Vijayakant’s riskiest stunt scene in ‘Sethupathi IPS’ featured 70 cars

Vijayakanth's cop role in Tamil film ‘Sethupathi IPS’ (1994) featured him in his "most riskiest scene ever" and cemented his position as an action hero.

Vijayakant was well known for donning cop roles.

One of his most iconic cop roles was in Sethupathi IPS, released in 1994.

Directed by P Vasu, this film is about a police officer who fights terrorism. Featuring Vijayakant and Meena, it is known among Tamil cinema fans as one of his biggest blockbusters of the Nineties.

It also features the actor in his ‘ riskiest scene ever’.

Vijayakant himself admitted to this in an interview hosted in the AVM Productions YouTube channel. He stated, “The idea of that scene was that I was exiting office and some terrorists attack me. About 70 cars had to be part of it. We would be at the shooting spot with 70 cars every day but rain would play spoilsport. Anyone else would have compromised and taken it with just five cars, but the makers were firm that we film it the way we conceptualised it. We filmed it over 18 days. Till date, it isriskiest sequence I have starred in.”

Vijayakant even jumps from atop a car as he bashes up the bad guys sent to get him.

The Hindu review dated January 21, 1994, writes: “The action comes in waves, on the streets — the one near Napier bridge where Vijayakanth indulges in risky fights — and in the well-lit (!) gutters and in the studio made plane, though miniature photography is still new.”