Venkata in Sankata, directed by actor Ramesh Arvind, invests in a mad
caper story. When it opens, Ramesh is a courageous policeman cracking
difficult cases, but losing all credit to his goofy colleague Laddu
(Devdas Kapikad). He finds success and love as the story hurtles
towards a suitably chaotic climax.

Like in all capers, you have criminals out to wreak havoc on the lead
characters, and in this case, on Bangalore as well. With terror being
the flavour of the season, the bad guys want the release of their
mastermind Iqbal (played by script writer Rajendra Karanth). Iqbal's
Kannada is a parody, like the hotch-potch Kannada attributed to old
Mysore jutka drivers; such stereotypes put the film in the league of
the verbose, over-the-top drama of Master Hirannaiah.