Directed by A.R. Murugadoss · Music by Anirudh Ravichander · October 2014 (Diwali)
Dual role blockbuster. Strong farmer welfare message. Anirudh Ravichander's Vijay debut.
This was Vijay's film 57 of 69 as a lead actor — counted from his debut Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) — released in 2014 during the 2010s.
Soundtrack composed by Anirudh Ravichander
A. R. Murugadoss's farmer-rights drama is widely ranked among Vijay's finest films — the water-tanker fight and the 'coin-toss' monologue are modern classics.
The Jeevanandham speech on farmer suicides gave Tamil cinema one of its most powerful political statements — years before Vijay entered politics himself.
Anirudh Ravichander's first soundtrack for Vijay.
Kaththi (2014) stands among the commercial high points of Vijay's 69-film journey as a lead actor — a film that resonated deeply with audiences and reinforced his stature as one of Tamil cinema's most bankable stars of the 2010s. Every blockbuster in this filmography was another step on the road that ultimately led from cinema halls to the Chief Minister's chair.