Kaththi

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rdf:langString "There is a tendency for any villain to go over the top while playing a baddie. I have avoided that in Kaththi. I wanted to ensure my character doesn’t go overboard and only appear as someone who is bad by nature and not by looks [...] Another thing audiences will find in my character is that I won’t come across as a usual south Indian villain. Thanks to my stylist Rupali, I’ve been made as stylish as Brad Pitt and David Beckham. Since I play a foreign-returned character, I wanted to look like I belong there."

rdf:langString "It is not like there haven’t been movies centred around farmers or spoke about their issues in the past. But there are two different aspects to that. If the movie's overall design has a farmer at the centre, like Lenin Bharathi's slightly arty Merku Thodarchi Malai , then there is absolutely no room for doubts over the film’s intent [...] Case two is when filmmakers milk a societal issue to its maximum potential, to elicit responses from the audience. That is when the problem arises."

rdf:langString — Srinivasa Ramanujam, Srivatsan S., Pradeep Kumar and Gautam Sunder of The Hindu, stating about the increase of films with the farmer's issue, being featured as a sub-plot.

rdf:langString — Neil Nitin Mukesh about his role in Kaththi.

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rdf:langString Kaththi is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action social drama film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss, and produced by Allirajah Subaskaran under the banner Lyca Productions, along with Ayngaran International, as the co-producer and Eros International, who distributed the film. The film stars Vijay in a dual role as lookalikes Kathiresan and Jeevanantham, with Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Tota Roy Chowdhury and Sathish appear in other prominent roles. It focuses on Kathiresan, a petty thief and lookalike of Jeevanantham, who 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. This film marks the second collaboration of Vijay and Murugadoss, after Thuppakki (2012). Following an official announcement in November 2013, the principal photography for the film commenced from February—September 2014. Primarily shot across Chennai, it was also filmed in Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Rajahmundry, Begumpet, Nellore and Kadapa. The cinematography for the film was handled by George C. Williams and the film was edited by A. Sreekar Prasad. The soundtrack and film score is composed by Anirudh Ravichander. Kaththi was released worldwide on 22 October 2014, coinciding with the Diwali festival, and received critical acclaim with critics praising Vijay and Neil's performance, technical aspects, background score, soundtrack, cinematography, editing, action sequences, social message, direction and the writing. 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 Tamil fringe groups to protest against the film. Kaththi was a box-office success and emerged as one of the highest-grossing Tamil films, grossing ₹130 crore (US$16 million). It was one of the highest-grossing Tamil films in U.S at that time. The film was remade into Telugu as Khaidi No. 150, starring Chiranjeevi. A recipient of various accolades, the film won three out of seven nominations at the Filmfare Awards South, including 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 losing eventually to Sigaram Thodu (2014).