Madesha is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language action-thriller film directed by Ravi Srivatsa and starring Shiva Rajkumar and Sonu Bhatia.

[4] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote "But the rest of the film is a glorified killing field.

In one particular scene the state home minister writes a cheque for Rs 50 lakh to an underworld don to take on a rival.

[5] A critic from Sify.com wrote "G.S.V.Seetharam the silent and sensible cameraman of Kannada cinema gives a splendid work.

But he accused that the ₹3.5 crores from theatrical run were never paid to his producer by the distributors since his producer was imprisoned due to personal issue while the movie was still running in theatres on its 48th day and when the movie was removed after its 63-day run, the distributors – Pal Chandani and his son Ajay Chandani – both met with untimely death resulting in nobody to claim the amount from either side.