S. Ramesh yet again. The audio launch was much amidst the fanfare held at Mysore with actor Prem Kumar being the special invitee. The event was held at a hotel on 11 May 2010.[4][5]

All music composed by Gurukiran.

Track listing
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Sale Sale"  Raghu Dixit, Sonu Kakkar  
2. "Win Agona"  Chaitra H. G.  
3. "Chandra"  Apoorva Sridhar  
4. "Shankar IPS"  Gurukiran  
5. "Chumbaka"  Vijay Prakash, K. S. Chithra  

References

  1. ↑ "Shankar IPS (2010) - Hindi Dubbed Movie". Friday Cinemas. 2010.
  2. ↑ "Shankar IPS is an out and out Vijay film". Rediff. 21 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Duniya Vijay + Catherine Tresa = Shankar IPS.". Sandalwood King. 2010.
  4. ↑ "Shankar IPS audio release". Sify. 13 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "Shankar IPS audio launch". Indiaglitz. 11 May 2010.

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