Rowdy Inspector is a 1992 Telugu-language action film directed by B. Gopal and produced by T. Trivikrama Rao under the Vijayalakshmi Art Pictures. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti, Jaggayya, Captain Raju and Kota Srinivasa Rao. The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri.^[1][2]

The film was dubbed in Tamil as Auto Rani with a comedy subplot involving Senthil.^[3]

Inspector Ramaraju locks horns with Bobarlanka Ramabrahmam, an crime boss who controls areas with an iron fist, along with the support of Home Minister Karanam Kaasiah and SP are his supporters. Ramabrahmam sends his goons who stabs Ramaraju's grandmother, but Ramaraju beats them up and luckily saves her with the help of his younger brother Gandhi's college lecturer. After some time, Ramaraju arrests Ramabrahmam's brother Narasimham and Rakhi, a local crook for killing a police constable named Kanaka.

Ramabrahmam sends his goons who free his brother and Rakhi. When Ramaraju tries to shoot Rakhi, he makes him accidentally shoots a college lecturer who saved his grandmother as Rakhi manages to escape from him. Ramaraju tries to tell them that it was an accident and thinks of him as their son, but the lecturer's mother Parvathamma kicks him out of their house. One day, Ramabrahmam sends his goons to attack the lecturer's family and convince Gandhi to make Ramaraju get suspended from the police department. Ramaraju saves the family as the goons surrender and tells Gandhi that this was all a scheme to get Ramaraju suspended, not for the sadness of their lecturer's death.

Parvathamma forgives Ramaraju and considers him as her son. Ramaraju gets D.I.G. Jagannath Rao's son married to Parvathamma's daughter Girija. Rakhi calls Narasimham and reveals about his location, but Ramabrahmam wants Rakhi killed, worried that he could be in danger. They send a lorry, but kill an innocent man instead of Rakhi. One day, Ramaraju gets informed by L.K. Balu that Rakhi has been found and he just gave him a lift in his auto to his apartment. Ramaraju goes to the apartment complex and finds Rakhi. When Ramaraju is about to arrest him, the S.P. arrives and shoots Rakhi to death.

Ramabrahamam kills Jagannath, where he along with Karanam and the S.P., declare that it was Ramaraju who killed him. Karanam promotes S.P. as the new D.I.G. but no one follows his orders because they know Ramabrahmam is the actual killer. Ramaraju's girlfriend "Auto Rani" and Gandhi finds the evidence in proving that Ramabrahmam is guilty until Gandhi is kidnapped by Koti, a thug who works for Ramabrahmam. Rani beats up Koti and saves Gandhi. In the court, Karanam is forced by the other officers to admit that Ramabrahmam killed Jagannath. Ramabrahmam arrives at the court and kills Karanam. Ramaraju, Rani, and everyone else in a court fight with Ramabrahmam and his men, where they finally arrests Ramabrahmam and Narasimham.

Music composed by Bappi Lahiri. Lyrics written by Bhuvanachandra. Music released on Lahari Music Company.^[4] The song "Arey O Sambha" was recreated for Pataas (2015) by Sai Karthik.^[5]