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Aathi (Tamil-language action film, directed by Ramana and produced by S. A. Chandrasekhar. Starring Vijay and Trisha, it is a remake of the 2005 Telugu film Athanokkade.[2]
) is a 2006 Indian
Aathi | |
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Directed by | Ramana |
Written by | Ramana |
Story by | Surender Reddy |
Based on | Athanokkade (Telugu) |
Produced by | S. A. Chandrasekhar Shoba Chandrasekhar |
Starring | Vijay Trisha Prakash Raj Sai Kumar Nassar |
Cinematography | Soundarrajan |
Edited by | Suresh Urs |
Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 167 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Aathi released on 15 January 2006. It received mixed reviews, and declared average grosser at box office end of its theatrical run.[3][4] The film was produced by him under Suriyan Arts.[5] He was credited as S. A. Chandrasekhara in title credits.[6] 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). Saikumar was chosen to portray the antagonist while Prakash Raj, Vivek, Naasar, Seetha and Manivannan were selected to portray supporting roles.
The song picturisation with a set costing ₹ 40 lakh was shot with around 50 dancers.[7] 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.[8] The song "Durra durranu" was shot at Araku Valley.[9] The climax was shot at Hyderabad.[10] Another song was shot at Switzerland. Most of the filming was held at Chennai, Gingee, Vishakapatnam and Hyderabad.[11]
Aadhi | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 2006 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Label | Five Star Audio | |||
Producer | Vidyasagar | |||
Vidyasagar chronology | ||||
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The film has five songs composed by Vidyasagar.[12][13] The audio was launched at Green Park Hotel on 22 December 2005.[14]
Song title | Singers | Lyrics |
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"Olli Olli Iduppe" | Karthik, Anuradha Sriram | P. Vijay |
"Ennai Konja Konja" | Hariharan, Sujatha Mohan | Yugabharathi |
"Athi Athikka" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sadhana Sargam | P. Vijay |
"Yea Duraa" | Saindhavi, Tippu | |
"Lealakku Lealakku" | KK, Sujatha Mohan |
The film includes two more songs not included in the audio soundtrack:
The film released on 15 January 2006. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Kalaignar TV for ₹ 11 crore. Theatrical rights for Tamil Nadu were sold for ₹17 crore and it collected ₹25 crore.[15][16] The film didn't perform as well as expected, which Sify.com attributed to the film not being released on Pongal Day.[4] The film released alongside Silambarasan's Saravana and Ajith Kumar's Paramasivan.[17]
Despite being remade from Telugu, Aathi was dubbed and released in Telugu as Nenera Aadhi.[18] The film was dubbed in Hindi as Aadhi Narayan by Eagle Movies in YouTube.[19]
Ananda Vikatan rated the film 38 out of 100.[20][21] Indiaglitz wrote "Director Ramana has faithfully stuck to the Telugu original and come up with a gritty entertainer".[22] Chennai Online wrote "It's yet another fight-dance-romance formula from Vijay, this one being the remake of the Telugu hit 'Athanokkade'. But unlike his earlier films, which were either enjoyable or at least tolerable, this one tries one's patience as one goes through the tiring, monotonous routine of watching the angst-ridden hero fight against yet another new set of enemies and impossible odds".[23] Lajjavathi of Kalki wrote despite not having an intro song it was still an routine Vijay film and felt many characters spoke too slowly and Saikumar was referred as "almost Vijay's PRO" for praising him throughout the film and found Prakash Raj and Vivek to be criminally underused.[24]
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