Kaatera is a 2023 Indian Kannada-language action drama film co-written and directed by Tharun Sudhir and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film is inspired by a real-life incident at a village in Karnataka in the 1970s. It stars Darshan, alongside Aradhana Ram (in her debut), Jagapathi Babu, Kumar Govind, Vinod Kumar Alwa, Danish Akhtar Saifi and Shruti. The music was composed by V. Harikrishna, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Sudhakar. S. Raj and K. M. Prakash.

Principal photography began on 5 August 2022 and the shooting was done in various locations of Bangalore and Hyderabad.

Kaatera was released on 29 December 2023 to positive reviews from critics and became the highest-grossing Kannada film of 2023 and Ninth highest-grossing Kannada film.