Storyline

In Chennai, Shakthi alias Pattas and his accomplice, Puncture rob a mixed martial arts (MMA) academy due to their enmity with their neighbourhood girl, Sadhana Sha. Meanwhile, Kanyakumari "Kanya", a released convict from Kerala, follows Nilapparai alias Nilan, the owner of the MMA academy in an attempt to kill him, but meets Pattas and recognises him as her son, Shakthi. Nilan finds that Kanya is trying to kill her and attempts to capture her, but in vain. When Kanya arrives to meet Pattas, Sadhana unknowingly sets up Kanya under Nilan's instructions and leaves her to get attacked. The thugs arrive at Kanya's location to kill her, but Shakthi rescues her and learns about his past. Past:In the past, Shakthi'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, where 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 as Pattas. In the present, Shakthi swears vengeance and enrolls in the MMA event organised by Nilan. Shakthi is trained by Kanya, in the art of Adimurai. On the day of the event, Nilan uses a convict from Thailand to fight with Shakthi. Shakthi defeats him, but the convict stabs him in the right shoulder. Nevertheless, Shakthi still fights the next opponent and wins as he is ambidextrous. Nilan asks his son Richard to use unethical methods to kill Shakthi, but Richard refuses and forfeits the match. Sadhana eavesdrops on Nilan and tells Shakthi, but she ends up getting smashed into a glass table. Due to this, Sadhana is rushed to the hospital. Nilan challenges Shakthi to a fight. A fight ensues in which Shakthi defeats the latter and wins the championship. Later, