Director
MS
Ramesh,
who
has
earlier
introduced
actors
like
Devaraj
and
Saikumar
through
the
roles
of
honest
police
officers,
has
now
come
out
with
another
dare
devil
cop"s
story.
His
latest
movie
Shankar
IPS
shows
'Black
Cobra'
Vijay
in
total
new
getup.
And
Vijay
rocks
the
show
with
his
action-packed
performance
with
his
six
pack
abs.
Shankar
IPS
is
an
action
movie,
which
has
almost
all
the
commercial
elements.
Duniya
Vijay
is
the
show
man
in
the
film.
The
main
highlights
of
film
are
Vijay"s
muscle
show,
racy
stunts,
Ragini
Dwivedi"s
skin
show,
Ramesh"s
punchy
dialogues
and
tight
screenplay
and
Gurukiran"s
background
score.
The
sad
thing
is
that
besides
using
his
six
pack
body
for
fights,
Vijay
uses
it
for
skin
show,
which
appears
irrelevant
and
mean
before
Ragini"s
show.
Director
MS
Ramesh
has
tried
to
throw
good
light
on
the
police
department,
which
has
been
often
targeted
in
recent
films.
The
film
is
all
about
a
poor
and
orphan
boy
turning
an
honest
police
officer
to
take
strict
action
against
corrupt
and
cruel
people.
It
deals
with
contemporary
issues
like
acid
attacks
and
plight
of
women
employees
in
call
centres.
The
film
also
refers
to
Afzal
Guru
issue
and
Kasab's
sentence.
Shankar
Prasad
(Vijay)
is
an
upright
cop,
who
does
not
tolerate
injustice
and
corruption.
Business
tycoon
Saklej
(Avinash)
son
attacks
Miss
India
contestant
Shilpa
(Catherine)
with
acid
and
escapes
from
the
court
of
law.
Helpless
Shankar
resigns
from
his
post
to
take
strong
action
on
the
acid
attacker.
He
takes
law
in
his
hands
in
order
to
punish
the
guilty.
What
happens
next
will
form
the
climax
of
the
film.
The
tailor-made
role
of
a
police
officer
suits
Vijay
very
well
and
he
has
worked
very
hard
to
get
six
packs
to
suit
the
role.
He
has
shown
lot
of
energy
in
action
scenes
and
is
also
successful
in
impressing
the
viewers.
But
with
his
lengthy
and
meaningless
monologues,
he
tests
the
patience
of
the
audiences
in
the
second
half.
Newbie
Catherine
Tresa
is
good
in
her
role,
but
Ragini
Dwivedi
does
not
have
much
scope
and
has
been
used
as
a
glamour
doll.
The
director
has
given
more
scope
to
Vijay"s
role.
So
Rangayana
Raghu,
Avinash,
Shobhraj
and
Sanket
Kashi's
characters
will
not
grow
more.
The
songs
composed
by
Gurukiran
are
average,
but
his
background
score
is
far
better
than
that.
The
songs
like
'Chumbanakke
ninna
Olavina
Avhana…." and
'Satyam
Sundaram…"
are
good
to
listen.
Dasari
Seenu"s
camera
work
is
really
good
in
Vijay"s
action
sequences
and
Ragini"s
sensuous
number.
However,
the
movie
Shankar
IPS
is
good
treat
for
Vijay
fans.