''Sethupathi IPS'' is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by P. Vasu, starring Vijayakanth and Meena. The film, produced by AVM Productions, deals with the story of a police officer who fights against terrorism. It is one of the blockbusters of Vijayakanth during the 1990s. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Raghupathi IPS

Plot

Terrorism against India is escalated heavily by Indians trained abroad. Sethupathi IPS (Vijayakanth) is a very efficient cop whose entire family has served the country at some time — his mother Satyabhama (Srividya) is an IAS Officer, his maternal grandfather was a soldier who got a medal for killing 200 enemies (a medal which Sethupathi secretly covets), and his father in law (Vijayakumar) is an Inspector General of Police. Sethupathi catches terrorist Sivasubramaniam in a hospital and coaxes him to reveal information that their gang is planning a terrorist strike on the Prime minister of India during his meeting with Chief Ministers of various states in Chennai. After divulging this information (owing to the kindness and pity shown by Sethupathi), the terrorist commits suicide with Sethupathi's gun. Using the information, Sethupathi is able to save the day and the Prime minister. Sivasubramaniam's death leads to his brother Sivaprakasham (Raj Mohan) arriving in India. Sivaprakasham is also the leader of this terrorist gang, and in addition to the terror strike the gang is planning to launch in India, he also plans to wipe out Sethupathi's family. Moving opposite to Sethupathi's house, Sivaprakasam pretends to be a very nice man "Satyaprakasham" and manages to fool Sethupathi's mother, wife (Meena), sister, and grandfather and convinces all of them of his ''true intentions'' to such an extent that they agree to his engagement with their mute daughter Saraswathi. Sivaprakasam avoids Sethupathi and sees to it that during both the engagement and the wedding, Sethupathi is occupied so that he cannot come face to face with Sivaprakasam. After the wedding, the Terrorists take over a school where Sethupathi's wife (Meena) is a teacher and demands for a plane and money to take them abroad. Sivaprakasam brings his wife (Sethupathi's sister) and watches her get gang raped until Sethupathi's wife shoots her, unable to bear her suffering. Sivaprakasam also shoots a boy student of class v. As the terrorists escape the school towards the plane and take off, Sethupathi has arrived after having killed one of their numbers, and disguising himself, he eliminates all of them, including Sivaprakasam and lands the plane safely (on instructions of the injured pilot). The movie ends with Sethupathi receiving his coveted grandfather's medal.

Cast

* Vijayakanth as DCP Sethupathy I. P. S (DCP Raghupathy I. P. S. in Telugu version) * Meena as Chandramathi *

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as Ramarathnam (Ex-Military Officer, Sethupathy Grandfather) * Srividya as Sathyabama (Collector, Sethupathy Mother) * Kavery as Saraswathi (Sethupathy Sister) * Vijayakumar as (Head of Police Officer) * Kazan Khan as Sivaprakash/Shantharam * Delhi Ganesh * Mohan Raman as the Police inspector * Goundamani as Muthaiya (Sethupathy Home Chef) *

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Soundtrack

The music composed by

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Release and reception

''Sethupathi IPS'' was released on 14 January 1994, and distributed by AVM Productions. '' The Indian Express'' wrote, "Director Vasu draws inspiration from .few real-life incidents. But somehow these incidents stand apart .the film as a whole is little too glib and superficial."

References

External links

* {{AVM Productions 1990s action films 1990s Tamil-language films 1994 films AVM Productions films Fictional Indian police officers Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police Films about terrorism in India Films directed by P. Vasu Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian action films Indian police films