Eetti

Eetti
Directed by	Ravi Arasu
Written by	Ravi Arasu
Produced by	S. Michael Rayappan
Starring	Atharvaa Sri Divya
Cinematography	Saravanan Abhimanyu
Edited by	Raja Mohammad
Music by	G. V. Prakash Kumar
Production company	Global Infotainment Pvt. Ltd
Distributed by	Global Infotainment Pvt Ltd
Release date	11 December 2015
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Eetti (transl. Spear) is a 2015 Tamil-language sports action film written and directed by Ravi Arasu and produced by S. Michael Rayappan. The film stars Atharvaa and Sri Divya, while G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the film's music. The film was released on 11 December 2015.^[1][2][3]

Plot

Pughazhenthi Subramaniam is an athlete who lives in Thanjavur. He is a hurdles race champion and has won many awards – even beating the national record in a local sports meet. He and his fellow athlete friends get intensive training from their coach Devaraj to participate in an important sports meet in Kolkata, the winners of which will qualify for the next major national sports event.

A flashback reveals that Pughazh has Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, which prevents his blood from clotting following any injury. If he gets even a small scratch, he might bleed to death. His father Subramaniam is a constable at the local police station who is very protective of him, has high hopes that he will advance well in life, and make a name for himself as an athlete.

Gayathri Venugopal, a college student who lives in Chennai, finds out that her friend is being harassed on the phone every night by a guy. Gayathri decides to take action by calling him up and threatening him in foul language. However, due to a mix-up, she ends up calling Pughazh in Thanjavur instead. The next day, she realizes her mistake and apologizes to Pughazh on the phone. As a joke, he asks her to top up his mobile phone account, and she quickly does so to make up for it. He then pesters her successfully for several days day for further credit for his mobile phone account until he introduces himself and tells her that he will not call and annoy her anymore. Even though they both have not seen each other's faces before, Gayathri realizes that she likes him and initiates their next communication.

The

The gang decides to murder Dinesh. When the henchmen are chasing Dinesh, he gets a lift from Pughazh, who is on his way to meet Gayathri on his bike, lying to him that his sister is in the hospital. Due to stress, Dinesh forgets to thank Pughazh when he gets dropped off, but the gang members get a good look at Pughazh, thinking that he intentionally helped Dinesh escape. They find Pughazh, who is still on his way to meet Gayathri, and try to beat him up. However, he fights back and beats them up without getting a scratch on him. During the fight, he hurls one of the gang members, who accidentally falls on Gayathri, who is also in her way to see Pughazh. She gets knocked off her scooty, and her side mirror breaks. She calls Pughazh's mobile just as he is finishing off the fight. They both see each other for the first time. Pughazh immediately fall in love with her, but Gayathri believes that he is a rowdy.

Pughazh is still able to get in the good books of Gayathri and Dinesh by seeing them again during Gayathri's birthday. She invites him to his house, where on Gayathri gets more romantically involved with Pughazh. Meanwhile, after further altercations, the gangsters track and kill Dinesh. In retaliation to Pughazh's beating of the gangsters, they beat Devaraj, who tries to get help from the police. The

Cast

Production

The film began its first schedule from 29 November 2013, with posters released depicting Atharvaa as an athlete.^[4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar and released by Sony Music India.

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. Writing for The Hindu, Baradwaj Rangan said: "An athlete faces hurdles off the track too when he gets involved with counterfeiters."^[5] Behindwoods rated the film 2.75 out of 5 and wrote, "Atharvaa is sharp in this decent entertainer".^[6] Indiaglitz wrote"'Eetti' is the best bet for commercial movie lovers."^[7] Rediff wrote "Overall, director Ravi Arasu’s Eetti is a lighthearted commercial entertainer that is worth a watch".^[8] Times of India wrote "Eetti revolves around a sportsperson but it is not a sports film. It is a masala action movie that has smarts but is undone to an extent by the compromises that the director makes to his story".^[9] Sify wrote "Overall, Eetti with its confused presentation is not an entirely unwatchable film".^[10]

References

External links

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