Ulidavaru Kandante (pronunciation^ⓘ transl. As Seen by the Rest) is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language neo-noir gangster film written and directed by debutant Rakshit Shetty. Shetty appears in the lead role, along with Kishore, Tara, Achyuth Kumar, Rishab Shetty, and Yagna Shetty playing supporting roles. The film revolves around five stories connected to an incident of a person's murder, with each character narrating it in his own perspective.

The film was geared up to be sent to the Cannes Film Festival, and released on 28 March 2014, to generally positive reviews from film critics who acclaimed the direction, performances of Rakshit Shetty and Sheetal Shetty, and cinematography. The film was the first in Kannada to be shot entirely in sync sound technology. It was praised for its regional authenticity in depicting Tulu Nadu and its people. However, it turned out to be a box-office bomb on its release but later attained a cult following.

It has since been established as a cult classic in Kannada cinema, and had become a part of the modern new wave cinema that was kickstarted by Lucia (2013). It was dubbed in Hindi as Balwaan Badshah and remade in Tamil starring Nivin Pauly as Richie (2017).

Malpe is a small fishing town on the Arabian Sea Coast, located 6 km to the west of the temple city, Udupi. Malpe's beaches are washed clean every day by the sea. The waves ensure that nothing gets left behind on the sand. But the waves cannot reach everything.

It is the time of the year when Udupi and its surroundings are decked up to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami. Men and children walk the streets dressed as characters from ancient Indian history. Teams painted as tigers are seen dancing to drum beats all around the town. But violence seems to be brewing in Malpe this Krishna Janmashtami. The movie revolves around five different people narrating their view of a murder incident that took place during Krishna Janmashtami.

Regina is a young investigative journalist, who is working on a story, which cannot be written as a single piece. The story has several perspectives from the various characters involved and hence must be preserved as they are. In a flashback scene, a young boy Richard Anthony aka Richi is trying to outrun cops who are there to arrest him for murder. Regina remembers seeing this from the backseat of a car and it is established that both were childhood friends. Regina starts investigating the story by questioning various characters who were involved.

Voice of Silence – The first person she approaches is a local cashewnut merchant, Shailesha who knows both Richi and his childhood friend Raghu. Richi had been in a remand home for 8 years and Raghu had escaped to Bombay to work in a hotel and later with a local gang. Shailesha accidentally comes across Raghu during one of his Bombay trips. The two meet up in Bombay harbour where Shailesha tells Raghu that his father is no more and his mother is making a living by selling fish at the local market. Raghu tells him he cannot leave Bombay as he knows many secrets of his employer. He plans to relocate to Dubai with his mother, once he has sorted out the necessary funds.

To do this, Raghu steals a red bag which was important for a 'deal' between the Bombay party and an interested party in the US. He fights his way through the gang's henchmen and escapes to Malpe where Shailesha provides him with a safe house. Raghu realizes that his location is compromised as two armed gangsters approach his house and start knocking at the front door. As Raghu steeled himself for the impending gunfight, the knocking stopped, and the men left.