Operation Diamond Racket
Operation Diamond Racket is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language action spy thriller film produced and directed by the duo Dorai–Bhagavan, starring Rajkumar and Padmapriya. The supporting cast features Chandralekha, Vajramuni, Thoogudeepa Srinivas, Tiger Prabhakar and Fighter Shetty. The film was the fourth and the last in the "CID 999 Franchise" created along the lines of the "James Bond" and "James Bond – styled" films following "Jedara Bale", "Goa Dalli CID 999" and "Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999". The film was re-released in 2013. This is the only colour movie in the franchise and also the only  movie in the franchise to not feature Narasimharaju. The movie was dubbed in Hindi in 1983 as Jasoos 999. A fifth movie in the franchise titled "Operation Golden Gang" was announced but dropped owing to average response to this movie coupled with high budget for the sequel. The movie was shot in Nepal and became the first Kannada movie to be shot outside India. However, another Kannada movie which released four months later, "Singaporenalli Raja Kulla" is widely credited as the movie which started the trend of Kannada movies being shot outside India since it was shot in a country  which is not an Indian neighbour. Plot. CID Agent Prakash solves gold smuggling cases. CID Chief mentions to Prakash about increase in diamond smuggling and top Indian scientists going missing. Prakash traces the lead from his fellow Agent Madhu and locates David, the local kingpin of diamond smuggling. He impersonates as David and traps Lalita, the lady who has diamonds. Prakash kills David and entrusts Lalita to Madhu. He goes to the hideout warehouse, where David was supposed to drop the diamonds. He finds diamonds hidden in face-covers. He alerts the police to seize the warehouse. He returns, only  to Madhu to find Lalita missing and Madhu dead. Meena, Madhu's sister vows vengeance against her brother's killers. Seeing a Kathmandu address in Beena's Bag, Prakash and Meena act as a honeymoon couple and go to Kathmandu. Monzein, Prakash's friend and fellow-agent helps him with clues about antique shops, which are suspected to be involved in smuggling. Prakash spends quite some time, posing as a tourist, but fails to locate any clues about the smuggling gang. Vishwanath, the kingpin at Kathmandu tries to kill Meena and Prakash repeatedly, but fails. Frustrated, he orders his secretary  Drenko to befriend Meena. Drenko kills Monzein's entire family and kidnaps Meena. Prakash finds a radar on top of a building at a remote site and enters it to find it to be the secret hide-out. He observes a speech, where a powerful beam is being prepared, which can bring down any plane, submarine or military installation. Prakash overpowers the place, kills all the henchmen and their boss where he frees up Meena and burns down the place using a watch bomb. Soundtrack. The music of the film was composed by G. K. Venkatesh, with lyrics penned by  Chi. Udaya Shankar. The song "If You Come Today", sung by Rajkumar became widely popular, as the song was entirely written in unintentionally broken English. Re-release. "Operation Diamond Racket" was re-released across 40 theatres in Karnataka on 31 May 2013. The film received a good opening, having collected on the opening day in Kapali Theatre, Bangalore.