Battlefield) is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by V. Somashekhar and written by N. T. Jayarama Reddy.

After serving 12 years in a juvenile home, Anand goes to meet his grandfather, Shanthamurthy who has gone to attend a felicitation ceremony.

While travelling to the place, Anand witnesses a young girl jump to death in order to protect herself from a gang of four savages.

He takes his grandfather to the nearby nursing home where the doctor refuses to treat him since it is a criminal case and instead asks him to consult a government hospital.

Meanwhile, The gang of savages target Shashikala, a young girl who works as a receptionist at a 5 star hotel, since she had rejected their advances.

After his father Ranganna, a lorry driver was killed by his Contractor boss Nagaraj and the latter's friends: Basappa, Chandrappa and Mahadevappa to sleep with Anand's mother Saraswati, Driven by vengeance, A 10 year old Anand breaks into Nagaraj's house and stabs him to death.

Anand, who is stopped from slaying his enemies by his mother, Shashi and Aasha gives them an ultimatum to surrender to the police and confess their crimes.

In return, Nagaraj and others kidnap Saraswati, Kamala and Shashi and orders for an exchange of hostages at Devaragudda.

They apologise to Anand and mentions how bad upbringing had caused their children to become such obnoxious brutes and face such tragic deaths.