A hardcore Kamal Fan in twitter :
SundaR KamaL @Kamaladdict7 :
#Kaththi- Cried When #Vijay Said "Naan Sethaalum Vivasayatha Vitradhenga" ! Kandipa Vida Matom Enga Parambarai Thozhile #Vivasayam Than !
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A hardcore Kamal Fan in twitter :
SundaR KamaL @Kamaladdict7 :
#Kaththi- Cried When #Vijay Said "Naan Sethaalum Vivasayatha Vitradhenga" ! Kandipa Vida Matom Enga Parambarai Thozhile #Vivasayam Than !
Vijesh S Peruvamba @vijeshsp(Senior Manager South India -Fox Star Studios) :
#Kaththi gives @Vijay_cjv his career biggest opening in Karnataka. Humungous @ARMurugadoss
Rajasekar @sekartweets :
#Kaththi gives the career best opening for #Vijay in many territories, waiting for the right box office numbers :)
Rajasekar @sekartweets :
#Kaththi- USA and Karnataka distributors have confirmed that it is the best opening for a Vijay film in their region :)
King of Kerala!! Report from Malayalam newspaper, https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0mjg6PCUAApa7N.jpg
Rajasekar @sekartweets :
Okay - here comes the Karnataka figures of #Kaththi- 2 crores gross on Day 1, biggest opening for @Vijay_cjv:)
Only Kollywood @OnlyKollywood:
#Kaththi: In TT area (Trichy & Tanjore), this is the best ever opening for a Tamil film despite of some screens pulling out in the last min!
THALAPATHY'S KATHTHI GOT TREMENDOUS SUPERB REVIEWS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
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Text size: A A AOctober 22, 2014 17:40 IST
Director A R Murugadoss’ Kaththi attempts to highlight the pathetic condition of farmers, whose lives are being destroyed by callous multinational corporations, says S Saraswathi.
Amidst much controversy, allegations and political drama, Vijay’s Kaththi made it to the theatres, as scheduled, this Diwali.
Much to the relief of his fans, all matters were resolved in time and within minutes tickets were sold out in several theatres across Chennai.
A R Murugadoss and Vijay have proved that they can be a powerful combination. Their previous film together, Thuppakki, was the biggest blockbuster of 2012.
The musical brilliance of Anirudh Ravichander kick-started the celebrations a few weeks ago. All the songs became the rage with Pakkam Vanthu and Selfie Pulla becoming overnight chartbusters.
Despite the overload of commercial elements, director Murugadoss’ Kaththi brings to the fore a very critical issue.
The film deals with the destruction of agricultural lands by powerful multinational corporations, destroying the livelihood of farmers.
With no land, no water, no financial resources and drowning in debt, thousands of farmers have ended their lives.
Jeevanandham (Vijay) is desperately trying to save his village from being swallowed up by a powerful Cola company belonging to an industrialist played by Neil Nitin Mukesh.
Kathiresan (also Vijay) is a petty thief who escapes from jail. Together with his friend Ravi (Sathish), also a thief, he plans to leave the country. But a chance meeting with Ankita (Samantha) at the airport changes his mind.
He decides to stick around long enough to win her affections, but gets caught up in Jeevanandham’s fight.
Kathiresan witnesses some men shooting at Jeevanandham one night and rushes him to hospital. Though he saves Jeevanandham’s life, he decides to take advantage of the situation by stealing his identity.
Jeevanandham is caught by the police and is back in jail. Meanwhile, Kathiresan is mistaken for Jeevanandham and though it is fun in the beginning, he soon understands the gravity of the situation.
The rest of the film is all about how Kathiresan eventually saves his village.
Vijay plays two totally different characters, excelling at both. Kathiresan, the fun loving Romeo, who can dance, do comedy and effortlessly bash up fifty bad guys, and Jeevanandham, the sedate social activist. Murugadoss has cleverly catered to Vijay’s fans and at the same time maintained some rationale.
It’s a decent Tamil debut for the dashing Hindi actor Neil Nitin Mukesh, who in his stylish suits is a far cry from the usually crude antagonists so popular in Tamil cinema.
All Samantha had to do in the film is smile and look pretty. This was enough to thrill the audience, who greeted her with wolf whistles in every scene.
The camerawork of George C Williams of Raja Rani fame is impressive. Editor Sreekar Prasad could have done away with some of the endless fight sequences and speeded up the first half, which seems totally unrelated to the latter half.
Regardless of the excessive masala moments catering to Vijay's mass hero image, the film does convey an important social message.
This, coupled with the stunning music by Anirudh, definitely makes A R Murugadoss’ Kaththi worth a watch.
actor sriman @ActorSriman :
SSSTRONG message by Murugadass, VIJAY hats off to accept the script & got DEEP in to the skin of the character KATHI =SCRIPT, PERFORMANCE
ATMUS Entertainment @ATMUSent :
Except Rajini & Kamal no other star has grossed over $400K in USA - Will #Kaththi do?Based on premiere and reviews,sure,even $500K or more!!
Kaththi Review-Incisive Crusader!
