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Attakathi is a film of genre Comedy with Nandita Swetha

Attakathi (2012)

Attakathi
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Length 2h5
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Romance
Rating71% 3.5923453.5923453.5923453.5923453.592345

Attakathi (Tamil: அட்டகத்தி ; English: Card Board Knife ) is a 2012 Indian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith, a former assistant of Venkat Prabhu. Produced by Thirukumaran Entertainment and distributed by Studio Green, it stars Dinesh, Nandita and Aishwarya. The film garnered attention after being praised and promoted by several acclaimed directors. It released on 15 August 2012 on the Independence Day of India. Attakathi fetched positive reviews and emerged successful at the box office.

Synopsis

Dinakaran (Dinesh) referred as Atta among his friends is a regular semi-urban teenager growing up in a small village in the outskirts of Chennai. He did well in his school exams, but failed his English paper. Rather than studying for the second attempt, he wastes time looking for a girlfriend since he has made a pact with his best friends; to fall in love and get married.

Actors

Nandita Swetha

(Poornima)Dinesh

(Dinakaran)Aishwarya Rajesh

(Amudha)Madhumitha

(Special Appearance)Kalaiyarasan

(Dinakaran)Shalini Ajith Kumar

(Nadhiya)
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