Nishkarsha

Nishkarsha
VCD cover
Directed bySunil Kumar Desai
Written bySunil kumar Desai (Dialogues)
Screenplay bySunil Kumar Desai
Story byL. R. Ranganath rao
Produced byDoddagowda C. Patil
G. M. Jayadevappa
StarringVishnuvardhan
Anant Nag
B. C. Patil
CinematographyP. Rajan
Edited byJanardhan R.
Music byGunasingh
Production
company
Srushti Films
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Nishkarsha (transl.Definite Decision) is a 1993 Indian Kannada-language heist thriller film directed by Sunil Kumar Desai, starring Vishnuvardhan, Anant Nag and B. C. Patil. The story revolves around a bank robbery where terrorists become trapped with the hostages. It also explores the many travails of the police commissioner and anti-terrorist squad commandos to free the hostages and reign in the terrorists. The film was hailed as a one-of-a-kind in Kannada cinema with its realistic plot elements and that a single location used for most parts of filming.

Nishkarsha cutout in Santosh theatre

The film won three awards at the 1993–94 Karnataka State Film AwardsFirst Best Film, Best Screenplay (Sunil Kumar Desai) and Best Sound Recording (R. Kannan). The movie was partially inspired by L R Ranganath Rao's novel Aa Ombattu Gantegalu [1] and was conceptualized on Die Hard.[2] The film was re-released in Kannada with DTS cinemascope on 20 September 2019.[3]

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  2. ^ "Beladingala Baale is my most loved film: Desai". Deccan Herald. 29 August 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ R, Shilpa Sebastian (9 September 2019). "Nishkarsha in a digital avatar". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2019.