Lockup Death

Lockup Death (Kannada: ಲಾಕಪ್ ಡೆತ್) is a 1994 Indian Kannada action film directed and written by Om Prakash Rao starring Devaraj, Nirosha and Saikumar in the lead roles.^[1] The film was produced by Ramu for his Ramu Enterprises production banner.

The film was critically acclaimed upon release and won laurels at the Karnataka State Film Awards. Editor R. Janardhan was awarded with Best Editing and Thriller Manju was awarded for his action stunts.^[2]

The film was widely famous for its action scenes. The film was dubbed in Telugu with same name.^[3]

Cast

• Devaraj
• Nirosha
• Saikumar
• Prakash Rai
• Shobharaj
• Tennis Krishna
• Vajramuni
• Doddanna
• Lokesh
• Avinash
• Jayachitra
• Silk Smitha cameo appearance in song "Current Banthu"
• Raju Sundaram cameo appearance in song "Current Banthu"

Production

The chase scenes required the stuntmen in the costumes of police chasing the protagonist who is being saved by his friends(Shobharaj driving the ambulance with Nirosha and Tennis Krishna inside the Tempo Traveller van with Devaraj in unconscious state). The stuntmen Shivakumar and Ravi had to jump upon a double decker bus of the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (then BTS) but something went wrong which resulted in serious injuries of the crew.^[4][5] This stunt was shot in M G Road, Bangalore near Barton court. Around 70 motorcycles and 30 jeeps were involved in the action scenes. Most of the motorcycles used were Yezdi Roadking and Oil King motorcycles.

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by Hamsalekha.

References

External source

• movie info
• Lockup Death Songs