Adutha Saattai
| Adutha Saattai | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | M. Anbazhagan |
| Written by | M. Anbazhagan |
| Screenplay by | Samuthirakani |
| Produced by | Samuthirakani Dr Prabhu Thilak |
| Starring | Samuthirakani Thambi Ramaiah Yuvan Athulya Ravi |
| Cinematography | Rasamathi |
| Edited by | Nirmal |
| Music by | Justin Prabhakaran |
Production companies | 11: 11 Productions Naadodigal |
| Distributed by | Sri Vaari Film |
Release date | 29 November 2019 |
Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Adutha Saattai (transl. Next whip) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action drama film which is a sequel to Saattai (2012), written and directed by M. Anbazhagan. The film is the third installment in the Saattai franchise. It stars Samuthirakani and Thambi Ramaiah in the lead roles with Athulya Ravi, debutant Kaushik and Yuvan in supporting roles. D. Imman who previously composed music for the prequel is replaced by Justin Prabhakaran. Principal photography of the film began on 12 December 2018.[1]
Adutha Saattai is about the prevailing lapses in the Indian Education System.[2] Considering the subject matter of the film, it was scheduled to be released in September 2019 worldwide [3] later moved to November.
Plot
Dayalan (Samuthirakani) is employed as a tamil lecturer in a private arts and science college who is well respected and loved by all the students for his caring approach, friendly nature and open mindedness towards students empowerment. Most of Dayalan’s colleagues hate him including the college principal Singaperumal (Thambi Ramaiah). Pazhani (Yuvan), who happens to be the only son of Singaperumal falls in love with his classmate Podhumponnu (Athulya Ravi), however does not have the courage to confess. Podhumponnu has a good image over Aadhi (Kaushik), her classmate who hails from a poor family background. The college is divided based on two prominent caste groups resulting in frequent clashes between students belonging to the respective castes. Dayalan tries hard to calm down students and instigate them to stay united despite coming from different caste backgrounds which he accomplishes successfully. Dayalan also falls in love with his colleague Pachiammal (Rajshri) who shares his same ideologies and eventually get married.
Dayalan comes up with a plan of forming a group called “Students Parliament” whereby students should take responsibility in managing day to day activities of college such as cleanliness, infra facilities etc. While Singaperumal and other lecturers hate this idea, local media channels appreciate Dayalan’s efforts gaining good image for the college. Dayalan also initiates a plan of arranging campus interviews for their students similar to engineering colleges, so that students hailing from poor background should get benefited. Dayalan takes the necessary steps and meets different organizations inviting them for placement process in which he succeeds as well. This is also set as a good example for other arts and science colleges. Adhi gets a good job offer and dreams of improving his family’s financial status.
Lecturers who were against Dayalan’s ideologies, understand him well and decide to stand with him, but still Singaperumal’s ego does not let him support Dayalan. Singaperumal starts showing his anger towards students more often and sends Adhi out of his class. Angered by this, Pazhani also leaves the class and both Adhi and Pazhani travel in a bike, but they meet with a major accident where Adhi passes away and Pazhani is badly injured. Hearing this, Singaperumal feels guilty for his behavior and transforms. To everyone’s shock, Adhi’s caste leaders rush to college and starts protesting in the name of caste with plans of getting some money from the college management. Dayalan secretly records their conversation and sends to all students thereby exposing the real intentions of caste groups. College students unite and kick the caste leaders out from their college campus. Singaperumal apologizes to everyone taking responsibility for Adhi’s death and promises to Adhi’s family that Pazhani will take care of them.
Cast
- Samuthirakani as Dayalan
- Thambi Ramaiah as M. Singaperumal
- Yuvan as Pazhanimuthu
- Athulya Ravi as Podhumponnu
- Kaushik Sundaram as Aadhi
- Rajshri Ponnappa as Pachaiammal
- Pichaikkaran Moorthy as Ponpandiyan
- Benjamin as Professor
- George Maryan as Gopal
- Sree Raam as Student
- Kavithalaya Krishnan as Sivasamy
- Hello Kandasamy as Professor
- Saravana Sakthi as Lawyer
- Thavasi
- Naadodigal Gopal as Aadhi's father
- Murali
- Pallavarajan as Pallavarajan
- Subhashini Kannan as Parimala Devi
- Subiksha
- S. R. Dhivya Pradeepa as Professor
- Kanika Ravi as Student
- Sheela
- T. Sanghavi
- Sasikumar as himself in the song "Vegadha Veyilula" (cameo appearance)
Production
The film is produced by Dr.Prabhu Thilaak under the banner 11:11 Productions and co-produced by P.Samuthirakani's Naadodigal. This is the maiden venture of Dr. Prabhu Thilaak's 11:11 Productions. Samuthirakani is cast as lead actor in the film while he was busy with his directorial ventures Naadodigal 2 and Appa 2.[4] The shooting of the film commenced on 12 December 2018 in Chennai, the film titled as Adutha Saattai is not a sequel to the 2012 film Saattai, but the subject of Adutha Saattai is about the prevailing lapses in the Indian Education System.[2]
Marketing and release
The official teaser of the film was unveiled on 20 July 2019.[5]
The film is scheduled to be released In November 2019 worldwide. The official trailer was released on Nov 2019.[6] Samuthirakani's Adutha Saattai kick-starts with an average opening in Chennai box office.[7]
Soundtrack
| Adutha Saattai | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 7 August 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2019 | |||
| Studio | 20DB Studios | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 16:26 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Muzik247 | |||
| Producer | Justin Prabhakaran | |||
| Justin Prabhakaran chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack is composed by Justin Prabhakaran and lyrics are by Thenmozhi Das and Yugabharathi.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Enga Kayila Natta Kudunga" | Yugabharathi | Chellankuppam Subramaniyan, Lady Kash | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Vegadha Veyilula" | Yugabharathi | Kanchi B. Rajeswari | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Kari Kaadu Dhaane" | Thenmozhi Das | Sathyan Ilanko | 4:27 |
| 4. | "Avan Varuvaan" | Thenmozhi Das | Sathyan Ilanko, Aishwarya Ravichandran | 3:31 |
| Total length: | 16:26 | |||
References
- ^ "Samuthirakani starts shooting for Sattai 2". Behindwoods. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Adutha Saattai teaser out". Times of India. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Libra Productions to release 'Adutha Saattai' and 'Ayngaran' on Sep 5". Sify. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Samuthirakani's next is 'Adutha Saattai'". Sify. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Adutha Saattai Teaser - Samuthirakani, Sasikumar, Yuvan, Athulya - Justin Prabhakran - M. Anbazhagan". YouTube. Muzik247. 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Adutha Saatai Info".
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