Ishtakamya is a 2016 Kannada romantic comedy film directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar[1] is based on the 1980s novel of the same name written by Dodderi Venkatagiri Rao.

A thick romance seems to develop between the two until they are confronted by Aditi (Kavya Shetty ) who claims to be the wife of Dr. Aakarsh.

She doesn't want to get closer to Aakarsh, this sparks differences between the couple and eventually Aditi leaves him.

Aditi dies at Aakarsh's hospital's door reminding that she had said 'I will never keep leg in this small nurse home even after death'.

The music composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath comprises a poem written by Kuvempu.