Kaththi Sandai

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{{Infobox film
| name = Kaththi Sandai
| image = Kaththi Sandai First Look Poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical Release Poster
| director = [[Suraj (director)|Suraj]]
| producer = S. Nanthagopal
| writer = Suraj
| starring = {{ubl|[[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] | [[Tamannaah]] | [[Jagapathi Babu]]}}
| music = [[Hiphop Tamizha]]<ref name="Puja">{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vishal-s-kaththi-sandai-pooja-held-news-tamil-qfcmaVidjcbgg.html | title=Vishal's 'Kaththi Sandai' pooja held | publisher=[[Sify]] | date=2 May 2016 | accessdate=14 May 2016}}</ref>
| cinematography = [[Richard M. Nathan]]<ref name="Puja"/>
| editing = Selva RK
| studio = Madras Enterprises
| distributor = Cameo Films
| released = {{film date|df=y|2016|12|23}}
| runtime = 146 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}
'''''Kaththi Sandai''''' ({{translation|Sword fight}}) is a 2016 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action comedy film]] written and directed by [[Suraj (director)|Suraj]]. The film is produced by S. Nanthagopal. The film features [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] and [[Tamannaah]] in the lead roles. [[Jagapathi Babu]], [[Vadivelu]], [[Soori (actor)|Soori]] and [[Tarun Arora]] play pivotal roles. The project was launched in May 2016. The film released on 23 December 2016. It was dubbed and released simultaneously in Telugu as ''Okkadochadu''. It was dubbed into Hindi as ''Rowdy Rajkumar''.

==Plot==
Arjun Ramakrishnan ([[Vishal Reddy|Vishal]]) comes to [[Chennai]] to woo a [[psychology]] student named Divya ([[Tamannaah]]), on whom he has a [[infatuation|crush]]. With the help of a local incompetent don named Deva ([[Soori (actor)|Soori]]), he succeeds in winning her heart. Divya's elder brother is Tamizhselvan ([[Jagapathi Babu]]), the honest and sincere [[Deputy commissioner of police (India)|DCP]] of Chennai. He approves of the relationship between Arjun and his sister, and soon, their wedding is fixed. One day, Tamizhselvan is kidnapped by some goons in retaliation for his thwarting of a [[black money]] scam six months ago. Arjun rescues Tamizhselvan and takes him home, only to reveal that he is actually a [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] officer who had discovered {{INR}}250 crore stashed in Tamizhselvan's house as black money. {{INR}}300 crore had been seized during the black money raid, but it was publicly announced that only {{INR}}50 crore had been seized. Arjun takes away all the money but does not arrest Tamizhselvan due to his public reputation, instead of telling him to personally surrender later that day.

However, Tamizhselvan soon finds out that Arjun is not a CBI officer, but is a criminal who had recently been released from prison. He pursues Arjun with the aim of getting back the money. During the chase, he opens fire on Arjun's [[sports utility vehicle|SUV]], causing Arjun to lose control and meet with an accident, losing consciousness. Arjun wakes up in a hospital, having lost his memory. Tamizhselvan keeps Arjun in custody in a house, where a [[psychiatry|psychiatrist]] named Dr. Boothri ([[Vadivelu]]) is assigned to restore Arjun's memory so that he can reveal where he has kept the money. Unknown to anyone, Arjun had not lost his memory; he is only pretending as part of his mission to retrieve the black money. At night, he sneaks out of the house and steals the black money of a [[Union Minister]] ([[Jayaprakash]]), converting it to [[white money]] with the help of a [[hawala]] trader. However, Tamizhselvan and the Union Minister soon find out that Arjun had not lost his memory and has stolen even more of the black money. Arjun, confronted by Tamizhselvan and the Union Minister, reveals his motive for stealing the black money.

Arjun is from Manimangalam, a remote village with no basic amenities like roads, water, high schools, and even proper housing and sanitation facilities. When the building of the only primary school in the village collapsed, he confronted the local [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] Sivagnanam ([[Thennavan (actor)|Thennavan]]), who had falsely claimed to have developed the village, by pocketing all the money which was to be used for developing Manimangalam. Sivagnanam rudely sent him away, defending his corruption and even declaring that he would never develop the village. Following this, Arjun approached the Union Minister, who also turned out to be corrupt like Sivagnanam. Arjun's friends confront Sivagnanam and his men, who kill them all, including Sivagnanam. It is at this stage that Arjun had decided to get back all the black money acquired by Sivagnanam (which was the {{INR}}300 crores recovered earlier in the film) and the Union Minister and use it to develop Manimangalam.

