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Shankar IPS (2010)

Shankar IPS poster
Genre
action film, crime film
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer fights against crimes targeting women, including acid attacks and exploitation of call center workers. The story follows his efforts to bring justice to the victims.

intensedramaticgrittyseriousfast-pacedsocially consciousaction-driven

What happens

Shankar IPS 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, the plight of women call centers employees and others. The film was also dubbed in Hindi with the same title name. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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