Tarak is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Prakash and produced by Dushyanth.

[1] The film features Darshan, Sruthi Hariharan and Shanvi Srivastava in the lead roles.

Further, the shooting took place in Malaysia and for the song sequences, the team moved to Switzerland and Italy.

The film ends with Tarak, Sneha and Meera (Tarak's daughter) visiting Meera's burial place and making a video call to the family; his grandfather is alive because of his desire to see his great-granddaughter's wedding.

In November 2016, it was reported that the official launch for the Darshan's 49th venture with director Prakash would begin on 9 December 2016.

Since Darshan was involved in the shoot for his previous venture, Chakravarthy, the team made the elaborate arrangements for the film to officially begin.

After having worked with successful stars like Shiva Rajkumar, Puneeth Rajkumar and Vijay Raghavendra, Prakash had planned to work with Darshan and approached him with a new family entertainer script for which the actor readily agreed.

[10] Newcomer Rashmika Mandanna was selected to play the second female lead role even before the release of her debut film, Kirik Party.

[11] Citing dates issues, Rashmika opted out from the project and Shanvi Srivastava was replaced in her place.