The film is produced by Isakki Karvannan under Lakshmi Creations. Directed by T. Kittu, who directed the films ‘Methagu; Part 1’ and ‘Salliyar’, the film has producer Isakki Karvannan himself playing the role of a police officer as the protagonist of the story.
‘Ayali’ fame Abhi Nathakthira plays the female lead, while Kadhal Sukumar, Soundar, Praveen Palanisamy and many other prominent actors have acted in the film. The film is based on the idea that women are the first in our pool.
The music and trailer launch of the film was held yesterday evening at Saligramam Prasad Label. Naam Tamilar Party Coordinator Seeman, Naam Tamilar Party Publicity Secretary Chattai Duraimurugan, writer Suga, producer and distributor Kasali, director and actor Thirumurugan, and cartoonist Bala were present as special guests at the event and released the trailer of the film.
Director T. Kittu said,
“I got acquainted with my brother Isakki Karvannan during the screening of the movie Medhaku. Since then, I have been traveling with him. That is how he gave me the opportunity to direct this film. It was the Tamil Party that showed others that I had something. Even if someone helped me once, I will never forget to thank them until I die. I will always be grateful to Senthamizan Seeman, who united us all. A village chief or a family head, they would call her Aaati. Tamils have a lot of female clan deities. When we search for the reason for that, a great historical truth comes to light.
We have made this film focusing on these clan deities. I am very involved in the worship of clan deities. Since the beginning of this film, I have been visiting the temple frequently. First, we worship the female deities and then we go to the male deities. This is our way of worship. Until now, it has been going well with the grace of the clan deities. For this event, Seeman When I was in doubt whether he would come or if he was busy, I heard Sammy’s voice saying that he would definitely come. Whether he said it or not, he is the black man for our race. There is no black man holding a scythe.. There is a black man holding a sickle.. As usual, after finishing the shooting of this film and watching it, something seemed to be missing. Then, when I took this matter to the screenwriter legend Thirumurugan, who has been traveling with me for ten years, he suggested a small change and transformed the entire film beautifully. Especially the last half hour will be very exciting,” he said.
Director and actor Thirumurugan said,
“I have heard the best stories of Tamil cinema in parks and tea shops. But I have not seen them on screen yet. There is something wrong with them. They need to be fixed. Thambi Kittu is the one who can make a big film with a small budget in Tamil cinema. When he made the film Medhaku as a short film, I had played a role in it. After Medhaku, he must have become a big artist. After that, the film Salliyar, which he directed, is going to be released soon. Before that, my brother Isakki Karvannan gave this film.
In the meantime, Kittu went to Dubai to work to support his family. You are letting the best artists of Tamil cinema wander. I am one of them. I told a story to director Vetrimaaran and it was okay, but due to the Corona period, it did not happen. Brother Seeman. I should support the creators who have Tamil nationalist thoughts and give them the best works. I request.
I have also acted in the film Pettikadai directed by Isakki Karvannan. But he himself has come forward to act in this film. He has acted very well. He has shown women with subtle knowledge in this film, not saying that Tamil women are slaves, but that they are virtuous? Brave. Just as people believe that Annan Seeman will solve all the problems in Tamil Nadu, I believe that he will solve the problems in the film world and give talented artists a chance to raise their hands,” he said.
While speaking, music director Theesan said,
“This film is a very important film for the Tamil community. It has been developed as a period film.”
While heroine Abhi Natchathira spoke,
“I have a very strong character in this film. A character that I like very much. I consider it a matter of pride to act in a historical film in a different genre with a different look. I have learned a lot from director Kittu/ This will definitely be a film that will make a name for itself.”
Actor Kadhal Sukumar said,
It would be right for the Tamils’ Goman Annan Seeman to narrate the trailer of such a film. There are people here to film. There are no people here to record the feelings of Tamils. It is a pleasure that it is happening because of Tamils with good taste like Isakki Karvannan. It was only after this film that I was given the opportunity to act in ‘Paramasivan Fatima’. Director Kittu’s team was completely different from working in commercial films. If you watch this ‘Aatti’ film, it will touch your Tamil feelings,” he said.
Actor Praveen Palanisamy, who is making his debut as a villain, said,
When I asked the director why he chose me for my role in this film, he said that the character needs a moonji. He said that you have it.. I will get married before the release of this film, because I told the director that they will not give me a wife if the film is released. Fortunately, my marriage ended three months ago,” he said.
Actor Soundar spoke,
:Like a social activist, Isakki Karvannan can be called a cinema enthusiast. He chooses a different story for each film. When I shot my scenes in this film, I was a little skeptical. It was only when I saw it in the editing that I realized that it turned out well. This film has been shot in a beautiful location a little away from Ooty. It will be wonderful when you see it in the film,” he said.
Producer and distributor Kazali spoke,
“Isakki Karvannan and director Kittu are very interested in both, heroism and our way of life. The reason for that is brother Seeman. For the past 15 years, brother Seeman has been talking about natural resources and self-reliance. A president in Africa is practicing this in his country. We will definitely get the same idea that someone in any country has. Theater owners only ask for good and different films. I am also ready to help in the release of this ‘Aatti’ film. The main reason for that is love,” he said.
