Pattathu Arasan

''Pattathu Arasan'' () is an 2022 Tamil-language sports action drama film written and directed by A. Sarkunam and produced by Allirajah Subaskaran of Lyca Productions. It stars Atharvaa, Rajkiran, Ashika Ranganath & Raadhika Sarathkumar in the lead roles. The plot is set against the backdrop of green-caped betel farms near Thiruvaiyaru. The music of the film is composed by Ghibran, while Loganathan Srinivasan handled the cinematography and editing done by Raja Mohammad. The film was released theatrically on 25th November 2022. It received mixed to positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success.

Plot

Poththaari is a former kabaddi player, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players. He has two wives. The family lives together happily. One day , Poththaari sends his son from his second wife Kannaihan to play in a kabbadi match , where he unfortunately dies.

Kannaihan's wife Vijaya demands Poththaari to spilt his land in half and Poththari agrees , But Vijaya and her son Chinnadurai cut ties with Poththaari and his family which makes him sad.

Few years later , Chinnadurai tries to ask forgiveness to Poththaari and his family , But they don't accept it and his mother disagrees.

One day , Poththaari's grandson Chelliah gets a call from Tamil Thalaivaas coach Bhaskar , saying him to send his details, Sadagoppan, the grandson of the village president Peramaiyan overhears the conversation and informs it to Peramaiyan , who calls Bhaskar to confirm that Chelliah got selected for Pro - Kabbadi and the next day , Bhaskar said him to come to The Tamil Thalaivaas office in Chennai and to get a mat to practice on which costs 3 lakh rupees which he cannot afford , So he asks Chinnadurai for help and he arranges a financier to give him a loan , When Chelliah went to The Tamil Thalaivaas office , They said Mr Bhaskar is out-of-station . So Chelliah gets money from a financier and Sadagoppan gets hold CCTV footage and falsely blames Chelliah for receiving money to not play in the match between Arasakulam and Kalayarkovil , Poththaari and his family are not allowed to due to this . Because of the stress , Chelliah hangs himself.

Did Poththaari and his family reunite due to this? forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

The film was tentatively titled as ''Atharvaa 18''. On 10 November 2022, the title of the film was announced to be ''Pattathu Arasan'', with Lyca Productions releasing the first look poster of the film. Sandalwood actress Ashika Ranganath was roped in to play the female lead in this film. The film was majorly shot at the betel leaf plantation near Thanjavur.

Music

The music of the film is composed by Ghibran which marks his second collaboration with Atharvaa after ''Trigger'' and third collaboration with A. Sarkunam after ''Vaagai Sooda Vaa'' and ''Naiyaandi''. The first single titled "Yaaro Yaaro Iva" was released on 18 November 2022.

Release

Theatrical

The film was released theatrically on 25 November 2022. The trailer of the film was released on 18 November 2022.

Home media

The post theatrical streaming rights of the film has been sold to Netflix .

Reception

The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics.

Logesh Balachandran of ''The Times of India'' rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Overall, Sarkunam's Pattathu Arasan might work for a few but wish someone would bring inventive ideas into this genre." Yuvashree of ''ABP Live'' gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "If only some of the cringe sentimental scenes had been trimmed and a bit more fight scenes had been included, the titular king would have really rocked the bandwagon." Chandhini R of ''Cinema Express'' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "Despite the never-ending barrage of rural dramas coming our way, it is a genre that still works because the right film made in this milieu can showcase the rootedness and vibe." ''Dinamalar'' rated the film 2.25 out of 5 stars. Sruthi Ganapathy Raman of ''Film Companion'' wrote "But when the film establishes the name of the only lead female character in the movie, well after 90 minutes into runtime, tokenism rears its ugly head. And its allegiance becomes clear." Ashwin Ram of ''Moviecrow'' gave the film’s rating 2 out of 5 and wrote "An insane yet interesting conflict presented with a screenplay that should have been done decades ago and an emotional drama that doesn’t have any tension or rooting factors." A critic for '' Cinema Vikatan'' wrote that "Taking a familiar village story, the team of 'Pattathu Arasan' has created a boring film with scenes that are not new."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 15354928

2022 films
2020s Tamil-language films
Sports action films
Indian sports drama films