Kite) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by Badri Venkatesh.

Featuring music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by Richard M. Nathan and editing by Suresh Urs, the film was released on 6 August 2010.

Baana Kaathadi marked both Atharvaa's and Samantha's lead debut film in Tamil cinema.

One day, in his rush to grab hold of a falling kite, Ramesh (Atharvaa) bumps into Priya (Samantha), a fashion technology student.

The pendrive consists of six months' worth of Priya's project work, and she needed to submit it.

In a subplot, Ramesh witnesses a murder committed by the local gangster "Maanja" Ravi (Prasanna).

A few days later, the deceased's son appears in the commissioner's office with the elderly man, who claims that he can identify the boy who ran into him.

Meanwhile, Priya receives a call from her mother telling her that her father is going for surgery and asks her to return to the US.

His mother, friends, and Priya mourn his death, while the goon who was supposed to kill him slips away.

A major portion of the film was shot at the International Kites Festival of Gujarat, which would be the first time in the history of Tamil cinema.

It has a realistic feel about it, but post interval moves at a snail pace and climax is a bit of dampener".