Attakathi Movie Online Review

Debutant Pa.Ranjith’s Attakathi is refreshing and something different in story and treatment. This can be a slice of life take a look at a typical guy’s progression from a gawky youngster to a matured man during his college days.The film works to a big extent the best way college life and the adventure in metropolitan bus service from suburban homes to school is depicted. All that is laced with romance, falling out and in of love, friendship, camaraderie, humour, hummable gaana songs, aspirations and dreams of a regular lower middle class.There’s somewhat of you and me and everybody we all know in Dinakaran (Dinesh), the common looking, guy from a lower-middle class background who's the protagonist. Very content in life, Dina or Attakathi as his friends call him, has no big ambitions for the long run as he spends time with a number of fellows from the neighbourhood, doing nothing but chasing girls and falling in love with them!

Dinakaran’s mantra in life is to fall in love and if it seems to be one-sided, move on with none regrets and find the following one. The romance between Atta and the ladies he meet always happen so one can college within the bus, as he stands at the footboard and grabs attention like every roadside Romeo. Each route the bus takes has its own ‘route Thala’ (the fellow who acts because the bus monitor, a standard Chennai phenomenon).

Our hero falls head-over-heels in love with Poornima (Nandita) who travels with him to university and experiences the bitter-sweet truth of romance. The director tries to focus on that a lot of items can happen over a journey to school or school.

Ranjith appear to be inspired from real life and real people, because the film avoids stereotypes and goes for characters and situations which might be refreshingly familiar within the given milieu. The tale is wafer-thin and predictable with hardly any twists or emotions nevertheless it is the sunshine and simple manner through which it's packaged together with few delicious little scenes which makes you chuckle.

Remarkable casting has ended in some fine performances by key players. It's Dinesh as Attakathi who diverts your attention from the film’s little flaws and spellbinds you with an endearing act that may be Attakathi’s biggest strength. Because the happy-go-lucky Dinakaran, Dinesh has pop out with easily one among this year’s most confident and confident performances.

Nandita as Poornima is cute while Meenakshi and Velu who plays Dina’s parents provide the inbuilt comedy and are a treat. The Gaana based songs within the film tuned by Santhosh Narayanan and sung by various Gaana singers is without doubt one of the major highlight of the film. “Aadi Pona Aavani” and “Aasai Oar Pulveli “are pick of the lot.

The casual, conversational variety of suburban Chennai lower middle class dialogue makes it easy to narrate to this film and its characters, even supposing their conflicts appear too superficial to take seriously.

Let us alert you that Attakathi is slow in parts and the tale seems stretched. The climax is predictable and never entirely convincing. But we propose that you simply find time for this charming little treat of a film, because it has an inherent sweetness and honesty for you to stick with you.Verdict: Above Average3/5