Nishkarsha
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| Directed by | Sunil Kumar Desai |
| Written by | Sunil kumar Desai (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Sunil Kumar Desai |
| Story by | L. R. Ranganath rao |
| Produced by | Doddagowda C. Patil G. M. Jayadevappa |
| Starring | Vishnuvardhan Anant Nag B. C. Patil |
| Cinematography | P. Rajan |
| Edited by | Janardhan R. |
| Music by | Gunasingh |
Production company | Srushti Films |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
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.
The film won three awards at the 1993–94 Karnataka State Film Awards — First 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 and was conceptualized on Die Hard. The film was re-released in Kannada with DTS cinemascope on 20 September 2019.