Inspector Vikram

<p>Vikram aka Inspector Vikram is a happy-go-lucky , who has no problem getting himself into trouble with his superiors, especially the Chandrashekhar. Although accepted as a brilliant mind with a sharp intellect to solve crimes, he is often chided for his immature, casanova-personality. Much of misadventures, though leading to the solving of the crime, puts Vikram and Chandrashekhar (who is also his father’s best friend) at opposite ends of the table. During the course of time, Vikram courts many brickbats and transfers in his career. He serves in the as well as the . However, when an inmate Raja escapes from prison, Vikram is called back in to track him down. It is revealed that Vikram had jailed Raja when he was caught killing his employer. In the meantime, to ensure that Vikram does his job, Chandrashekhar entrusts Krishnamurthy, a retired in the to discipline Vikram. Despite the colonel’s attempts to discipline Vikram, Vikram’s attempts to fight that change is captured well in all its hilarity. Krishnamurthy’s daughter Geetha and Vikram soon fall for each other. With Raja’s escape on the large, and with no clues, Vikram decides to investigate Raja’s lifestyle where he learns that Raja was actually an honest man, and it was his employer who set him up and got him arrested where he also meets his wife Vijaya and her ailing daughter. Vikram meticulously retraces every step Raja has taken before his escape, and realizes that Raja had this so well planned that it would take years before anyone else got to him. Meanwhile, Geetha, who is a goes on a dance tour across . Vikram learns that Vijaya is also travelling with Geetha and Raja and Vijaya are meeting at a pre-discussed point and are planning to travel to from there. Vikram clandestinely follows Vijaya and soon ends up nabbing Raja. However, when Raja, seeing his opportunity to help his ailing daughter disappear, breaksdown in anguish where Vikram is now caught in a , agrees to let Raja escape, saying that his life won’t change much even if he arrests him. Raja offers his gratitude and escapes, along with Vijaya and their daughter. Vikram joins Geetha and they drive away into the sunset. acted as a dupe for the villain (Tamil actor Narayan) in a car chase sequence towards the climax. The soundtrack for the film was composed by . Dilip, credited now as worked as an orchestra arranger. The movie received mixed reviews upon release. However, over the time the film has gained a strong impression from critics and audience alike. ‘s efforts to induce an element of recklessness and humour without build-ups in the cop role was well received since till then the lead cop roles were always portrayed in a serious tone with strictness and . The freshness towards such an approach without demeaning the was well appreciated.</p>