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Pattas ( ) is a 2020 Indian Tamil language-language martial arts film written and directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. It stars Dhanush in a dual role, alongside Sneha and Mehreen Pirzada. Naveen Chandra, Nassar, Munishkanth and Manobala play supporting roles. The film entered production in March 2019 and ended that December. It was released theatrically on 15 January 2020, coinciding with Pongal, to mixed reviews from critics but became a box office success.
In the past, Pattas's father, Dhiraviya Perumal learns Adimurai through his teacher Muthaiah Asaan, Nilan's father and a skilled Adimurai warrior, based in Nagercoil. Nilan is unable to learn Adimurai and leaves the village after being defeated by Kanya in a fight. Due to an incident, Dhiraviya Perumal realises that Adimurai is not known to Tamil Nadu and opens an Adimurai school to spread awareness about Adimurai. Nilan returns home as a kickboxing champion with his family and kickboxing friends. Nilan plans to recruit Adimurai practitioners to learn kickboxing, where he ask Dhiraviya Perumal to transform it as a kickboxing academy and make more profits, but Dhiraviya Perumal refuses.
Nilan and his friends try to recruit Adimurai students into kickboxing, but to no avail. An altercation between Nilan's brother-in-law and a boy leads a fight between Nilan and Dhiraviya Perumal, where the latter easily defeats Nilan. Enraged, Nilan kills Muthaiah Asaan and poisons the food of the academy, affecting staff members, teachers and students. Nilan burns down the academy with the help of his friends and massacre any academy survivors and Nilan burns Dhiraviya Perumal alive. Kanya witnesses this and manages to escape with Shakthi. While escaping from Nilan's friends, Shakthi gets injured and it leads him to forget his past, and Kanya angrily kills one of them, which is noticed by the police nearby and Kanya gets imprisoned in Kerala. Shakthi is found by Kolusu in Chennai, where he was adopted and renamed Pattas.
In the present, Pattas swears vengeance and enrolls in the MMA event organised by Nilan. Pattas is trained by Kanya in Adimurai. On the day of the event, Nilan uses a convict from Thailand to fight with Pattas. Pattas defeats him, but the convict stabs him in the right shoulder. Nevertheless, Pattas still fights the next opponent and wins as he is Ambidexterity. Nilan asks his son Richard to use unethical methods to kill Pattas, but Richard refuses and forfeits the match. Sadhana eavesdrops on Nilan and tells Pattas, but she ends up getting smashed into a glass table. Due to this, Sadhana is rushed to the hospital. Nilan challenges Pattas to a fight. A fight ensues in which Pattas defeats Nilan and wins the championship. Later, Pattas gives a speech about Adimurai and its importance, which leads the Tamil Nadu Sports Ministry to accept Adimurai as a sport, thus achieving Dhiraviya Perumal's dream of spreading Adimurai throughout Tamil Nadu.
Studio Flicks rated the album 3 out of 5, stating, " Pattas is an album that easily indicates the movie is an out and out commercial entertainer and having used this term, it is sure that the songs will achieve an escalated stature with the visuals. For now, Chill Bro and Jigidi Killadi happen to be the instant attractions" and gave a verdict "Vivek-Mervin offer a tailor-made package that a commercial entertainer demands."
Janani K of India Today gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Pattas tries to be a proper commercial entertainer that fails to entertain." Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Based on a Pongal formula, the film relies heavily on the Dhanush brand." Sowmya Rajendran of The News Minute wrote "Pattas's triumph is that it's enjoyable while it lasts, much like a firecracker." Baradwaj Rangan wrote for Film Companion, "Dhanush double roles his way through an action drama that's the dictionary definition of formula."
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