Premada Kanike

A Token of Love) is a 1976 Indian Kannada-language crime thriller film directed by V. Somashekhar and written by the duo Salim–Javed.

The film has since attained cult status for redefining the thriller genre in Kannada cinema.

Seetha, a young woman, is travelling via train with her nephew Raju to attend a job interview for the post of a nanny to the estate merchant Manohar's daughter, Shobha.

Manohar threatens Seetha not to tell anyone and makes sure to prevent her from leaving his estate as she is keen on reporting him to the police.

Later, Seetha somehow sees beneath the rough and mean exterior of Manohar and grows fond of him, but is confused why such a nice man would behave in an arrogant manner.

In flashbacks, the story shows Manohar and Kumudha fell in love and married, shortly thereafter their daughter Shobha was born.

But a crippled assassin arrives at the court and tells the truth about Chandru's death and reveals himself as Kumudha's brother.