Utkarsha
| Utkarsha | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sunil Kumar Desai |
| Produced by | Sunil Kumar Desai |
| Written by | Sunil Kumar Desai |
| Starring |
Devraj, Ambarish, Vanitha Vasu |
| Music by | Gunasingh |
| Cinematography | P.Rajan |
| Edited by | R.Janardhan |
Release date | 1990 |
Running time | 2:21 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Utkarsha (Kannada: ಉತ್ಕರ್ಷ) is a 1990 Kannada movie by Sunil Kumar Desai starring Devraj. The concept of the movie is based on Jack the Ripper. 2011 Hindi movie Murder 2 which was unofficially based on the 2008 South Korean movie The Chaser also had a similar plotline.
Plot
shivraj is a psychopathic killer who is an artist by profession. When he sees a female laughing seducely, his psycho instincts are aroused ; he puts a knife through their throats and kills them. Later on starts dancing and singing around their dead bodies in a weird manner.Ambarish is the cop doing all the investigation. He is surprised to find that all the dead bodies of various models (Abhilasha, Amrutha, Anjali) are found naked but the killer has not raped them . However, he does not harm another another model-friend Vanita Vasu. Avinash is also roaming around with the hopes of finding the killer in order to avenge the death of his beloved. How the killer is traced followed by a cat and mouse chase between the characters forms the latter part of the movie.