List of accolades received by Kaththi
Total number of awards and nominations[ a]
Totals
14
33
References
Kaththi transl. Knife ) is a 2014 Indian Tamil -language action film written and directed by AR Murugadoss .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Vijay and Samantha Ruth Prabhu while Sathish , Neil Nitin Mukesh and Tota Roy Chowdhury play supporting roles.[ 4] [ 5] look-alike of a jailed hydrology graduate Jeevanandham (Vijay), to lead a rebellion by farmers from the latter's village, Thanoothu. Kathiresan helps them fight against Chirag (Mukesh), the owner of a soft drink company who has exploited Thanoothu's water resources for his own profit.[ 1] [ 3] [ 6] Allirajah Subaskaran and K. Karunamoorthy under their production company Lyca Productions , the soundtrack and score were composed by Anirudh Ravichander .[ 4] George C. Williams and A. Sreekar Prasad were in charge of the cinematography and editing respectively.[ 4]
Produced on a budget of ₹ 700 million,[ 7] [ b] Kaththi was released on 22 October 2014 to critical acclaim.[ 9] [ 10] ₹ 1.3 billion worldwide.[ 11] [ b]
At the 62nd Filmfare Awards South , Kaththi was nominated in eight categories, including Best Actor (Vijay), Best Actress (Samantha) and Best Music Director (Ravichander); it won for Best Film (Subaskaran and Karunamoorthy), Best Director (Murugadoss) and Best Dance Choreographer (Shobi Paulraj ). The film received ten nominations at the 9th Vijay Awards , and won two, Favourite Film and Favourite Director . It garnered seven nominations at the 4th South Indian International Movie Awards ceremony and won four awards, including Best Film, Best Actor in a Negative Role for Mukesh, Best Fight Choreographer for Anal Arasu and Best Dance Choreographer for Shobi. Kaththi won the Best Music Director for Ravichander at the 1st IIFA Utsavam while also being nominated for Best Director and Best Female Playback Singer (Sunidhi Chauhan ). Among other wins, the film received three Edison Awards and one Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards . It also received a nomination for Best Social Awareness at the Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards , but it lost to Sigaram Thodu [ 12] [ 13]
Awards and nominations [ edit ]
^ Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by the jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
^ a b The average exchange rate in 2014 was 63.469 Indian rupees (₹ ) per 1 US dollar (US$).[ 8]
^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
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