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Kaththi
Kaththi (transl. Knife) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss. It is produced by Subaskaran Allirajah's Lyca Productions. The film stars Vijay in dual roles alongside Samantha, Neil Nitin Mukesh (in his Tamil debut), Tota Roy Chowdhury, Sathish, Sudip Mukherjee, Rama, and Jeeva Ravi. In the film, a petty thief assumes the identity of his lookalike and attempts to lead a rebellion by farmers from the latter's village, Thanoothu, and helps them fight against an entrepreneur who exploited Thanoothu's water resources.
The film was officially announced in November 2013, and principal photography took place between February and September 2014. Primarily shot across Chennai, it was also filmed in Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Rajahmundry, Begumpet, Nellore, and Kadapa. The cinematography was handled by George C. Williams, and the film was edited by A. Sreekar Prasad. The music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander. The film marks the Tamil debuts of Mukesh and Chowdhury.
Made on a budget of ₹50 crore, Kaththi was released worldwide on 22 October 2014, coinciding with Diwali, and received critical acclaim. Before the film's release, it faced controversies for plagiarism allegations, and the business link of Subaskaran, the film's producer, with Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, which resulted in Tamil fringe groups protesting against the film. Despite this, the film was a commercial success, grossing ₹128 crore (equivalent to ₹205 crore or US$24 million in 2023), and was remade into Telugu as Khaidi No. 150 (2017). Kaththi is the second highest-grossing Tamil movie of 2014.
A recipient of various accolades, the film won three out of seven nominations at the Filmfare Awards South, including the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil. It won four SIIMA (including Best Film) and two Vijay Awards (Favourite Film and Favourite Director for Murugadoss). Additionally, the film won an IIFA Utsavam and Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards each, three Edison Awards and a nomination for Best Social Awareness at the Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards before eventually losing to Sigaram Thodu (2014).
In Kolkata, Kathiresan "Kathir" is a prisoner who helps the police capture an escaping prisoner, Vivek Banerjee, but escapes himself afterwards. In Chennai, Kathir plans to run away to Bangkok with his friend Ravi. However, he drops this plan after falling in love with Ankitha. Later, Kathir and Ravi notice thugs shooting Jeevanandham "Jeeva", who resembles Kathir. They admit him to a hospital, and Kathir decides to impersonate Jeeva to avoid the police. Under Jeeva's name, Kathir and Ravi enter a retirement home run by Jeeva, planning to steal ₹25 lakh (equivalent to ₹40 lakh or US$47,000 in 2023) for their Bangkok trip until Kathir learns about Jeeva's mission.
Jeeva was a communist ideologue and post-graduate in hydrology from the arid village of Thanoothu in Tirunelveli district who had discovered groundwater under some lands of the hamlet. The villagers could use the water as an irrigation source for the entire Tirunelveli district and the neighbouring Thoothukudi district. However, a greedy entrepreneur, Shirag, tricked the villagers into giving their lands for factory construction. Jeeva got arrested, and six villagers committed suicide to bring this news to the forefront of the media and get Jeeva released.
Moved by Jeeva's past, Kathir takes up the cause for the villagers while still posing as Jeeva. The people of the retirement home and Kathir go to the jury to convince them in their favour, but Kathir starts stating rules and scares the main jury person (whom Shirag had bribed). Kathir then sends a person disguised as a hairdresser to Shirag and makes him lay a fingerprint on Shirag's neck. After that, Shirag sends fifty men to kill Kathir, but he defeats them. Meanwhile, Jeeva finds himself in the Kolkata prison. With the help of Vivek, who has heard his story and plans to kill Kathir, he escapes with Vivek's henchmen. Unaware that Jeeva is heading for Chennai with Vivek's henchmen, Kathir attempts to convince the media to bring the villagers' plight to national consciousness.
A few days later, at the Madras High Court, the judge declares the verdict in favour of Jeeva and the villagers but adds that Shirag has claimed that certain villagers working abroad have shown their support for the factory. If they cannot prove that Shirag faked their support within the next five days, the verdict will go in Shirag's favour. Since the villagers who have denied supporting the factory are abroad and cannot come to Chennai so soon to rebut Shirag's claims, Kathir decides to take drastic measures to sensationalise the issue. He, Ankitha, Ravi, and the retirement home inmates block the water supply to Chennai by sitting on the pipelines. A few days after the plight of the Chennai people gained national attention, Kathir emerges and highlights the villagers' plight to the media. His speech is broadcast nationwide.
