அட்டகத்தி (2012)

Anecdotes

Attakathi is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by C. V. Kumar under Thirukumaran Entertainment, starring Dinesh, Nandita Swetha and Aishwarya Rajesh. The film revolves around Dinakaran (Dinesh) and his relationships during his school and college life.

Production

Attakathi marked the directorial debut of Pa. Ranjith who earlier assisted Venkat Prabhu as a co-director in Goa (2010) and also the maiden film production of C. V. Kumar's Thirukumaran Entertainment which was established in 2010. The film was titled as such as it denoted the protagonist's character, stating: "Attakathi means a knife made out of cardboard. It serves only as a showpiece; you can never fight with it.

Dinesh was cast in the lead role, after having played minor supporting roles in films such as Aadukalam and Mouna Guru (2011). Nandita Swetha made her Tamil film debut with this film. She stated that Ranjith had cast her as the female after watching her performance in Nanda Nanditha (2008); her involvement was primarily due to her strong South Indian looks. Aishwarya Rajesh was cast as the second female lead.

Pre-production for the film began in early August 2011. The film was shot in a single schedule in an around North Chennai for fifty days from 26 September – 8 December and was made on a budget of ₹1.75 crore (US$180,000). Sify reported the production costs to be around ₹5 crore (US$520,000) including print and advertising.

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