Petta (film)

Petta
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKarthik Subbaraj
Written byKarthik Subbaraj
Produced byKalanithi Maran[1]
StarringRajinikanth
Vijay Sethupathi
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
M. Sasikumar
CinematographyTirru
Edited byVivek Harshan
Music byAnirudh Ravichander
Production
company
Distributed bySun Pictures
Release date
  • 10 January 2019 (2019-01-10)
Running time
170 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹160 crore[3]
Box officeest. ₹219–250 crore[4][5][6][7]

Petta (/peɪttə/ transl. Hood) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action drama film[8] directed by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by Kalanithi Maran under Sun Pictures. The film stars Rajinikanth, alongside Vijay Sethupathi, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, M. Sasikumar, Simran, Trisha, Megha Akash, Malavika Mohanan, Mahendran, Bobby Simha, Guru Somasundaram, Aadukalam Naren, Munishkanth and Sananth. The film follows Kaali, a newly-hired hostel warden, who gets dragged into war after his old nemesis Singaaram resurfaces to exact revenge.

The film was officially announced in February 2018 under the tentative title Thalaivar 165, as it is Rajinikanth's 165th film as it is the lead actor, and the official title was announced in September 2018. Principal photography commenced in June 2018. It was shot in several locations including Darjeeling, Uttar Pradesh, and wrapped by late-October 2018. The film's music was composed by Anirudh Ravichander, while cinematography and editing were handled by Tirru and Vivek Harshan.

Petta was released on 10 January 2019, coinciding with Pongal, to mixed reviews from critics with praise for Rajinikanth's performance, technical aspects, climax and action sequences, but criticised its pace and script. The film grossed ₹219-250 crore against a budget of ₹160 crore, thus becoming one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of all time, the second highest-grossing Tamil film of 2019 and the fourth highest grossing South Indian film of 2019.[9]

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  2. ^ "Petta". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. ^ "'Darbar' to 'Kabali': Reported budget of the last five films of Superstar Rajinikanth". The Times of India. 3 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022. Rajinikanth joined hands with Karthik Subbaraj for the action-drama 'Petta', and the film was made on a budget of Rs 160 crore.
  4. ^ Kumar, Karthik (5 November 2019). "Bigil box office day 11: Vijay's film dethrones Rajinikanth's Petta, enters ₹250 cr club worldwide". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  5. ^ Singh, Jatinder (23 June 2022). "Highest grossing Kollywood (Tamil) films of all time; Vikram box office collections nears 400 crores worldwide". Pinkvilla. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Bigil Box Office Collection Day 10: Vijay's film tops the list of most successful Tamil films of 2019". Business Today. 4 November 2019. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Rs 1000 crore! That's how much Rajinikanth's three films grossed at the box office in a span of 7 months". Times Now. 2 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  8. ^ Nath, Akshaya (26 April 2018). "Karthik Subbaraj: My next with Rajinikanth will be an action drama". India Today. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Why wasn't 'Petta' dubbed in Kannada? Distributor clears the air". The News Minute. 17 January 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2020.