ATTAKATHI – MOVIE REVIEW

Starring: Dinesh, Swetha 

Direction: Pa Ranjith
Music: Santhosh Narayanan
Production: CV Kumar

Attakathi –turns out to be a sharp sword. Love stories have been the most repeated concepts in Kollywood industry. But still some directors try to do justice by working on different story-line  ’Attakathi‘is an out of the box love story which revolves around a guy who resides in sub urban region of Chennai. It’s a humorous flick which conveys people to overcome love failures with ease and move on as another love may follow us eventually.

‘Dinesh ‘who made small appearance in national award winning film aadukalam , has done lead role in this flick. He has exposed his innocence and maturity in acting with a perfect balance. Dhinakaran(dinesh)  ends in tutorial college as he could not get through in his class 12 English subject. He is guy who tries to be optimistic about his life and go on footboards to try his luck over girls. His acquaintances do the same and meet regularly in a spot where they discuss about each ones love life. ‘Poornima’ a girl in outskirts of Chennai boards the same bus of Dheena. But it was not a typical romantic sequence as it was meant to be; the first word spoken by Poornima to him is ‘Anna’ (brother). In a few minutes, dheena tries to win heart of other girls those who pass by his sight but his efforts goes unavailing which disappoints him to a great extent. Based on this ground, his friends tag him as ‘atta-kathi’. In-between Dheena joins karate classes just to impress girls and to be safe in his attempts.

Transition from Dheena to ‘route thala’ during his college days with a rugged look, has been portrayed well. Foot tapping numbers without using high tech music instruments added a different flavor to the movie. Kudos to music director was such an attempt which handled the pace of the movie on form. Twist happens when ‘Poornima’ his first love interest joins the same college, where dheena pursue his third year which is noted to be worthy. Everything may seem to be on familiar track, but the climax proves you wrong which make the movie to be out of the box.

Overall, Attakathi is a sharp edged knife with a light hearted script coagulated more with humor and definitely a good hang out with friends on weekend.