Aathi

Aathi (2006)

Against the wishes of his foster parents, Aathi goes to college in Chennai. He is actually looking to avenge the murder of his biological parents. He meets and falls for Anjali, who has an agenda as well.

Date of release
2006-01-15
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (19)
Runtime
2h 40m
Genres
Action, Thriller
Director
Ramana

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Ooty

Aathi is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by Ramana and produced by S. A. Chandrasekhar. Starring Vijay and Trisha in the lead roles, it is the Tamil remake of the 2005 Telugu movie Athanokkade.

Production

Chandrasekhar bought the remake rights of Telugu film Athanokkade (2005) to make it in Tamil with his son Vijay. The film was produced by him under Suriyan Arts. He was credited as S. A. Chandrasekhara in title credits. Ramana, who earlier worked with Vijay in Thirumalai (2003) was selected to direct this film. Trisha was chosen to be the lead actress pairing with Vijay for third time after Ghilli (2004) and Thirupaachi (2005).

The song picturisation with a set costing ₹40 lakh was shot with around 50 dancers. The scenes with Trisha were the first to be filmed during the film's launch. The sets of police station, palatial house and hospital were built at Kushal Das gardens. The song "Durra durranu" was shot at Araku Valley. The climax was shot at Hyderabad. Another song was shot at Switzerland.

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