Kaththi (English: The Knife) is a 2014 Tamil action thriller film scripted and directed by AR Murugadoss. The film stars Vijay in a dual role alogside Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Neil Nitin Mukesh, Tota Roy Chowdhury and Sathishplay supporting roles. Anirudh Ravichander composed the film's soundtrack and score. Cinematography was done by George C. Williams and the film was edited by A. Sreekar Prasad. Lyca Productions and Ayngaran Internationalbankrolled the venture and Eros International purchased the theatrical and audio rights for the film.The film opened to positive reviews from critics.
Filming
The film was launched in Kolkata on 3 February 2014 by its producers Ayngaran International with a pooja ceremony in front of the Kalighat Kali Temple, after whichprincipal photography began. The first schedule of filming was done on Kolkata and Hyderabad. In between, Murugadoss, took a break to promote his then upcoming Bollywood film, Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty (2014), the Hindiremake of Thuppakki (2012). The film was then shot in Pushpa gardens inChennai, where a huge set which costed around 
12.5 million (US$200,000) was erected and most of the indoor scenes were completed in this set. Shooting continued for a 40 day long schedule in and around the city. By July 2014, 60% of the shooting had been completed and the team shot a few scenes in Kadapa. The final leg of the film began on 1 August 2014 at Chennai.
12.5 million (US$200,000) was erected and most of the indoor scenes were completed in this set. Shooting continued for a 40 day long schedule in and around the city. By July 2014, 60% of the shooting had been completed and the team shot a few scenes in Kadapa. The final leg of the film began on 1 August 2014 at Chennai.
In late August 2014, 15 days of filming, including patch-work and a few fight sequences, remained. Filming moved back to Hyderabad where the rest of the fight sequences were canned. On 1 September 2014, the second half of the film was nearly completed.Additional filming took place at the Chennai Central railway station. On 4 September 2014, Neil Nitin Mukesh dubbed in Tamil himself for his role and completed his dubbing portions for the first half of the film. The climax sequences were shot in Nellore on 23 September 2014. The song "Selfie Pulla" was shot in Mumbai. About 100 dancers participated in the song sequence. Filming of the song was completed on 30 September 2014, with the filming of the entire movie also being completed as a result
Cast
- Vijay as Kathiresan / Jeevanantham
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu as Ankitha
- Neil Nitin Mukesh as Cedric Peter Von
- Tota Roy Chowdhury as Vivek Banerjee
- Sathish as Dhanu
- Subbu Panchu Arunachalam
- Sayaji Shinde
- Rupesh Gupta
- Veera Santhanam
- Sreerag Nambiar
Let's take a Selfie Pulla Official Song Promo | ft. Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu | | A.R. Murugadoss, Anirudh Ravichander Review Budget
