Attu (film)

Attu (transl. Someone uncontrollable)^{[lower-alpha 1]} is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language gangster film directed by Rathan Lingaa, who previously directed the short film Blood Revolution. The film stars newcomers Rishi Rithvik and Archana Ravi.^[1]

Attu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rathan Lingaa
Written by	Rathan Lingaa
Produced by	S. Anbalagan R. K. Suresh
Starring	Rishi Rithvik Archana Ravi
Cinematography	Ramalingam
Edited by	LVK Das
Music by	Bobo Shashi
Production companies	Dream Icon Studio 9 Production
Release date	31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Rishi Rithvik as Attu
• Archana Ravi as Sundari
• Yogi Babu as Sappa
• Prabha as Uluva
• Dheena as Pulinathope Jaya
• Rajasekhar as Das
• Bala Singh in a guest appearance
• Thirumugan (uncredited)^[2]

Production

Rishi Ritwik, who previously worked as a computer science engineer and athlete, interacted with gangsters for six months to prepare for his role in the film.^[3][4]

Release

Chitra Deepa Anandram of The Hindu opined that "The manner in which debutant director Rathan Linga has perceived each and every scene in Attu, and the detailing that goes in in creating those scenes, tell a lot about his directorial brilliance".^[5] A critic from Samayam Tamil gave the film a rating of two out of five stars.^[6] A critic from The New Indian Express opined that "All said, Attu delivers far more than you’d have expected from a debutant filmmaker making a fairly anonymous film".^[7] Behindwoods noted that "On the whole, Attu is a life, rather than a film and has a decent story to back it up. It majorly deals with friendship, love, trust, gangsters and a lot of other entities that the characters coexist with".^[8] A critic from Maalai Malar gave the film a favourable review.^[9] A critic from iFlicks, on the contrary, called the film "watchable".^[10]

Notes

1. The title means duplicate in Madras Bashai and is used to refer to someone who is uncontrollable. The name has Burmese origins.^[1]

References

1. Anantharam, Chitra Deepa (30 March 2017). "Of love and betrayal". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
2. "ATTU (2019) Tamil Full Movie HD Exclusive Worldwide Digital Rights 2020 | Rishi, Archana, Yogi Babu" – via www.youtube.com.
3. "அட்டு படத்திற்காக 6 மாதமாக ரியல் கேங்ஸ்டர்களுடன் பழகினேன்! -நடிகர் ரிஷி ரித்விக்" [I was trained by real gangsters for 6 months for the movie Attu! - actor Rishi Rithvik]. Dinamalar (in Tamil). 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
4. Anantharam, Chitra Deepa (3 April 2017). "I hung out with gangsters for a year". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
5. Anantharam, Chitra Deepa (31 March 2017). "Attu: Raw and original". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
6. "அட்டு - திரைவிமர்சனம்,". Samayam Tamil (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
7. Mannath, Malini (31 March 2017). "A fairly promising attempt". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
8. "Attu (aka) Atuu review". Behindwoods. 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
9. "அட்டு". Maalai Malar. 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
10. "Attu". Iflicks. 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

External links

• Attu at IMDb