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Kaththi
Kaththi (transl. Knife) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss. It is produced by Subaskaran Allirajah's Lyca Productions. The film stars Vijay in dual roles alongside Samantha, Neil Nitin Mukesh (in his Tamil debut), Tota Roy Chowdhury, Sathish, Sudip Mukherjee, Rama, and Jeeva Ravi. In the film, a petty thief assumes the identity of his lookalike and attempts to lead a rebellion by farmers from the latter's village, Thanoothu, and helps them fight against an entrepreneur who exploited Thanoothu's water resources.
The film was officially announced in November 2013, and principal photography took place between February and September 2014. Primarily shot across Chennai, it was also filmed in Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Rajahmundry, Begumpet, Nellore, and Kadapa. The cinematography was handled by George C. Williams, and the film was edited by A. Sreekar Prasad. The music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander. The film marks the Tamil debuts of Mukesh and Chowdhury.
Made on a budget of ₹50 crore, Kaththi was released worldwide on 22 October 2014, coinciding with Diwali, and received critical acclaim. Before the film's release, it faced controversies for plagiarism allegations, and the business link of Subaskaran, the film's producer, with Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, which resulted in Tamil fringe groups protesting against the film. Despite this, the film was a commercial success, grossing ₹128 crore (equivalent to ₹205 crore or US$24 million in 2023), and was remade into Telugu as Khaidi No. 150 (2017). Kaththi is the second highest-grossing Tamil movie of 2014.
A recipient of various accolades, the film won three out of seven nominations at the Filmfare Awards South, including the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil. It won four SIIMA (including Best Film) and two Vijay Awards (Favourite Film and Favourite Director for Murugadoss). Additionally, the film won an IIFA Utsavam and Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards each, three Edison Awards and a nomination for Best Social Awareness at the Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards before eventually losing to Sigaram Thodu (2014).
In Kolkata, Kathiresan "Kathir" is a prisoner who helps the police capture an escaping prisoner, Vivek Banerjee, but escapes himself afterwards. In Chennai, Kathir plans to run away to Bangkok with his friend Ravi. However, he drops this plan after falling in love with Ankitha. Later, Kathir and Ravi notice thugs shooting Jeevanandham "Jeeva", who resembles Kathir. They admit him to a hospital, and Kathir decides to impersonate Jeeva to avoid the police. Under Jeeva's name, Kathir and Ravi enter a retirement home run by Jeeva, planning to steal ₹25 lakh (equivalent to ₹40 lakh or US$47,000 in 2023) for their Bangkok trip until Kathir learns about Jeeva's mission.
Jeeva was a communist ideologue and post-graduate in hydrology from the arid village of Thanoothu in Tirunelveli district who had discovered groundwater under some lands of the hamlet. The villagers could use the water as an irrigation source for the entire Tirunelveli district and the neighbouring Thoothukudi district. However, a greedy entrepreneur, Shirag, tricked the villagers into giving their lands for factory construction. Jeeva got arrested, and six villagers committed suicide to bring this news to the forefront of the media and get Jeeva released.
Moved by Jeeva's past, Kathir takes up the cause for the villagers while still posing as Jeeva. The people of the retirement home and Kathir go to the jury to convince them in their favour, but Kathir starts stating rules and scares the main jury person (whom Shirag had bribed). Kathir then sends a person disguised as a hairdresser to Shirag and makes him lay a fingerprint on Shirag's neck. After that, Shirag sends fifty men to kill Kathir, but he defeats them. Meanwhile, Jeeva finds himself in the Kolkata prison. With the help of Vivek, who has heard his story and plans to kill Kathir, he escapes with Vivek's henchmen. Unaware that Jeeva is heading for Chennai with Vivek's henchmen, Kathir attempts to convince the media to bring the villagers' plight to national consciousness.
A few days later, at the Madras High Court, the judge declares the verdict in favour of Jeeva and the villagers but adds that Shirag has claimed that certain villagers working abroad have shown their support for the factory. If they cannot prove that Shirag faked their support within the next five days, the verdict will go in Shirag's favour. Since the villagers who have denied supporting the factory are abroad and cannot come to Chennai so soon to rebut Shirag's claims, Kathir decides to take drastic measures to sensationalise the issue. He, Ankitha, Ravi, and the retirement home inmates block the water supply to Chennai by sitting on the pipelines. A few days after the plight of the Chennai people gained national attention, Kathir emerges and highlights the villagers' plight to the media. His speech is broadcast nationwide.