Adventurous/Brave Lion) is a 1982 Indian Kannada-language action crime film directed by Joe Simon and produced by M. Pandurangan and M. Ramalingam.

The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Kajal Kiran, Rajya Lakshmi, Dheerendra Gopal, Thoogudeepa Srinivas, Vajramuni and Tiger Prabhakar.

Following its success, a series of similar action films featuring Vishnuvardhan in the lead role were produced.

Shankaralal had been involved with a criminal gang led by Rathanlal and his associate Peter, who ran a child trafficking racket.

While leaving, Prathap is captured by crime bosses Robert and Jeevanlal, who demand to know the reason for inquiries about Rathanlal and Peter.

To escape execution, Prathap fabricates a story, joins the gang, and reconnects with his girlfriend Rekha.

Most of the crew including the director, cameraman and technicians started to feel breathless and finally he decided not to continue and to shoot the climax in a studio, but Vishnuvardhan insisted that the shot be completed than and there and asked the director to continue with the shooting.

[5] Sahasa Simha received critical acclaim for its cast performances (especially Vishnuvardhan and Thoogudeepa Srinivas), action sequences and plot.

Upon re-release, the film received good response on the opening day, where it saw theatres having large cutout posters of Vishnuvardhan with fans flooding the movie halls.

[6] Sahasa Simha is considered to be the turning point in Vishnuvardhan's career as it shot him into superstardom in Kannada cinema.

The success of the film bestowed the title of Sahasa Simha and The Angry Young Man of Kannada Cinema on him.

The comic revolves around Detective Sahasa Simha who solves mysteries with the help of his grandchildren and fights stemmed through social issues.