While speaking to Tamil Party leader Duraimurugan,
“The correct history of the Tamil community has not been talked about in cinema so far. At the same time, the history against it is being systematically recorded. In the last one year alone, three films, Family Man, Jatt, and Kingdom, have been made by people who have no connection with our community or language and are systematically spreading slander against Eelam Tamils. It was Annan Seeman who chased away such films. At one time, Anna’s younger brothers ruled the film industry. Today, Annan’s younger brothers rule.
There is no story in films that big directors can direct for 150 crores. But big actors only act with directors who do not have a story. They do not come to those who have a story. Director Kittu has many such stories. Director Kittu and I posted some videos together on YouTube in the early days. After that, he entered the art industry. Director Kittu played a huge role in laying the foundation for my YouTube channel. I heard that this film has turned out to be a great film. This film should be celebrated all over Tamil Nadu,” he said.
Cartoonist Bala, while speaking,
said that director Tittu has the talent to convey a big message in a simple way in every two minutes without letting everyone get the chance to do it.
Producer and hero Isakki Karvannan said,
“You have seen the story of revolutionary women in many films so far. This film will be the first of its kind. It is an incident that happened in our ancient times that if there is a problem for the land, women will come first. It was our Tamils who formed the first women’s army in the world. We hold those women as goddesses. If a town wants to be good, women must be good. This film is based on the idea that we should show the strength of such women to the world.
Our Tamil society is the only society in the world that held women as goddesses. But do we celebrate such women now? Everyone is denigrating and talking about how we have kept women at our feet as slaves. The one who has been exalting them for so many years is Annan Seeman. If there is anyone who cannot be brought down, it is Annan Seeman. If it was anyone else, they would have run away from politics by now. ‘Aatti’ is a film for a society that held women in high regard. This. There should be no discrimination between small and big films in screening films. All films should be released at the same time. Cinema in other states, except Tamil Nadu, is in the hands of producers,” he said.
Speaking on the occasion, writer Suga said,
“I have immense respect for director Isakki Karvannan for not adding his father’s name after his own name but before it. Hundreds of people who worked on a film also have a role to play in its creation. Director Kittu’s act of honoring those who were his assistant directors on stage is commendable. All the things that Seeman and I did in the same Prasad label 35 years ago come to mind now. Director Kittu and producer Isakki Karvannan have the courage and ability to use the Tamil word ‘Aatti’ as the title of the film in this year 2025. The heroine of this film welcomed Seeman by speaking in English. The Bengali actress who attended the function tried to speak Tamil as much as possible. I appreciate her efforts,” he said.
When Naam Tamil Party Coordinator Seeman spoke,
“Though brother Kadhal Sukumar is not a very famous filmmaker, he is a Tamil son with a great sense of Tamil ethnicity. That is why I have always had a personal affection for Sukumar. Director Kittu has a natural talent for creativity. He has the ability to say what he wants to say with humor and sarcasm, while also being concise. Although it is a joy that he left the film industry without joining us on a political journey, it is a loss for us. Kittu has the ability to make a great film for one and a half crores among those who make films without a story on a multi-crore budget. If you watch the film Salliyar directed by him, you will understand. I have unwavering faith that he would have done this film very well.
There can be no alternative to ‘Women come first in our village’. There is very little historical evidence for the Tamils who ruled our ancestors. There are only a lot of literary evidence. Literature lies. But history does not lie. That is why until today we are a completely ignored person in history. We are the people of the race. While literature portrays Kannagi as a heroic heroine, in history Velu Nachiyar has actually been a ‘Atti’ and a creative person. In reality, she is the Atti. But she has only a small statue in Sivaganga. She has been ignored in history.
The Queen of Jhansi was born in the North 85 years after Velu Nachiyar passed away. Instead of calling her the Velu Nachiyar of the North, they have tried to write history wrongly by calling Velu Nachiyar the Jhansi Queen of the South. This is how our history started to disappear little by little. No race that did not respect women has ever risen. Tamil society is a society that greatly respected women.
We should recreate our history ourselves.. Such an effort is the small efforts of making films like this by Thambi Kittu. How many crores did these governments pour into a soldier who sacrificed his life standing at the border to protect the country? Drinking illicit liquor 10 lakhs for a dead person. One crore for a medal winner in a sports competition. But nothing for a soldier who laid down his life on the border. If that is the case, with what confidence does a person go to serve in the army that the country will take care of his home after his death?
They sang that theft cannot be eradicated if it is not treated as a thief and not changed. It has not changed till now. Now we have to change it ourselves. We should try to speak in our Tamil language without mixing foreign words. We have good words for everything. We are not angry with anyone. A nation that cannot speak its mother tongue will not survive. I am not sorry that my younger sister Abhi Natchathira spoke like that. Because if she spoke like that, they would think she was an illiterate child. When I was acting in the film Pallikoodam, I wrote “With love” in Tamil and signed it to those who came to see me. Actress Sneha signed it in English. When I asked her why, she said that at first I was signing in Tamil. A mother and daughter looked at me and said that maybe she did not read. From then on, she said that she would sign in English. If you sign in Tamil, they label you as illiterate. Revolution is waiting like dry pebbles under every human being’s feet. For the sake of a match. I wish that Thambi Kittu’s ‘Aatti’ creation will be a match that burns brightly,” he said.
