Kaatera

Kaatera
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTharun Sudhir
Screenplay byTharun Sudhir
Jadesh Kumar Hampi
Dialogues byMaasthi Upparahalli
Story byTharun Kishore Sudhir
Jadesh Kumar Hampi
Produced byRockline Venkatesh
StarringDarshan
Aradhana Ram
Jagapathi Babu
CinematographySudhakar S. Raj
Edited byK. M. Prakash
Music byV. Harikrishna
Production
company
Release date
  • 29 December 2023 (2023-12-29)
Running time
183 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Budget₹45 crore[1][2]
Box office₹67-200 crore[3][4][note 1]

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.[6] 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.[7]

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 tenth highest-grossing Kannada film at the time of release.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ "Kaatera: ಮೊದಲ ದಿನವೇ ʼಕಾಟೇರʼನಿಗೆ ಕೋಟಿ ಕೋಟಿ ಬ್ಯುಸಿನೆಸ್; ಗಳಿಸಿದ್ದೆಷ್ಟು?". www.udayavani.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Kaatera Budget: ಕಾಟೇರ ಸಿನಿಮಾದ ಒಟ್ಟು ಬಜೆಟ್ ಎಷ್ಟು? ಎಷ್ಟು ಕೋಟಿ ಖರ್ಚಾಯ್ತು?". kannada.news18.com (in Kannada). 16 December 2023. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Darshan's Kaatera joins the Rs 200-crore club". THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  4. ^ "After a record 2022, Kannada cinema saw a STEEP decline in box office numbers in 2023; not a SINGLE film crossed even the Rs. 70 cr. Mark; footfalls down from 8.1 cr. To 3.2 cr. :Bollywood Box Office - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 31 January 2024.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Math200 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ A Sharadhaa (10 July 2023). "Darshan's New Movie Title Revealed for Birthday; This 'Kaatera'is going to tell the story of the 1974 uprising". The New Indian Express.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  7. ^ Manjunath B Kotagunasi (16 February 2023). "Darshan's New Movie Title Revealed for Birthday; This 'Kaatera'is going to tell the story of the 1974 uprising". Hindustantimes.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  8. ^ Kotagunasi, Manjunath B. "Kaatera Day 6 Collection: ಆರನೇ ದಿನವೂ ಕಾಟೇರನ ಬೊಕ್ಕಸಕ್ಕೆ ಕೋಟಿ ಕೋಟಿ! ಶತಕೋಟಿಗೆ ಬೇಕು ಕೇವಲ ಇಷ್ಟೇ ಮೊತ್ತ". Kannada Hindustan Times (in Kannada). Archived from the original on 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Kaatera Movie Review : Kaatera: A film that brings out Darshan in his full glory as a mass hero and performer". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  10. ^ M.V, Vivek (29 December 2023). "'Kaatera' movie review: Darshan powers Tharun Sudhir's old-school commercial entertainer". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.


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