Singaporenalli Raja Kulla

Singaporenalli Raja Kulla is a 1978 Indian Kannada language action film directed by C. V. Rajendran starring Vishnuvardhan, Manjula, Dwarkish, Lokanath and Thoogudeepa Srinivas in pivotal roles. Set and shot in Singapore, it was the first Kannada film to be shot outside India in a country which is not a neighbouring nation and the second Kannada movie to be shot outside India after Operation Diamond Racket (which was shot in Nepal and released four months before this movie). However, this movie is widely credited for having started the trend of shooting abroad. This was the first Kannada cinema to run over 200 days in the Belgavi region. The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Sweet Singapore. Plot A jeweller Shivaraj, who harbours ambitions of a successful life abroad, enters into a partnership with Junie after abandoning his pregnant wife and thus both land in Singapore. Unknown to Lokanath, Junie is into smuggling diamonds and various other illegal activities and is wanted by the Indian and Singaporean police department. CID detective Venu aka Kulla is assigned the task of hunting down both of them and bringing him to justice in India. Meanwhile, Lokanath's son Raja, who is now a singer in a hotel, gets to know Gopinath, though unaware that he is a detective. Tara is Raja's girlfriend. Her father Gopinath Rao, also involved in shady businesses, promises Raja a good life, if he contract kills an old rival Shivaraj, of his, in Singapore, for . Initially reluctant, Raja travels to Singapore. Rao, knowing from Venu that Raja is Shivaraj's son, asks his Singapore-based business partner Diwakar to kill him and hires Venu to contract kill Shivaraj for . Tara overhears his conversation with Diwakar and immediately flies to Singapore informing Raja. Meanwhile, Kulla also lands in Singapore, on his mission. But Raja is also on his cross-hairs. He assumes Raja is in Singapore to kill someone and confronts him repeatedly, with arguments and fist-to-fist fighting as well. Raja meets Shivaraj at a hotel and immediately looks at the photo that his mother has given him, of her and Shivaraj in their younger days. Raja introduces himself and says he is from Bangalore. Shivaraj is taken aback, which Raja senses, and asks if he knows anybody there, a question that makes Shivaraj uncomfortable.