Nishkarsha

Nishkarsha
Directed by	Sunil Kumar Desai
Produced by	Doddagowda C. Patil G. M. Jayadevappa
Written by	L. R. Ranganath Rao
Screenplay by	Sunil Kumar Desai
Starring	Vishnuvardhan Anant Nag B. C. Patil
Music by	Gunasingh
Cinematography	P. Rajan
Edited by	Janardhan R.
Production company	Srushti Films
Release date	1993
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Nishkarsha (Kannada: ನಿಷ್ಕರ್ಷ) is a 1993 Indian Kannada language heist thriller 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 ATS commando 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). Conceptually, the movie is inspired by Die Hard.

The story opens with a kidnapping of an architect (Avinash) at night. He is whisked away to a secluded location where he is tortured by unknown assailants for information regarding the structural details of a bank which he helped build. When the torture reaches excruciating levels, the architect gives in and shares the confidential details of the security alarms and safety devices in the bank. It is shown that the leader of the group called Devraj (B. C. Patil) is a terrorist and will stop at nothing to get the bank's money to further his group's operations. It is also shown that he commands a strong team of at least 20 deadly terrorists.

The following morning, the scene opens at Bangalore's Manipal center, the place of the bank that Dev and his associates have planned to rob. It is a normal day, the staff slowly trickle in, and business resumes. Meanwhile, a van that enters into the building, unloads a bunch of carton boxes marked to be delivered to the bank. The boxes are then transferred slowly to the bank premises. Unknown to the security guards, the boxes contain automatic weapons and deadly explosives, which the terrorists plan to use to take control of the bank.