Operation Diamond Racket
1978 film by S.K Bhagavan
Operation Diamond Racket is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language action spy thriller film produced and directed by Dorai–Bhagavan. The film stars Rajkumar, alongside Padmapriya, Chandralekha, Vajramuni, Thoogudeepa Srinivas, Tiger Prabhakar and M. B. Shetty. The music was composed by G. K. Venkatesh, while cinematography and editing were handled by P. S. Prakash and P. Bhaktavatsalam.
The film was the fourth and the final film in the CID 999 Franchise created along the lines of the James Bond and James Bond – styled films following Jedara Bale (1968), Goa Dalli CID 999 (1968) and Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999 (1969). Operation Diamond Racket was re-released in 2013. It is the only colour film in the franchise and also the only film in the franchise to not feature Narasimharaju. It was dubbed in Hindi in 1983 as Jasoos 999 and in Telugu as Savaal Goodachari 999. A fifth film in the franchise titled Operation Golden Gang was announced but dropped owing to average response to this film coupled with high budget for the sequel. This was also the first film of the franchise to have a male playback singer.
The film was shot in Nepal and became the first Kannada film to be shot outside India, but Singaporenalli Raja Kulla, which released four months later is widely credited for it, which started the trend of Kannada films being shot outside India since it was shot in a country which is not an Indian neighbour.
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