Attahasam
Poster
Directed bySaran
Written bySaran
Produced byN. Palanisamy
Jaya Prasanth N
P. Karthikeyan
StarringAjith Kumar
Pooja
CinematographyVenkatesh Anguraj
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byBharadwaj
Production
company
Vijayam Cine Combines
Distributed byAyngaran International
Release date
  • 12 November 2004 (2004-11-12)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Attahasam (pronunciationⓘ) (transl. Long Laugh) is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Saran. The film stars Ajith Kumar in a dual role, while Pooja, Sujatha, Nizhalgal Ravi, Babu Antony, Karunas, and Ramesh Khanna play supporting roles. The score and soundtrack are composed by Bharadwaj with cinematography by Venkatesh Anguraj and editing by Suresh Urs. The film released on 12 November 2004 to mixed reviews.

Plot

The movie begins with Jeeva, a driving instructor, leading a happy life with his mother. He also falls in love with Swapna after several mishaps. Jeeva's mother hides the truth from her son that his father was murdered by a rowdy named Manthiram. The mother, much against Jeeva's wish, packs off his twin brother Guru with a family who offers to adopt him, who had been witness to the murderer from a close quarter, to a distant town. Guru escapes from the family, goes to Thoothukudi, and grows to become a gangster there. When Jeeva visits Thoothukudi, he comes across his brother Guru, also called Thala. Seizing the opportunity, Guru kidnaps Jeeva and decides to go to Chennai and pass himself off as Jeeva. Initially, he plans to take revenge on his mother for packing him off from their house at a very young age. He hurts her at every step and even plans to sell off all their property. On the other hand, Jeeva is mistaken as the gangster and is subject to attacks by the local gangsters of Thoothukudi. He escapes from them and returns to Chennai to save his mother. In the meantime, Guru learns of his father's death and that Manthiram was the cause for the same. He avenges his father's death and leaves Jeeva to live happily with his mother and then goes off to jail to keep his mother in belief that he is somewhere in the world living happily.

Cast

Production

Saran and Ajith Kumar collaborated for the third time after the successes of Kaadhal Mannan (1998) and Amarkalam (1999). Between then and 2004, the pair began shooting for another project for Poornachandra Rao titled Erumugam also starring Richa Pallod, before Ajith Kumar pulled out and the pair subsequently fell out.[2] However Ajith Kumar's wife played a role in reconciling the pair and Saran worked on a fresh script for the actor. Kiran was initially roped in to play a second leading female role after her other film opposite Ajith Kumar, Mahaa, was shelved but Saran later deleted her character from the project. According to Saran in an interview, the story of the film was narrated to Vijay before Ajith.[3][4] The filming was kept on hold for few months as Saran got an opportunity to direct Vasool Raja MBBS.[5]

The shooting progressed in October 2004 around Tuticorin and a scene created a ruckus among the public as they mistook the action to be real, as the region had seen similar daylight murders and fights among local mafia in the past.[6] Songs from the film were shot in Romania and Pollachi.[7] The film released on Diwali 2004.[8][9]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Bharadwaj and Released on Classic Audio.[10]

All lyrics are written by Vairamuthu

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Therkku Cheemayile"Mano4:42
2."Pollachi Ilaneere"Karthik, Anuradha Sriram4:04
3."Nachendru Ichondru"Srinivas, Ujjayinee Roy4:25
4."Unakkenna Unakkenna"Tippu4:33
5."Thala Pola Varuma"Donnan, Arjun Thomas, Tippu3:39
6."Attagasam"Donnan, Ujaini, Tippu, Arjun Thomas3:46
Total length:25:09

Release and reception

Despite a last minute financial crunch, Attahasam was released on 300 screens worldwide as Ajith agreed to pay a hefty amount to the producer for settling his liability to the financier. Oscar Ravichandran gave a significant amount to clear the producer’s debt in lieu of the satellite rights of the film, which in turn were sold to Jaya TV.[11][12]

Visual Dasan of Kalki called Attahasam a dramatic breakthrough for Ajith.[13] Malini Mannath wrote for Chennai Online, "‘Attagasam’ is a fun film, unpretentious and light-hearted, an enjoyable time-pass film."[14]

References

  1. ↑ "அட்டகாச ட்வின்ஸ்". Kalki (in Tamil). 14 November 2004. p. 40. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ajith – Charan resolves differences! 'Erumugam' gets life..." ajithkumar.fr.fm. 18 April 2003. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kiran out of Attahasam". IndiaGlitz. 24 June 2004. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Ashok Kumar, S. R. (2 November 2004). "'Your photograph said it all'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 November 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  5. ↑ காந்தி, உ. சுதர்சன் (18 August 2020). ""அஜித் ஓகே சொல்லலைனா 'வசூல் ராஜா' படமே எடுத்திருக்க முடியாது!"- இயக்குநர் சரண் #16YearsofVasoolRaja". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "'Attagasam'- Action scene creates tension". Sify. 11 October 2004. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Going global and places". IndiaGlitz. 21 October 2004. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  8. ↑ Pillai, Sreedhar (8 November 2004). "Treat from tinseldom". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 May 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Ajit doubles up". The Hindu. 11 October 2004. Archived from the original on 31 October 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "Attagasam". JioSaavn. 18 November 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Diwali- Pre-release trade buzz!". Sify. 10 November 2004. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Diwali films are released!". Sify. 11 November 2004. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "அட்டகாசம்". Kalki (in Tamil). 28 November 2004. p. 96. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  14. ↑ Mannath, Malini (23 November 2004). "Attagasam". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 6 November 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
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