Arjun takes Tamizhselvan, the Union Minister and Divya to Manimangalam, which is now a very well developed village. He reveals that he had used the money hoarded by the Union Minister along with Sivagnanam's {{INR}}300 crores to develop the village and had given the credit to him, because of which the villagers now hold the Union Minister in high regard. Tamizhselvan drops all charges against Arjun, seeing that he had stolen the money which was black for good intentions and arrests the Union Minister. In the credits, it is revealed that Divya and Tamizhselvan involve themselves in Manimangalam's development, along with Arjun.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] as Arjun Ramakrishnan (Cheenu)
*[[Tamannaah]] as Dhivya (Bhaanu)
*[[Jagapathi Babu]] as [[Deputy commissioner|DCP]] Tamizhselvan
*[[Vadivelu]] as Dr. Boothri
*[[Soori (actor)|Soori]] as Deva / Chithra Master
*[[Tarun Arora]] as Tamizhselvan's accomplice
*[[Jayaprakash]] as Union Minister
*[[Thennavan (actor)|Thennavan]] as [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]] Sivagnanam
*[[Nirosha]] as Tamizhselvan's wife
*[[Soundararaja]] as Soundar (Arjun's friend)
*[[Aarthi (actress)|Aarthi]] as Boothri's assistant
*Thadi Balaji as Boothri's assistant
*Bava Lakshmanan as Boothri's assistant
*[[Chinni Jayanth]] as Psychology Professor
*[[Swaminathan]] as Tea Stall Owner
*[[Madhan Bob]] as Doctor
*[[Charandeep]] as Tamizhselvan's brother
{{colend}}

==Production==
In April 2016, it was announced that [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] and [[Suraj (director)|Suraj]] would team up for a film titled ''Kaththi Sandai'', which would be produced by S. Nanthagopal of Madras Enterprises. [[Vadivelu]] and [[Soori (actor)|Soori]] were selected to play comical roles. The film marks the former's comeback as a comedian into [[Tamil cinema]] as well as his second collaboration with Vishal after ''[[Thimiru]]'' (2006).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/vishal-and-vadivel-in-kathi-sandai/article8455964.ece | title=Vishal and Vadivel in Kathi Sandai | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=10 April 2016 | accessdate=14 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Vishal-and-Vadivelu-to-Join-Hands-for-Kathi-Sandai/2016/04/07/article3366645.ece | title=Vishal and Vadivelu to Join Hands for Kathi Sandai | work=[[The New Indian Express]] | date=7 April 2016 | accessdate=14 May 2016 | last=K. R. | first=Manigandan}}</ref> In May 2016, [[Tamannaah]] and [[Jagapati Babu]] were roped in to play the female lead and the antagonist respectively.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/tamannaah-to-act-with-vishal/article8542119.ece | title=Tamannaah to act with Vishal | work=The Hindu | date=1 May 2016 | accessdate=14 May 2016}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] began with a ''[[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]]'' ceremony held on 2 May 2016.<ref name="Puja"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/tamannaah-begins-shooting-for-kaththi-sandai-news-tamil-qfkp1ogjagchj.html | title=Tamannaah begins shooting for 'Kaththi Sandai' | publisher=Sify | date=10 May 2016 | accessdate=14 May 2016}}</ref> In June 2016, [[Tarun Arora]] was cast in a negative role after Suraj was impressed with the actor's performance in ''[[Kanithan]]'' (2016).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/after-kanithan-tarun-arora-plays-baddie-in-vishals-kathi-sandai/1/695666.html | title=After Kanithan, Tarun Arora plays baddie in Vishal's Kathi Sandai | work=[[India Today]] | date=19 June 2016 | accessdate=29 June 2016 | first=Kirubhakar | last=Purushothaman}}</ref> According to a report by [[Sify]], Vadivelu completed his portions by the end of August 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vadivelu-completes-kaththi-sandai-shooting-news-tamil-qi5p7Vabjeejj.html | title=Vadivelu completes 'Kaththi Sandai' shooting! | publisher=Sify | date=31 August 2016 | accessdate=16 September 2016}}</ref> Filming was wrapped up in November 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vishal-helps-late-music-composer-chandrabose-s-family-news-tamil-ql0lskehcbfgd.html | title=Vishal helps late music composer Chandrabose's family | publisher=Sify | date=26 November 2016 | accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>

