India Synopsis
அட்டகாசம்
The movie begins with Ajith, a driving instructor leading a happy life with his mother Sujatha. She hides from him the truth that his father, Nizhalgal Ravi, was murdered by a dadha, Babu Anthony. The mother much against the boy’s wish packs off Ajith’s twin brother with a family who offer to adopt him, who had been witness to the murderer from a close quarter, to a distant town. He escapes from the family and goes to Tuticorin and grows to become a gangster there. When the younger Ajith visits Tuticorin, he comes across his elder brother. Seizing the opportunity, the elder brother kidnaps the younger one and decides to go as the driving instructor to Chennai. Initially, he plans to take revenge on his mother for packing him off from their house at a very young age. He hurts her at every step and even plans to sell off all their property.
The 2003–2005 India Window
143 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Attagasam sits at position #115.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Attagasam premiered. 454 total titles in this decade from India.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 37m runtime, production spent $3K per minute on screen and earned $3K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,636 of 1,983 India films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.9 points below the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Action productions specifically: #500 of 637 (top 78%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Tamil |
| Runtime | 2h 37m |
| Release Date | November 12, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0881894 |