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Kaththi

  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • 2h 46m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
32K
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Joseph Vijay, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Sathish in Kaththi (2014)
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A case of mistaken identity embroils an escaped convict in a fight against a large corporation intent on seizing a village's land.A case of mistaken identity embroils an escaped convict in a fight against a large corporation intent on seizing a village's land.A case of mistaken identity embroils an escaped convict in a fight against a large corporation intent on seizing a village's land.

  • Director
    • A.R. Murugadoss
  • Writer
    • A.R. Murugadoss
  • Stars
    • Joseph Vijay
    • Samantha Ruth Prabhu
    • Neil Nitin Mukesh
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    • Director
      • A.R. Murugadoss
    • Writer
      • A.R. Murugadoss
    • Stars
      • Joseph Vijay
      • Samantha Ruth Prabhu
      • Neil Nitin Mukesh
    • 130User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Joseph Vijay
    Joseph Vijay
    • Kathiresan…
    Samantha Ruth Prabhu
    Samantha Ruth Prabhu
    • Ankitha
    Neil Nitin Mukesh
    Neil Nitin Mukesh
    • Cedric Peter Von
    Tota Roy Chowdhury
    Tota Roy Chowdhury
    • Vivek Banerjee
    Sathish
    Sathish
    • Dhanu
    • (as Satish)
    Rupesh Gupta
    Veera Santhanam
    • Old Villager
    Tamiko Brownlee
    Tamiko Brownlee
    • Jennifer
    Elisabeth P. Carpenter
    Elisabeth P. Carpenter
    • Katherine
    A.R. Murugadoss
    A.R. Murugadoss
    • Cameo Appearance
    Venkat Mohan
    Sudip Mukherjee
    Sudip Mukherjee
    • Police Officer
    Apollo Ravi
    • Ravi
    Mrinal Roy
    • Special Appearance
    Chu Khoy Sheng
    Chu Khoy Sheng
    • Tony & Guy
    • (credit only)
    Ravi Venkatraman
    • Director
      • A.R. Murugadoss
    • Writer
      • A.R. Murugadoss
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    10arvthe1-882-640193

    Kaththi-Best of Vijay & AR Murugadoss

    Stop wasting your time in reading reviews, you just don't want miss the best of Vijay & AR Murugadoss, If you still want to know something then read on...

    Water Scarcity for farming resulting in farmers suicide, Disrespecting elderly people, Media's hunger for TRP, Corporate/MNC's domination, City people ignoring villager's issue.. Well these are the various issues highlighted in the movie while the farmers issue being the main theme. Murugadoss is a master of screenplay and good concepts (like how he developed ACF in Ramana, 7am Arivu theme, 12 on 12 in Thuppakki) and this movie has some good sequences. He starts with bits & pieces and post Aathi song the movie picks up and ends with a bang. The technical dept is brilliant like Thuppaki, DOP George u rock man u r the future,I bet u wont miss Santhosh Sivan.. Anirudh's first big movie and he delivers well in Songs & BGM.. Sreekar Prasad continues from where he left in Thuppakki. Excellent Action sequences by Anal Arasu.. especially coin fight where he delivers a logical way of how a single person can fight 50 people,am stunned coz in Thuppaki too the fight sequences made sense,hats off to Murugadoss for it.

    NOTE: Only in Thuppaki & Kaththi you can find a hero getting tired after fighting.

    Vijay's performance as Jeevanandham & Kathiresan is excellent, the performance comes from body language,mannerism and Vijay is bang on.Get up change is not needed.. According to me he is the best for facial expressions..woww.. let it be the cute reaction after slapping Samantha or Mocking Neil Nitin after Killing him.

    Neil Nitin is typical corporate Amul Baby, Excellent dubbing in his own voice for a first time Hindi actor in tamil.. now thats good

    Special mention tp all the elderly people, they have done well.

    Excellent choreos for songs, Paalam song & A fight sequence were removed to make sure movie is speedy enough.

    The downsides are Samantha & Song placements.

