Police Story is a 1996 Kannada action film, directed by Thriller Manju, starring Sai Kumar as a super cop. The film was simultaneously dubbed into Telugu and Tamil under the same name and in Hindi as Agni IPS, emerged as a blockbuster, and remained a cult classic which lead to two sequels, Police Story 2 in 2007 and Police Story 3 in 2011.
Directed by : Thriller Manju
Release date : 16 August 1996
Story by : S. S. David
Produced by : G. H. Gurumurthy
N. Narasimha Murthy
Cinematography : J.G. Krishna
Edited by : R. Janardhan
Music by : Sadhu Kokila
Production company :Gururaya Film Makers
Saikumar who gained recognition as a star with Lockup Death (1994) acted in this film under the direction of Thriller Manju, a stunt choreographer who made his directorial debut with this film. The Kannada and its dubbed Telugu version were successful and gained a breakthrough for Saikumar and it led to him being typecast in similar roles.
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