Keralida Simha

Shankar and Sridhar are cops brought up by a single mother. Shankar is in love with Advocate Usha. Shankar arrests a gangster Sunil in an illegal drug case. While Usha bails him out citing nervous breakdown Shankar finds out that the accused is having a good time at the hospital and is the son of a gangster. This irks Shankar, and he cuts off all ties with Usha. Unknown to Shankar, the kingpin of the local drug mafia, has kidnapped Usha's mother and is forcing Usha to protect him in court. Shankar's straightforwardness brings him in clash with his younger brother Sridhar as well. Shankar ends up getting suspended, arrested, black-labelled and even loses their mother. The rest of the story deals with how Shankar ends up beating the drug mafia. ==Cast==

• Rajkumar as Inspector Shankar • Saritha as Advocate Usha • Srinivasa Murthy as Inspector Sridhar • Pandari Bai • Thoogudeepa Srinivas • Shakti Prasad • Honnavalli Krishna • Sudheer • Shani_Mahadevappa ==Soundtrack==

Satyam composed the movie songs while Chi. Udayashankar worked as the lyricist. == Release ==

The film received a U Certificate from the Chennai regional office of the censor board without any cuts. Due to the prints being blocked in Chennai, there remained uncertainty over the film's release. Eventually, the film had a low-profile release without much marketing irrespective of which the film turned out to be a blockbuster and completed over 17 weeks of theatrical run in 11 centers across Karnataka. ==Awards==

• Filmfare Award for Best Actor (1981) – Rajkumar • Karnataka State Film Award for Best Sound Recording (1981) – Seetharam ==References==