    Apart from Vijay fans.. post Ghilli 2004 probably Sachein 2005 & Thuppakki 2012 were widely appreciated Vijay films.. Remaining were either liked only by few or some had issues with remakes (come on everyone does remakes) But Kaththi will be liked by everyone...Vijay & ARM has Nailed it. I have not mentioned many things enjoy it in theater with ur family
    10razeen07

    Kaththi sharper than Thuppakki

    One of the best script and dialog's in recent Tamil movies. Vijay performed very well. Hats off to ARM sir and BGM is mass.Samantha is cute as usual.Neil Nitin Mukesh was perfect for his role.The message which was spoken in the movie is well conveyed and it will reach every corner of India. The dialog in the climax is class, Vijay delivered it in a very good manner. Dialogues in many scenes were too good.Only negative thing i feel that is the song placement.You can't compare Thuppakki with Kaththi, Thuppakki is an action thriller movie and Kaththi is an emotional social message movie. Overall the film is a blockbuster and a must watch movie.
    8yunusitboss

    Kaththi (U) TAMIL ------------- my Rating: ★★★★ DELIVERS STRONG SOCIAL MESSAGE

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    Kaththi (U) TAMIL ------------- my Rating: ★★★★ DELIVERS STRONG SOCIAL MESSAGE

    STRENGTHS:- * Ilayathalapathy Vijay's performance.... * Story Screenplay Dialogues Direction was best by AR murugudoss * Anirudh's Music and BGM.... * Cinematography and Editing was awesome.....

    WEAKNESSES :- * Pre Interval portion goes slow..... * A song was utter waste in second half.....

    FINAL VERDICT:- * Overall... it is not a commercial entertainer but it delivers a strong social message in Vijay style.... AR murugudoss cameo scene is best... DON'T MISS IT....

    Director: A.R. Murugadoss Writer: A.R. Murugadoss Stars: Vijay Chandrasekar, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Neil Nitin Mukesh | See full cast and crew »
    7crazyraju

    Vijay is back with a Bang

    The film conveys a strong social message which depicts the current pity situation of farmers, where their resources are exploited by multinational companies.

    Regarding the first half, the screenplay is much slow and dramatic which makes you unfocused off the movie. But the film takes on in the second half with racy screenplay.

    Vijay's performance looked neat where he had emoted good in few scenes and avoided unnecessary punch dialogs. Actress Samantha is adequate in the movie. She is just used for filling the glamor quotient. Cinematography by George is appreciable.

    What worked out in the film is, A.R. Murugadoss' bold attempt in depicting country's corruption as well as MNC's con moves by razor sharp dialogs.

    Finally, actor Vijay has succeeded once again by joining with A.R. Murugadoss after 'Thupaaki'. After the failures of his previous flicks, Vijay had managed to rectify his mistakes and A.R. Murugadoss had well used the actor in the film.
    10nimaljoseph711

    Blockbuster of the year 2014

    AR.Murugadoss again comes with an excellent story line.. First half reached up to an above avg with explaining the life of Jeevanandam and the old people.. An excellent narration of the story makes so strong inside the audience while the mass components were reduced while comparing with other vi jay films..!! interval punch was simply superb with the punch "i am waiting" once again...!!!! second half starts as Kathhiresan involving more into Jeevanandam life... and goes well and ended brilliantly by AR.Murugadoss.. good direction makes the movie into higher level without any lag...and also main positive is that there is no even a 1 minute romance seen in between the serious story, other than the songs...!!

    Thalapathy steals the show... Recently the best from Kollywood...

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    • Trivia
      kaththi didn't contain smoking or a drinking scenes ,So Smoking & Drinking caution not used in Kaththi title card.
    • Goofs
      The villain to prove to the MNC owners, asks one of them to open Facetime in their iPhone. The villain opens the Camera application instead.
    • Alternate versions
      The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to reduce scenes of strong violence in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
    • Connections
      Featured in STYLUS (2015)
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    • Release date
      • October 21, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Tamil
    • Also known as
      • The Knife
    • Filming locations
      • Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Production companies
      • Ayngaran International
      • Lyca Productions
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $674,359
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Surround 5.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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