Summary :Overall, Kaththi makes a sweeping statement on the most alarming issue in the country without going over-the-top : 'Agriculture' in a neatly packaged commercial drama!
As of yesterday morning, uncertainty gloomed over the release of Kaththi in Tamil Nadu. But, today, we witnessed the film earlier than everyone else, except few parts in the world. After the tumultuous last few days, Kaththi hits over 450 screens in Tamil Nadu alone with the compromise between the protesters that the logo of Lyca will not be present in the film¡¯s digital prints and publicity materials. And yes, the production house has kept the word. They have replaced Lyca Productions with ¡®Gnanam Presents¡¯, Lyca¡¯s erstwhile name. Gnanam Foundation was founded by Subaskaran Allirajah in 2010 and it was under this name they bankrolled Cheran ¨C Sneha starrer Pirivom Santhippom.
Kaththi makes a profound impact to tell the public a burning issue largely under-discussed in the national media! ARM and Vijay¡¯s second in a row and to give you the hint, you just need to forget Thuppakki from your mind to see what Kaththi has really offered in the cracker day. The expectations being sky high and as a maker, to subside hunger for the fans is always a bigger task and ARM has just made it easy and versatile.
Kaththi makes two characters to speak out loud; Kathiresan and Jeevanandham are two sides of the sharp knife and is handled with no cuts by the director through his explicable screenplay. The first half seems a bit lazy and slow paced but it starts well past 45 minutes into the runtime. Kathiresan escapes prison and makes him listed in the wanted chart following hands with pal Sathish and plans out an escape to Bangkok. Meantime he happens to meet Ankitha(Samantha) and falls for her at the first sight and takes it smooth and impressive for aromantic track. Samantha has travelled through the film supporting him which will be a bit relief for the female roles who is in search of a space to justify and exhibit their roles. Sathish has been impressive and getting the experience to handle single comedy tracks and has farely won the audience with his timing dialogues.
Vijay has certainly changed his way and has come out perfectly let it Jeevanandham the silent revolutionist who has shown a different feel to the character and made it stronger and stronger with his restrained dialogues. One Powerful statement can be a proof¡°namma pasiku mela sapdura oru idly kuda nammalodathu kedaiyathu¡±well executed punch-line about communism. Kathiresan has taken time to showcase of what he is capable and the first half he gives his leisure time to enjoy the comedy, romance and ends the fun with the interval block with a message to Neil Nitin Mukesh I am Waiting.
The second half is the real timer and every clock striking one, there are flavors of entertainment and thrill. Kathiresan bursts out his anger for the social cause understanding the pain of what a farmer suffers in the interiors of the state. Kathiresan takes one step higher to make the people in the city to understand what pain it takes for a person who firmly believes in agriculture in his life. Kathiresan studies the complete history of the exploitation by the corporate to the villagers and how he overcomes the mighty corporate with his aged brigade is the scene byscene thriller throughout the second half. The replacement of Jeevanandham by Kathiresan is not a risk taken and all it took was violence with brilliance to overcome the bad ending to tell the public what is good. Some real astonishing show from the old age brigade formed by kathiresan and certainly creams out real applause from the audience. Neil Nitin Mukesk comes in as the corporate business man and walks it smartly with his rough character and fits in the cup. What a con Kathiresan offers to the farmers and how he justifies the replacement he made for jeevanandham who is well built as a social activist is Kaththi in short.
AR Murugadoss¡¯s subtle references to various scams in the country shows his guts. He manages to provoke the emotions in the common man with his searing dialogues. His digs at 2G scam, capitalism, airline scam reveal the ugly contradiction and the surreal world we live in. Murugadoss has once proved his mettle with his razor-sharp, thought-provoking dialogues.
Briefing the technical aspects cinematographer George C Williams has been impressive and his good flow continues with ARM team. Anirudh has rocked it again with some new flavors for Vijay mentioning ¡°Selfie Pulla¡± has already given enough credits from fans. Perhaps the song placement seemed quick and hasty which loses pace.
Kaththi Movie Review Rating: 3.5/5
http://www.onlykollywood.com/kaththi-movie-review/
thalapathy performance-la pinni pedal eduthurukkar
thanks to ARM for choosing the biggest mass star to convey such strong message.
overcoming the odds-am.. yarukitta..
I watched the movie in a remote theatre in Kanyakumari district which is hardly 2 kms far from Kerala border. So the theatre was filled with malayalee crowd and was filled with chants praising Vijay and pulling down, surprisingly not his arch rival, but Suriya. And his latest outing only helped matters.
The film is a well conceived brainchild of ARM. He has made the best possible mixture of commercial cinema and creating social awareness. He has done that in the past with Ramana but has gone a step further with Kaththi. I had my fears when I saw the trailer. I was not sure if today's audience will lap up such a subject. But seeing the reaction of the crowd yesterday I am left with no such doubts. The mass suicide scene made the whole hall go silent for a minute or two and the noise level only reached it high levels when the goon lays his hand on Kathiresan's shoulders in the pre interval sequence. Many kudos to ARM for making a meaningful film with a star who is often projected as an entertainer.
