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Wikipedia article




'Devarattam' is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by M. Muthaiah produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja. The film stars Gautham Karthik and Manjima Mohan, while Vinodhini Vaidyanathan, Soori, and FEFSI Vijayan play supporting roles. The film's soundtrack is composed by Nivas K. Prasanna with editing done by Praveen K. L. and cinematography by Sakthi Saravanan. The film released on 1 May 2019. It received mixed to negative reviews but become a commercial hit.

Plot



Vetri (Gautham Karthik) lives in a casteist pride(devar) joint family with six sisters and their husbands. He has been brought up by his eldest sister Pechi (Vinodhini Vaidyanathan), and their relationship is more like a mother and son. Vetri, despite being a lawyer, has an anger problem and gets into unnecessary fights, but everybody in the family loves him as he is the first advocate in their family. However, soon he takes the law into his hands when he murders a sexual offender and his friend who happens to be the adopted son of Madurai's dreaded gangster, Kodumpavi Ganesan (FEFSI Vijayan). Ganesan swears revenge and promises to kill Vetri just like he murdered his son in the streets of Madurai in broad daylight. However, Ganesan instead kills Pechi and her husband (Bose Venkat). As revenge, Vetri kills Ganesan and places his severed head inside the fridge at home, a deed that he was supposed to have done before the funeral of the deceased relatives.

Cast



* Gautham Karthik as Vetri

* Manjima Mohan as Madhu

* Soori as Vetri's 4th brother-in-law

* FEFSI Vijayan as Kodumpavi Ganesan

* Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Pechi, Vetri's 1st sister

* Bose Venkat as Vetri's 1st brother-in-law

* Saravana Sakthi as Vetri's 2nd brother-in-law

* Aaru Bala as Vetri's 3rd brother-in-law

* Vijayakumar as Vetri's 5th brother-in-law

* Munish Raja as Vetri's 6th brother-in-law

* Akalya Venkatesan as Vetri's sister

* Kannika Ravi as Bhavani

* Shenbagam as Vetri's sister

* Sindhu as Vetri's sister

* Saranya as Vetri's sister

* Akila as Vetri's sister

* Vela Ramamoorthy as Kalyani Thevar, Vetri's father

* G. Gnanasambandam as Bojarajan

* Chandru Sujan as Deivam, Ganesan's son

* Veeran Selvarajan as Veeran

* Hello Kandasamy as Vanitha's father

* Ragu Aditya as Munna

* TSR as a judge

Critical Reception



Srivatsan.S of The Hindu wrote "'Devarattam' is yet another Tamil film that uses rape/sexual assault as a ploy to take the story forward. The film comes at a time when the disturbing Pollachi incident is still fresh in our minds." Sreedhar Pillai of Firstpost said "In the end, 'Devarattam' seems like just another film which shows Madurai as a traditional land that is also a blood-soaked, lawless place where cops and gangsters are hand in glove." Janani.K of India Today writes as "Director Muthaiah's films follow the same template. So much so, that you can guess the story even before you have seen the film. Devarattam is the same: a cliched rural entertainer. Skip Devarattam at ease." Subhakeerthana.S of The Indian Express wrote "Mindless violence and bloodshed fill this below-average rural drama". Karthik Kumar of Hindustan Times said "If you are interested in a generic rural masala entertainer but one that has great action, then this Gautham Karthik starrer could be a film for you." Sudhir Sreenivasan of Cinema Express wrote "The film, ostensibly mounted on Thevar pride, makes the sort of association with violence we have generally been used to seeing in such movies" Anjana Shekar of The News Minute wrote "It is not just a sentiment-action-revenge-drama formula. It is the directors anguish at how men treat women in this society. In the end, the message rings loud and clear for all the men - Our heroism and courage is for the sake of protecting women, not for raping them!."

Box office



The film earned Rs 6.5 crore in its opening weekend.

Soundtrack



This film's soundtrack is composed by Nivas K. Prasanna with lyrics written by Yugabharathi, Magizh Thirumeni, Vivek, and Pa. Vijay

References




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