''Inferno'' (also released as ''Operation Cobra'') is a 1997 feature film directed by

Fred Olen Ray Fred Olen Ray (born September 10, 1954) is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter of more than 200 low-to-medium-budget feature films in many genres, including horror, science fiction, action/adventure, erotic thrillers, crime d ...

starring Don Wilson,

Deepti Bhatnagar Deepti Bhatnagar (born 30 September 1967) is a former Indian actress and model who worked predominantly in Hindi films, in addition to Telugu films. Her first film role came in Sanjay Gupta's ''Ram Shastra''. She has also appeared in the Telugu ...

and

R. Madhavan Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who predominantly appears in Tamil and Hindi films. Madhavan has won four Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Madhava ...

. Evan Lurie, Michael Cavanaugh and

Tané McClure Tané M. McClure (born June 8, 1958), sometimes credited as Tahnee Cain and Tané Cain, is an American former actress and singer. Biography McClure was born in Los Angeles County, California. She is the daughter of actor Doug McClure and Faye ...

appear in other pivotal roles. This is the debut film of

Plot synopsis

Don Wilson plays Kyle Connors, an

Interpol The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

agent who travels to

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

on a mission of revenge against the terrorist that killed his partner.

Cast

Don "The Dragon" Wilson Donald Glen Wilson (born September 10, 1954), nicknamed "The Dragon", is an American martial artist, film actor, and former professional kickboxer. An 11-time world champion who scored 47 knockouts in four decades, he has been called by the STAR ...

as Kyle Connors *

as Shalimar *

as Ravi * Evan Lurie as Johan Davaad * Richard Hill as Trevor *

Tane McClure Tane or Tāne may refer to: People * Tane Ikai (1879–1995), a Japanese supercentenarian * Tané Matsukata (1918–1989), founder of Nishimachi International School in Azabu, Tokyo * Tané McClure (born 1958), an American singer and actress * Tan ...

as Callista * Michael Cavanaugh as Grayson * Jillian Kesner as Jasmine File:Fred Olen Ray making Operation Cobra.jpg, Director

and

are in the background. File:Jillian Kesner, Michael Cavanaugh making Operation Cobra.jpg, Jillian Kesner and Michael Cavanaugh File:Gary Graver making Operation Cobra.jpg, Cinematographer

Gary Graver Gary Foss Graver (July 20, 1938 – November 16, 2006) was an American film director, editor, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was a prolific filmmaker, working in various roles on over 300 films, but is best known as Orson Welles' final cine ...

File:Evan Lurie making Operation Cobra.jpg, Evan Lurie

Production

Don Wilson worked on the script of the film with director

and producers Ashok Amritraj and

Sunanda Murali Manohar Sunanda Murali Manohar was an Indian-British film producer and entrepreneur, based in London England. She has produced, along with her husband, Dr. J. Murali Manohar (an ENT Surgeon), several Indian, American and British films, including ''India ...

during early 1996, before beginning the shoot at MGR Film City in

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

in July. Filming for the first time in India, Ray recruited local Indian actors including actor

and actress

to portray roles in the project.

Release

The film is reported to have done average business as a result of its video release. The film was later dubbed into Tamil as ''Vegham'' in 2001, to capitalize on Madhavan's new-found fame after ''

Alaipayuthey ''Alai Payuthey'' ( ) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, co-produced and directed by Mani Ratnam, starring Madhavan (in his Tamil debut) and Shalini. The film explores the tensions of married life between two young p ...

''. Madhavan expressed his disappointment at film distributors for trying to pass the project off as a straight Tamil film. Golden Lotus Entertainments dubbed and released the film in Telugu as ''Secret Agent 786'', with dialogue by Malluri Venkat and editing by Trinath.

References

External links

* * 1997 films 1990s action films American independent films American martial arts films 1990s English-language films Films directed by Fred Olen Ray 1997 martial arts films Films about Interpol 1997 independent films 1990s American films {{martialart-film-stub