==Music==
The film's soundtrack and the score are composed by [[Hiphop Tamizha]] while the lyrics for the songs were written by [[Na. Muthukumar]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.saavn.com/s/album/tamil/Kaththi-Sandai-2016/KM2deP8Bs1k_ | title=Kaththi Sandai Songs | publisher=[[Saavn]] | date=26 October 2016 | accessdate=16 December 2016}}</ref> ''Kaththi Sandai'' is one of the last films Muthukumar worked on before his death in August 2016.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/VIP-2-shooting-begins-Kajol-to-feature-in-a-prominent-role/article16842049.ece | title=VIP 2 shooting begins, Kajol to feature in a prominent role | last=Poorvaja | first=S. | last2=Lakshmi | first2=K. | date=16 December 2016 | work=The Hindu | accessdate=16 December 2016}}</ref> The soundtrack was released on 26 October 2016. Behindwoods gave a rating of 2.5/5 and noted that "''Kaththi Sandai'' is a fun filled album from Hip-Hop Thamizha which is still filled with repetitive elements."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/kaththi-sandai/kaththi-sandai-songs-review.html | title=Kaththi Sandai Songs Review | publisher=Behindwoods | date=26 October 2016 | accessdate=16 December 2016}}</ref> Siddharth K of Sify rated the album 3/5 and labelled it "a mixed bag" while noting that "the usage of versatile choice of singers would have made a difference for the album overall."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kaththi-sandai-audio-review-news-tamil-qk1krribjchdi.html | title=Kaththi Sandai-Audio review | publisher=SIfy | last=K | first=Siddharth | date=27 October 2016 | accessdate=16 December 2016}}</ref>

{{Infobox album
| name = Kaththi Sandai
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Hiphop Tamizha
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2017
| recorded = 2017
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length = 16:05
| label =
| producer = [[Hiphop Tamizha]]
| prev_title = [[Dhruva (2016 film)|Dhruva]]
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = [[Kavan (film)|Kavan]]
| next_year = 2017
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Original track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 16:05
| all_lyrics = [[Na. Muthukumar]]
| title1 = Naan Konjum Karuppu Thaan
| extra1 = [[Hiphop Tamizha]]
| length1 = 4:36
| title2 = Kaththi Sandai
| extra2 = Hiphop Tamizha, Sniggy
| length2 = 2:23
| title3 = Idhayam Idhayam
| extra3 = Hiphop Tamizha, [[Kharesma Ravichandran]]
| length3 = 3:19
| title4 = Ellame Kaasu
| extra4 = Hiphop Tamizha, Mark Antony Thomas
| length4 = 3:03
| title5 = Kaththi Sandai Theme
| extra5 = Instrumental
| length5 = 2:44
}}

