Catapult) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language political thriller film directed by K. V. Anand and produced by AGS Entertainment.

One day, Malar gets the news that her friend Kalpana, who is a social activist, has been assaulted and her boyfriend Abdul Kader has been blamed.

Thilak, creative head Ashok, and Malar manage to smuggle out Kalpana from the hospital and convince her to tell her story.

Thilak then confronts Kalyan for his cronyism and lack of journalism ethics and is fired and blacklisted from all major media networks in response.

Malar, executive producer Jagan, and two other colleagues, Nishandhini and Aarthi also walk out with Thilak in a show of solidarity, and they too are blacklisted.

With nowhere else to go, Thilak, Malar, Jagan, Nishandhini and Aarthi take up jobs with Muthamizh TV, a struggling local news channel run by Mayilvaganan.

He also makes Abdul and Kalpana reveal their side of the story and also gets that telecasted along with a video showing Dheeran assaulting him at the Zen One studio.

With Zen One as well as Dheeran now exposed, Kalyan decides to take revenge on Thilak by orchestrating a bomb blast with the help of Dheeran at the DC's office and putting the blame on Abdul, who was present at the Collector's Office minutes before the bomb exploded, thereby sensationalising it as a "terrorist attack".

On the run, Thilak manages to capture a video of Abdul revealing that he was not involved in any terrorist attack and was framed by Dheeran and Zen One.

Thilak also records a video showing Ashok and the police orchestrating a fake encounter to kill Abdul.

[citation needed] The film stars filmmaker-actor T. Rajendar, who returned as an actor after a gap of ten years since he acted in a full-fledged role.

Regarding the decision to choose this title, Anand said, "We chose 'Kavan', which means 'catapult', because it perfectly suits the story line, which involves a hero aiming for his target, and also sounded good.

[16] In contrast, Gautaman Bhaskaran from Hindustan Times rated it 2/5 and called it "a film without focus, but Vijay Sethupathi shines, as usual".