Deer Karate) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language sports comedy film written and directed by Krish Thirukumaran in his directoral debut .

The film was written and co-produced by AR Murugadoss and produced by P. Madhan under banner of Escape Artists Motion Pictures.

It stars Sivakarthikeyan, Hansika Motwani, and Vamsi Krishna, with Sayaji Shinde, Yogi Babu, Sathish, Shaji Chen, Preethi Shankar, Ashwathy Ravikumar, Rajesh Gopalan, and Vinu Karthik in supporting roles.

The soundtrack and background score composed by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography handled by M. Sukumar, editing by Sreekar Prasad and stunt choreography by Dhilip Subbarayan.

[1] Five IT employees – Santhosh aka "Sandy", Joe, Gokul, Vaishnavi and Nikita – meet a siddhar who has the power to grant wishes, during a weekend trip to the Chandragiri forest.

While Vaishnavi is reading the paper, she sees an article where Peter wins a boxing tournament on the day of Ayudha Puja and dedicates the prize money of ₹2,00,00,000 to the five of them.

However, Peter does not show any inclination to train for the tournament and instead uses the IT gang to fulfill his own desires, including winning Yazhini's heart.

The movie ends with a display of a portion of the newspaper, the siddhar had materialised, torn by Nikita and left at the Chandragiri forest several months ago.

[2] The film was named after a dialogue spoken by Dhamu in Gemini (2002),[3] where he explains that "Maan Karate" means nothing more than how a deer runs away when in danger.

[11] Gautaman Bhaskaran of Hindustan Times gave it 2/5 and wrote, "Maan Karate has an interesting plot, but the way it is scripted and narrated is illogical...the movie drags you along in its sometimes strong, sometimes weak currents, interspersed with the silliest of songs and the dumbest of dances".

[12] IANS gave it 2/5 and wrote, "While the makers present the film as an out-and-out commercial entertainer and that's what it is, you still find Maan Karate meaningless because debutant Thirukumaran only tried to do justice to the hero's image by compromising on the plot.

[15] Deccan Chronicle gave 2.5/5 and summarised that, "For Sivakarthikeyan and Hansika fans, this movie will prove to be decent entertainer, if not a blockbuster".