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Operation Diamond Racket

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.

Plot
Prakash aka CID 999, a CID officer, solves the gold smuggling cases, where the CID Chief informs about increase in diamond smuggling and missing case of top scientists. Prakash traces the lead from his colleague Madhu and locates David, the local kingpin. He impersonates as David and traps Lalita, who has the diamonds. Prakash kills David and entrusts Lalita to Madhu. Prakash goes to the hideout warehouse, where David was supposed to drop the diamonds, finds the diamonds and alerts the cops. Prakash returns, only to find that Lalita escaped and Madhu dead. Meena, Madhu's sister vows vengeance against Madhu's killers. After checking an address in Lalitha's bag, which is located in Kathmandu, Prakash and Meena act as a honeymoon couple and leave for 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 cannot locate any clues about the smuggling gang. Vishwanath, the kingpin at Kathmandu tries to kill Meena and Prakash, but Prakash overpowers him. Frustrated, Vishwanath 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 finds it to be the secret hide-out and enters by disguising himself as one of the henchman. He observes a speech, where the diamonds are used as a powerful beam to bring down any fighter jet-planes, submarine or military installation. Prakash gets caught and is thrown into a snake cage, along with Meena. However, Prakash and Meena escape, where Prakash overpowers the place, kills all the henchmen and their boss. Prakash frees up Meena and escapes, where he burns down the place using a watch bomb. == Cast ==
Release
The title of the movie created confusion among fans as to whether it was Racket or Rocket. ==Soundtrack==
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 popular for being written entirely in broken English. == Re-release ==
Re-release
The film 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. == References ==
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