Lankesh Patrike (2003)

Lankesh Patrike was the debut film of director Indrajit Lankesh, son of the writer P. Lankesh, and takes its title from the influential Kannada weekly his father founded. Darshan, then an early-career action star, leads the film with Vasundhara Das and the veteran actor Devaraj. It is an action drama that touches on crime, politics and the role of journalism in exposing the powerful.