C.B.I. Shankar

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{{Infobox film
|name = C.B.I. Shankar
|image = C.B.I. Shankar.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Film poster
|director = P. Nanjundappa
|producer = Krishna Raju
|story = P. Nanjundappa
|screenplay = K. V. Raju
|starring = [[Shankar Nag]]
|music = [[Hamsalekha]]
|cinematography = Mallikarjun
|editing = K. Balu
|studio = Swarnagiri Films
|distributor = K. S. S. Combines
|released = 28 June 1989
|runtime = 134 minutes
|country = India
|language = [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
|budget =
|gross =
}}

'''''C.B.I. Shankar''''' ({{lang-kn|ಸಿ.ಬಿ.ಐ.ಶಂಕರ್}}) is a 1989 Indian [[Kannada language]] [[drama film]] directed by P. Nanjundappa. It stars [[Shankar Nag]] in the titular role as Shankar, an officer with the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]], who investigates a murder case closed down by the local police. The supporting cast features [[Devaraj]], [[Doddanna]], [[Vajramuni]], [[Suman Ranganathan]] and [[Shashikumar]]. The film was a blockbuster and further established Nag as a leading actor in [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada cinema]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Remembering Shankar Nag |url= http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-remembering-shankar-nag/20100930.htm#1 |website= rediff.com |date= 30 September 2010 |accessdate= 7 November 2014}}</ref>

==Plot==
[[Sub-inspector]] Galappa Doddamani stumbles at Sathya's [[filming location]] in a forest, of the film ''CBI Shankar''. The president of the local [[District Councils of India|Zilla Parishad]] Narayana Gowda ([[Vajramuni]]) reaches the spot with a businessman Amar ([[Devaraj]]), and grant the crew permission to continue filming. Following Gowda's inappropriate behavior with [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]] (as herself), the film's female lead, at a party hosted by the film producer, she storms out of the party and walks out of the film. Sathya, also the film's director, persists Amar's sister Asha ([[Suman Ranganathan]]) to replace her, to which an initially hesitant Asha agrees in her brother, Amar's absence, who had other plans for her.

Amar away from home strikes a business deal with an agency with the help of Radha, who has a crush on him. Filming with ''CBI Shankar'', Asha, while performing a scene in the film, falls unconscious on seeing blood-stained clothes and backs out of the film. Sathya woos her and convinces her to overturn her decision, and is successful. Amar, on returning home, is furious to find Asha acting and confronts Sathya. He gets the police to the filming location to arrest Sathya on grounds of having forced Asha to act in the film. Sathya then reveals his real identity of Shankar, a [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] officer who, with his team have come down to the town to unearth the murder case of Santosh ([[Shashikumar]]), having been closed down previously by the local police calling it a [[suicide]].

In a series of [[Flashback (narrative)|flashback]] sequences as narrated by the potential suspects to Shankar as part of the investigation, it is seen that Santosh was a dancer who was given a ticket by a political party to contest at the local Zilla Parishad elections. Foreseeing his win, the opposition political party led by Gowda plans on giving him cash in return for his withdrawal. Reluctant to withdraw, Gowda asks Bullet Basya (Sudheer) to "deal with Santosh". Basya tails him and involves him in a fistfight, and shockingly finds Amar stabbing Santosh from behind killing him. Cut to the present, Basya reveals to Shankar that it was Amar who killed Santosh for the reason that the latter pursued Amar's sister. The CBI team proceed to arrest a newlywed Amar only to find him stabbed by Radha, his wife, who reveals that she did so, to avenge her ex-husband's murder by Amar, who had murdered him owing to a business-related dispute. An unhurt Amar manages to escape, who is pursued by Shankar and hands him over to the police.

==Cast==
* [[Shankar Nag]] as Sathya / Shankar
* [[Suman Ranganathan]] (credited as Suman Ranganath) as Asha
* [[Shashikumar]] as Santosh
* [[Vajramuni]] as Narayana Gowda
* [[Devaraj]] as Amar
* [[Doddanna]] as Sub-inspector Galappa Doddamani
* [[Avinash]] as Vikram
* [[Sudheer (Kannada actor)|Sudheer]] as Bullet Basya
* [[Lohithaswa]]
* [[Dinesh (Kannada Actor)|Dinesh]] as Subramanya
* K. V. Manjayya
* [[Kunigal Nagabhushan]] as Seenappa
* [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]] as herself in a cameo appearance
* [[Rockline Venkatesh]] (uncredited)

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = C.B.I. Shankar
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Hamsalekha]]
| cover =
| border = yes
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| released = 25 April 1989
| recorded =
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 22:40
| label = [[Lahari Music]]
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[[Hamsalekha]] composed the background score for the film and the soundtrack. The soundtrack album consists of five tracks.<ref>{{cite web |title= C.B.I. Shankar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP |url= https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/c.b.i.-shankar-original-motion/id608844104 |publisher= iTunes |accessdate= 7 November 2014}}</ref>

{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 22:40
| title1 = Idu Maayabajaaru
| lyrics1 = [[Hamsalekha]]
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[K. S. Chithra|Chithra]]
| length1 = 4:37
| title2 = Kaada Noda Hode
| lyrics2 = Hamsalekha
| extra2 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chithra
| length2 = 4:18
| title3 = Geethanjali Pushpanjali
| lyrics3 = Hamsalekha
| extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chithra
| length3 = 4:31
| title4 = Vote For Vote For
| lyrics4 = Hamsalekha
| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Manjula Gururaj]]
| length4 = 4:31
| title5 = Ek Do Teen Chaar
| lyrics5 = Hamsalekha
| extra5 = [[Latha Hamsalekha]]
| length5 = 4:43
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1319067}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1989 films]]
[[Category:1980s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Hamsalekha]]
[[Category:Central Bureau of Investigation in fiction]]
[[Category:Indian nonlinear narrative films]]

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