Petta Movie Details:
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Genre | Action, Drama |
Release date | 10 January 2019 |
Running time | 2hr 52min |
Certificate | U/A |
Starring | Rajinikanth Vijay Sethupathi Nawazuddin Siddiqui M. Sasikumar |
Directed by | Karthik Subbaraj |
Written by | Karthik Subbaraj |
Produced by | Kalanithi Maran |
Cinematography by | Tirru |
Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
Music by | Anirudh Ravichander |
Production Company | Sun Pictures |
Distributor | Sun Pictures |
Petta Movie Cast & Characters:
- Rajinikanth as Kaali / Pettavelan “Petta”
- Vijay Sethupathi as Jithu Singh
- Sasikumar as Maalik
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Singaar Singh “Singaaram”
- Simran as Mangalam (Anu’s biological mother)
- Trisha as Saraswathy
- Bobby Simha as Michael
- Sananth as Anwar
- Megha Akash as Anu
- Malavika Mohanan as Poongodi
- Mahendran as Rajapandi, Poongodi, Devaaram, and Singaar’s father
- Vettai Muthukumar as Devaaram, Rajapandi’s son, and Singaaram and Poongodi’s brother
- Guru Somasundaram as District Collector, Petta’s friend
- Aadukalam Naren as Gnanam, Michael’s father
- Y. G. Mahendran as Ram Prakash, the college principal
- Ramdoss as Chittu, Hostel mess supervisor
- Chinni Jayanth as Cheenu, Mangalam’s patient
- Vivek Prasanna as College Professor
- Ramachandran Durairaj as Gnanam’s henchman
- Manikandan Achari as Gnanam’s henchman
- Deepak Paramesh as Michael’s friend
- Adithya Shivpink as Michael’s friend
- Thennavan as Minister Thangam
- GM Sundar as Arivazhagan
- Shabeer Kallarakkal as Arjith
- Vaiyapuri as Karuppusamy
- Gajaraj as Shanmugam, Petta’s Tamilian Friend living in Uttar Pradesh
- Venkatesh as Selva Vinayagam
- Ravichandran as Abdul Marakkayar, Petta and Maalik’s father (in photo)
- Rajkumar as student
- Vaibhav Reddy as Idhayam Murali (cameo appearance in the song “Aaha Kalyanam”)
Storyline:
Though he works as a hostel warden, there is more to Kaali than meets the eye. Things take an interesting turn when Kaali’s path crosses with a group of dreaded gangsters.
Petta Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
Budget | ₹160 crore |
Worldwide Collection | ₹219–250 crore |
About Petta Movie:
Petta is a Tamil action drama film directed by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by Kalanithi Maran under Sun Pictures. The film stars Rajinikanth in the titular role, 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 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 has music composed by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography handled by Tirru and editing by Vivek Harshan.
Petta was released on 10 January 2019 in theatres to mixed reviews from critics, with praise for Rajinikanth’s performance, the technical aspects, screenplay, and action sequences while criticism was drawn against the pacing and writing.
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 forth highest grossing South Indian film of 2019.