Kshana Kshana

Kshana Kshana
Directed by	Sunil Kumar Desai
Written by	Sunil Kumar Desai
Produced by	B. R. Thirumalai
Starring	Aditya ; Kiran Rathod ; Prema; Vishnuvardhan
Cinematography	R. Prabhakar
Edited by	B. S. Kemparaju
Music by	R. P. Patnaik ; ; ; ;
Country	India
Language	Kannada ; ;

Kshana Kshana (Template:Lang-kn) is a 2007 Indian Kannada language crime thriller film directed by Sunil Kumar Desai and produced by B. R. Thirumalai. The film stars Aditya, Kiran Rathod, Prema and Ashutosh Rana in the lead roles with actor Vishnuvardhan appearing in a special role.^[1]

The film released on 1 June 2007 across Karnataka to positive response from the critics. However upon release, the film generally met with average reviews from audiences.^[2] The core storyline of the movie follows the protagonist, a well-known person in his/her profession, fearing that he/she is being targeted by an unknown person who wants to kill him/her for his past unknown deeds, hiring a detective/bodyguard who in turn fakes few attacks on the protagonist to gain his/her confidence and finally the original assailant turning out to be a person very close to the protagonist - is loosely based on Sidney Sheldon's first novel The Naked Face (1970).^[3]

Plot

Samarth returns from Switzerland to India and eventually gets appointed as a bodyguard to famous actress Maya. He wins over the confidence of Maya and Phalguni along with their family. The real purpose of his visit to India is to trace the psychiatrist killer of his brother and thinks that Maya has some special relationship with the killer. He manages to almost convince her that she might be the killer of his brother when a don Kishore, who is after Maya, kidnaps her and keep her in a remote place. Meanwhile, her friend Ananth who is aware of this entire incident, is also abducted. Then enters a specially appointed DCP Vishnu who interrogates everyone involved in this case.