Summary
Kaaliyan is a village president in the Madurai district, who is fondly called Annaatthe. His nieces compete with each other to marry him. But, he falls in love with another woman who visits their village. Kaaliyan has a sister who gets married and shifts to Kolkata where she faces some unknown threats. Soon, her brother comes to her aid.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 37GoodWatch 39
IMDb4.0
Audience score38%
Letterboxd · 7 K ratings1.6/5
Running time
2 h 43 min
Longer than 9 in 10 action movies, +55 min on the typical 108
typical 108163Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 133 countries
+123Released
2021
November 4, 2021
5 years ago
Genres
ActionFamilyDramaLanguage
Tamil
Original language
Made in
India
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
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and 20 more26 people
- Rajinikanth'Annaatthe' Kaalaiyaan
- MeenaMangayarkarasi
- NayantharaPattamal
- Keerthy SureshThanga Meenakshi
- Khusbhu SundarAngayarkanni
- Jagapati BabuUdhav Palekar
- SooriPachakili
- Abhimanyu SinghManoj Palekar
Prakash RajNattadurai
BalaArjun
LivingstonMangayarkarasi’s husband
PandiarajanAngayarkanni’s husband
SathishAngayarkanni’s brother
SathyanMangayarkarasi’s brother
Vela RamamoorthyKaalaiyan’s uncle
Billy MuraliManoj Palekar's Henchman
Rohiet NairBanerjee
Kulappulli LeelaKaalaiyaan’s grandmother
Nadodigal GopalKaalaiyan's Uncle
ThavasiPriest
Redin KingsleyNattadurai's Brother In Law- HHrishikeshA Potential Groom
George MariyanKomberi Mookan- BBhavazYoung Kaalaiyan
Directing · 2
- Siva Director, Story, Dialogue, Screenplay
- R. Rajasekar Co-Director
Writing · 10
- Adhi Narayana Co-Writer, Story
- Viveka Lyricist
- Yugabharathi Lyricist
- Arivu Lyricist, Playback Singer
- Thamarai Lyricist
- Anthony Bhagyaraj Dialogue
Production · 6
- Kalanithi Maran Producer
- D. Ramesh Kuchirayar Production Executive
- Thandavakrishnan Production Executive
- R. Anbazhagan Production Executive
- Kabilan Chellaiah Publicist
- R S Suresh Maniyan Production Executive
Camera · 2
- Vettri Director of Photography
- V. Sittrarasu Still Photographer
Editing · 3
- Antony L. Ruben Editor
- C.M.Elangovan Assistant Editor
- K. S. Rajasekaran Colorist
Sound · 13
- D. Imman Original Music Composer
- T. Udayakumar Sound Designer
- Rajinikanth Playback Singer
- S. P. Balasubramaniam Playback Singer
- Anthony Daasan Playback Singer
- Shreya Ghoshal Playback Singer
Art · 1
- Milan Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Shravya Varma Costume Design
- Sangeetha Costume Design
- Anu Vardhan Costume Design
- Dhatsha Pillai Costume Design
- Anu Parthasarathy Costume Design
Visual Effects · 1
- Harihara Suthan Visual Effects, VFX Supervisor
Other crew · 4
- Dhilip Subbarayan Stunt Coordinator
- Brinda Gopal Choreographer
- Riaz K. Ahmed Public Relations
- Prem Rakshith Choreographer
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