Vikrant Rona, also known by the initialism VR, is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Anup Bhandari, produced by Jack Manjunath and co-produced by Alankar Pandian. It stars Sudeepa in the title role with Milana Nagaraj, Nirup Bhandari, Neetha Ashok, and Jacqueline Fernandez. The story revolves around Inspector Vikrant Rona, who arrives at a remote village in the middle of a tropical rainforest where he starts witnessing a series of unexplainable events which are attributed to the supernatural.

Vikrant Rona was released theatrically in 3D on 28 July 2022, and digitally in ZEE5 on 2 September 2022. The film received mixed reviews from critics. In box office collections, it became the fourth highest-grossing Kannada film of all time and the third highest-grossing Kannada movie of 2022.

The film opens with children reading storybooks. One of them narrates a tale about a Brahmarakshasa in Kamarottu, a village in Karnataka, who kidnapped and killed children. The story transitions to a child being abducted by a mysterious figure.

The next day, we meet Janardhan Gambira, a short-tempered landlord living with his wife, Shaku, and brother, Eknath. His friend's son, Vishwanath, arrives with his family, including his daughter Panna, who is engaged and wants her wedding in their ancestral house. Janardhan refuses, saying the house is haunted after his son, Sanju, was accused of stealing temple jewels 28 years ago. That night, Sanju returns from London and, with Panna, finds the beheaded corpse of police officer Suresh Krishna in the house well.

Detective Vikrant Rona arrives in the village with his daughter, Guddi, to investigate. He survives an attack and finds eerie clues, including a ₹1 note, cryptic writing, and signs of past child murders. He discovers that 14 children, mostly students from the local school run by P.E. teacher Lawrence Pinto, were killed similarly. He interrogates local smuggler Moose Kunni, learning of his links to the crime. Meanwhile, Panna investigates on her own and finds an old woman, Deyyu, in the ancestral house, along with Suresh Krishna's severed head. She learns that Deyyu is the mother of Nittoni, a former temple caretaker framed for theft by Janardhan and Vishwanath. Nittoni and his family—wife, sons Madhava and Raghava, and a young daughter—committed suicide in shame, leaving Deyyu mentally unstable.

Vikrant discovers that the crime scene of a child's murder is on Moose Kunni's property. While interrogating him, he learns that the murdered children's fathers were Madhava and Raghava's classmates who had bullied and humiliated them for their lower caste and status. Panna hears a village elder say that the same cryptic writing found on the corpses was present at the site of Nittoni's family's death. The elder also recalls another note vowing revenge against those responsible.

Vikrant realizes that only four bodies were found at the time of Nittoni's family's death, meaning Madhava likely survived. When he questions Lawrence Pinto again, he notices a Shiva tattoo, raising suspicion. Pinto escapes, leading Vikrant to an abandoned temple where he finds the names and belongings of the murdered children.

A shocking revelation follows—Vikrant's daughter, Guddi, was actually one of the victims, and her presence throughout the film was a hallucination caused by his trauma. His wife remains in a coma from the same attack. Vikrant, a former classmate of Madhava and Raghava, had never actively bullied them but had also never defended them. He realizes that Madhava, now disguised as Lawrence Pinto, is exacting revenge.