Police Story (1996 film)
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| Directed by | Thriller Manju |
| Written by | Thriller Manju S. S. David (story) |
| Produced by | G. H. Gurumurthy N. Narasimha Murthy |
| Starring | P. Sai Kumar P. J. Sarma Satya Prakash Shobaraj Avinash Sudheer Babu Raymond Desouza Rockline Venkatesh |
| Cinematography | J. G. Krishna |
| Edited by | R. Janardhan |
| Music by | Sadhu Kokila |
Production company | Gururaya Film Makers |
| Distributed by | Gajula Nageswara Rao (Telugu) |
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Running time | 166 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Budget | ₹35 lakhs |
| Box office | ₹8 crores |
Police Story is a 1996 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Thriller Manju from a story written by S. S. David. It stars an ensemble cast featuring P. Sai Kumar, Shobaraj, Satya Prakash, Avinash, Girija Lokesh, Rockline Venkatesh, Sudheer Babu and Raymond D'Souza. The film was simultaneously dubbed into Telugu, Tamil, and in Hindi a year later. It was later was remade in Bengali Bangladesh as Khobor Ache in 1999.
Produced on a shoestring budget of ₹35 lakhs, it emerged as a huge commercial success, grossing over ₹8 crores and gathering a cult following. The film's success led to the sequels: Police Story 2 (2007) and Police Story 3 (2011). A spiritual sequel, Agni IPS, was also released in 1997, causing it to create confusion with the Hindi dub title of the film among the northern audiences.