Nishkarsha is a 1994 Kannada film by Sunil Kumar Desai

Sunil Kumar Desai

Sunil Kumar Desai is a Kannada film director. In most of his movies, Desai blends art and commercial cinema. He has written and directed suspense/thrillers and love stories. He has won the Karnataka state awards in the Best Screenplay & Best Dialogs categories. He has also won the Filmfare awards...

 starring Ananth Nag, B.C.Patil, Vishnuvardhan. This is inspired from Die Hard

Die Hard

Die Hard is a 1988 American action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which...

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Plot details

Nishkarsha unfolds the story of a bank robbery that takes place in broad daylight in an otherwise peaceful Manipal Center in Bangalore City. The bank employees and the customers in the bank at that moment are trapped in a lethal trap with nowhere to run. Ananth Nag is the Commissioner of Police who tries various ways to get into the bank but without much luck. B.C.Patil, the kingpin behind the robbery project, threatens to start throwing people down one by one if his demands are not met. Without a choice, Ananth summons a special commando force led by Vishnuvardhan who aids in the rescue operation.

A tightly scripted screenplay and good editing keeps this story from falling apart. Performances worth mentioning include Suman Nagarkar

Suman Nagarkar

Suman Nagarkar is a Kannada film actress.-Film career:Suman Nagarkar was introduced to the Kannada film industry by the director Sunil Kumar Desai. Nishkarsha was her first movie. She gained popularity from the movies Nammoora Mandara Hoove and Beladingala Baale...

, who gets violated in the process of trying to help but gets her revenge towards the end. Ananth Nag and Vishnuvardhan are at their best with years of professional experience backing them up. B.C.Patil plays the wooden faced villain who threatens to bring the entire state to a halt with this shocking take over.

The film is much similar to the Bruce Willis starer "Die Hard- Nakotami Plaza".