Vijay, as Kaththi and Jeeva, has shown good variations among the two roles with his body language and voice modulations. Wish this was his first film in a dual role. More than all his dance moves and action, which he is always known and praised for, his acting skills and dialogue delivery hits a new high with this film. Press meet scene, that angst after he realizes the truth behind the thumb prints, the subtle reaction that he and NNM share in the climax are the ones to watch out for.
Samantha gets another forgettable role. But like she tweeted she has finally managed to get a hit in Tamil and I guess that's all she wanted.
NNM and Satheesh play their role to perfection and the latter has emoted well too. Credit to ARM here for choosing an young artist in Satheesh to pair with Vijay. The combo looks fresh.
Anirudh has given Vijay fans a theme which will stay for a while and the bgm during action sequences are terrific. Bgm for last few Vijay movies were really good and this one is no exception.
Personally, I liked the film more than Thuppakki. Ironically, we sold one of our fields only on Monday because we don't get the labour these days and it is very tough to maintain and manage paddy fields. Watching the film I could manage only a wry smile. :)
P.S: The theatre I watched is in TN border but still the Lyca logo was shown. It drew the biggest applause after ITV and ARM's names. Lyca couldn't have asked for more.
As ARM said, Vijay was my inspiration to make kaththi.. Vijay justified to the fullest.. 100%
Jeevanandham.. U beauty.. loved this man completely :notworthy:
Kathiresan.. 2nd half .. very intense and powerful dialogues...Scene where he talks to media laam.. Goosebumps... No one could have pulled this scene with so intense.. :smokesmirk:
don't want to put any spoiler here.. so more to come later..
Once again thx to ARM for Mass Kathir and class Jeeva in Kaththi ....Vijay pulled general audience again to the fullest ..... Super star is ON.....:smokesmirk:
http://behindwoods.com/tamil-directo...f-kaththi.html
SERUPPADI to those who mock people who address Vijay as Anna
ha ha .. Now kaliyakkavilai is not considered TN :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
Not taking away the direction skill of Murugadas , there is already a allegation from well known activist that the story stolen by ARM from another person named Gopi.Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
Case came to court and result favored to ARM..
There is no need for him to steal the story... Coz he would have seen all these stuffs in his area in real lifeQuote:
Originally Posted by joe
Not Kaliyakkavilai. I watched it in Padanthaalumoodu, which is part of Kanyakumari district. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by joe
Story is not a MATTER...EXECUTION DOES IT...Quote:
Originally Posted by Deepak7
I meant the same , that area .. Do you mean Kaliyakkavilai Thameens theatre is in Kerala ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
In that case , nobody can claim for any story .Quote:
Originally Posted by Deepak7
What I meant is he calls this movie as his brain child... So he would have written it seeing or hearing the real life stories in his area or in his own life being a farmer's son. There is no need for him steal it.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe
No bro. Kaliyakkavilai at least is very close to the border. And Thameens is the distributor for the film in Kerala. Not sure if they are the ditributors for Padanthaalumoodu as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe
Same kind of positive reviews from all neutral persons and i think Kaththi reviews from public is higher than thuppakki reviews on first 2 days
ARM won the case! Justice won at last!Quote:
Originally Posted by joe
@sri50
- #Kaththi takes #MonsterOpening in TN - Rs 12.5 Cr net (approx) on 1st day-Oct22, multiple screens & shows & tax free. http://t.co/31IZjDdoit
Is there anything special abt the fight scene involving throwing coins?it was chopped off here and i dont quite get it..
and there was a guy in kolkata who wanted to kill Vijay..i thought it will be connected to the story but ARM completely ignored that part..his men were supposed to kill Vijay but im not sure what happened..
the romance here was more tolerable compared to Thupaki,,it didnt affect the flow of the story/screenplay..hence i will rate KAthi slightly higher than thupaki
Breaks Enthiran record handsomely
Archana Kalpathi @archanakalpathi
#Kaththi does approx 12.5 cr ! Awesome collection . Power of #Vijay . Bookings are even better today @ags_cinemas
Mahen,
That coin fight is one of the best sequence in the movie. And another fight with the kolkata goons was chopped off.
@archanakalpathi
#Kaththi does approx 12.5 cr ! Awesome collection . Power of #Vijay . Bookings are even better today @ags_cinemas
So KATHTHI becomes the highest ever grosser till date in Tamilnadu..:smokesmirk:
:happydance:
I completely agree with Mahen on the romance part. There are reviews stating this as one of the minus points. To me, Sam and Vj portions were far better than Kajal Vj portions in Gun
Kolly Buzz @KollyBuzz
#Kaththi collection on the opening day
TN: 12.5c
Karnataka: 2c
Overseas: 5.5c
Total: 20c.
#MassOpening worldwide.!
Ajay... overseas breakup still awaited. ..hoping some other records being created too.
Kolly Buzz @KollyBuzz
#Kaththi overtakes #Endhiran collection in Tamil Nadu for the opening day.
Kaththi: 12.5c (approx)
Endhiran: 11c (approx)