After a successful theatrical run, Rajinikanth starrer Annaatthe istopping Netflix's trending charts in India. The movie made its way to theOTT platform just 20 days after its release, November 4.
The beginning portions of Annaatthe arestraight out of enjoyable Rajini films from the 90s. The actor, playingKaalayan aka Annaatthe, is a sprightly presence and found engaging in playfulbanter, along with the ever-dependable Soori as his sidekick.
The film stars Rajinikanth, KeerthySuresh and Nayanthara in the main lead roles while JagapathiBabu, Abhimanyu Singh and Soori are in supporting roles. Themusic for the film is composed by D. Imman while cinematography andediting are performed by Vetri and Ruben respectively.
The film revolves around the relationship ofKaalaiyan (Rajinikanth), a village president and his sibling, Thanga Meenatchi(Keerthy). Despite the film receiving negative reviews from critics, it was acommercial success grossing 239 crores becoming one of the highest-grossingTamil films.
In Annaatthe, Siruthai Siva introduces twovillains, Manoj Palekar (Abhimanyu Singh) and Uddhav Palekar (Jagapathi Babu),who have fewer screen time to make any kind of impact.
Netflix in its Instagram post wrote,“#Annaatthe, now streams on Netflix in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada andHindi.”
The South megastars recently released film ‘Annaatthe’is a great work done by him. Rajni’s fans purely watch his films to enjoy theirtime and cherish the charisma brought by him on the silver screen. He is anasset to the Tollywood industry.
Prosenjit Chatterjee, Bengali superstar, wrote,“My salute to the legend..in #Annaatthe, you have once again proved thatyou are a magician...you're a true inspiration Sir ..”
On the other hand, Twitter is divided on Annaatthe’s OTTrelease. The audience has shared mixed emotions related to the movie. While some haveshown tremendous support for the movie, some are still disappointed with thestoryline.
Those, who haven’t still watched the moviecan now enjoy it on Netflix.