Attahasam

Attahasam
Directed by Saran
Produced by N. Palanisamy
Jaya Prasanth N
P. Karthikeyan
Written by Saran
Starring Ajith Kumar
Pooja
Sujatha
Music by Bharathwaj
Cinematography A. Venkatesh
Edited by Suresh Urs
Production
company
Vijayam Cine Combines
Distributed by Ayngaran International
Release dates
  • 12 November 2004 (2004-11-12)
Running time
 157 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Attahasam (English: Defiance) is a 2004 Tamil action masala film written and directed by Saran featuring Ajith Kumar in dual lead roles with Pooja playing the female lead. Sujatha, Karunas and Ramesh Khanna play pivotal roles in the film, while the score and soundtrack are composed by Bharathwaj the film became a hit on his career [1]

Plot

The movie begins with Jeeva (Ajith Kumar), a driving instructor, leading a happy life with his mother (Sujatha). He also fell in love with Swapna (Pooja Umashankar) after several mishaps. Sujatha hides the Jeeva truth that his father (Nizhalgal Ravi), was murdered by a dada named Manthiram (Babu Antony). The mother, much against the boy’s wish, packs off Jeeva’s twin brother, Guru (also Ajith Kumar) with a family who offer to adopt him, who had been witness to the murderer from a close quarter, to a distant town. He escapes from the family and goes to Tuticorin and grows to become a gangster there.

When Jeeva visits Tuticorin, he comes across his elder brother, Guru a.k.a. Thala. Seizing the opportunity, the elder brother kidnaps the younger one and decides to go as the driving instructor to Chennai. Initially, he plans to take revenge on his mother for packing him off from their house at a very young age. He hurts her at every step and even plans to sell off all their property.

On the other hand, Jeeva is mistaken as the gangster and is subject to attacks by the local gangsters of Tuticorin. He escapes from them and returns to Chennai to save his mother. In the meantime, Guru comes to know about his father's death and Manthiram was the cause for the same. He avenges his father's death and leaves Jeeva with his mother to live happily and goes off to jail to keep his mother in belief that he is somewhere in the world living happily.

Cast

Production

Saran and Ajith collaborated for the third time after the successes of Kadhal Mannan (1998) and Amarkalam (1999). Between then and 2004, the pair began shooting for another project for Poornachandra Rao titled Erumugam also starring Richa Pallod, before Ajith pulled out and the pair subsequently fell out.[2] However Ajith Kumar's wife played a role in reconciling the pair and Saran worked on a fresh script for the actor. Kiran was initially roped in to play a second leading female role after her other film opposite Ajith, Mahaa, was shelved but Saran later deleted her character from the project.[3][4]

The shooting progressed in October 2004 around Tuticorin and a scene created a ruckus among the public as they mistook the action to be real, as the region had seen similar daylight murders and fights among local mafia in the past.[5] Songs from the film were expected to be shot in Romania but were later canned in Pollachi.[6] The film released on Diwali 2004 to make most of the holiday season and became a Blockbuster Hit[7][8]

Release

The film was released on 300 screens worldwide and opened to Positive reviews from critics. However, the film became commercial success and ran for 100 days successfully.[9][10][11]

Soundtrack

Attagasam
Soundtrack album by Bharathwaj
Released 2004
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Tamil
Label Classic Audio
Producer Bharathwaj
Bharathwaj chronology
Vasool Raja MBBS
(2004)		 '''Attahasam'''
(2004)		 Ayya
(2005)
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Therkku Cheemayile "  Mano 4:42
2. "Pollachi Ilaneereea"  Karthik , Anuradha Sriram 4:04
3. "Nachendru Inchendru"  Srinivas, Ujaini 4:25
4. "Unakkenna Unakkenna"  Tippu 4:33
5. "Thala Pola Varuma"  Bharathwaj, Donnan, Arjun 3:39
6. "Attahasam"  Tippu, Donnan, Arjun , Bharathwaj 3:46

References

  1. ↑ After Jana, Ajith all set to do Attahasam! IndiaGlitz. 20 April 2004
  2. ↑ "www.ajithkumar.fr.fm". www.ajithkumar.fr.fm. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  3. ↑ "Kiran out of Attahasam". Indiaglitz.com. 2004-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  4. ↑ "Metro Plus Chennai : `Your photograph said it all'". The Hindu. 2004-11-02. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  5. ↑ "`Attagasam`- Action scene creates tension". Sify. 2004-10-11. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  6. ↑ "Going global and places". Indiaglitz. 2004-10-21. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  7. ↑ "Metro Plus Coimbatore : Treat from tinseldom". The Hindu. 2004-11-08. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  8. ↑ "Metro Plus Hyderabad / Entertainment : Ajit doubles up". The Hindu. 2004-10-11. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  9. ↑ "Attahasam Tamil Movie Review". Indiaglitz. 2004-11-15. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  10. ↑ "Attagasam leads the race". Indiaglitz. 2004-11-16. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  11. ↑ "Ajith tastes success!". Ia.rediff.com. 2004-11-23. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

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