==Release==
''Kaththi Sandai'' was initially slated for a [[Diwali]] release on 28 October 2016.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=11 August 2016 | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kaththi-sandai-targets-diwali-release-imagegallery-kollywood-qillyAafifdaj.html | title='Kaththi Sandai' targets Diwali release | publisher=Sify | date=11 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Vishal-and-Tamannaah-Bhatias-Kathi-Sandai-to-releaseon-Diwali/articleshow/53649251.cms | title=Vishal and Tamannaah Bhatia’s ‘Kathi Sandai’ to release on Diwali | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=11 August 2016 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> In early October 2016, Vishal announced through his [[Twitter]] handle that the film was postponed to a November 2016 release and that the soundtrack album would be released on Diwali instead.<ref name="Release">{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vishal-s-kaththi-sandai-out-of-diwali-race-news-tamil-qknlz0daicdfg.html | title=Vishal’s 'Kaththi Sandai' out of Diwali race! | publisher=Sify | date=13 October 2016 | accessdate=15 October 2016}}</ref> The film was later released on 23 December 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kaththi-sandai-confirms-december-23-release-news-tamil-qmpnlQjhacffg.html | title='Kaththi Sandai' confirms December 23 release | publisher=Sify | date=15 December 2016 | accessdate=15 December 2016}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
''Kaththi Sandai'' received negative reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/box-office-collection-kaththi-sandai-opens-well-dangal-ends-3-day-first-weekend-high-note-709808|title=Box office collection: Kaththi Sandai opens well, Dangal ends 3-day first weekend on a high note|last=Upadhyaya|first=Prakash|date=26 December 2016|quote=The Vishal-starrer has opened to mixed reviews and the success of the movie at the box office depends on how the movie overcomes the negative response from certain sections of the audience.|newspaper=[[International Business Times]]|accessdate=27 December 2016}}</ref> Film critic and writer [[Baradwaj Rangan]] of ''[[The Hindu]]'' criticised the script and its execution, pointing out that the director "just wants to keep distracting you with songs and fights and comedy." He concluded his review by labelling the film as a "silly, noisy waste of a good premise"<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/Kaththi-Sandai-A-man-of-his-sword/article16933033.ece | title=Kaththi Sandai: A man of his sword | work=The Hindu | last=Rangan | first=Baradwaj | authorlink=Baradwaj Rangan | date=23 December 2016 | accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref> Thinkal Menon of ''[[The Times of India]]'' wrote, "With a not-so-proper characterisations for the ones who played prominent roles and a done-to-death plot, the film, overall doesn't engage."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/kaththi-sandai/movie-review/56152509.cms | title=Kaththi Sandai Movie Review | work=The Times of India | last=Menon | first=Thinkal | date=24 December 2016 | accessdate=27 December 2016}}</ref> Gautaman Bhaskaran of ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' called it "a corny cocktail of bullets, bloodshed and buffoonery."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/kaththi-sandai-movie-review-a-corny-cocktail-of-bullets-and-buffoonery/story-XEiT8fXaFnemfaEqSO53hL.html | title=Kaththi Sandai movie review: A corny cocktail of bullets and buffoonery | work=[[Hindustan Times]] | last=Bhaskaran | first=Gautaman | date=23 December 2016 | accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref> Manoj Kumar R of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "Be warned: Smoking tobacco causes cancer, watching this movie may have a similar effect on your mental health."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/kaththi-sandai-movie-review-watching-this-movie-may-affect-your-mental-health-4441702/ | title=Kaththi Sandai movie review: Watching this movie may affect your mental health | work=[[The Indian Express]] | last=Kumar R | first=Manoj | date=23 December 2016 | accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>

Srivatsan of the magazine ''[[India Today]]'', like Rangan, criticised the screenplay, adding "Do yourself a favour and keep from watching ''Kaththi Sandai''."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kaththi-sandai-movie-review-vishal-tamannaah-soori-vadivelu/1/841989.html | title=Kaththi Sandai movie review: It's okay to miss this Vishal-starrer | work=[[India Today]] | author=Srivatsan | date=23 December 2016 | accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref> Malini Mannath, writing for ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' labelled it as a "long and tedious affair"<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2016/dec/23/kaththi-sandai-review-1552376.html | title=Kaththi Sandai review | work=[[The New Indian Express]] | last=Mannath | first=Malini | date=23 December 2016 | accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref> S Saraswathi of [[Rediff.com|Rediff]] while calling ''Kaththi Sandai'' "a tedious action film" noted that both Vadivelu and Soori "appear to be wasted on this poorly-written script."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-kaththi-sandai-has-nothing-new-to-offer/20161223.htm | title=Review: Kaththi Sandai has nothing new to offer | publisher=[[Rediff.com|Rediff]] | last=S | first=Saraswathi | date=23 December 2016 | accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref> A reviewer from Sify found the film to be "remotely original or interesting."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kaththi-sandai-review-average-review-tamil-qmxqHFihiiehe.html | title=Kaththi Sandai review-Average | publisher=Sify | date=23 December 2016 | accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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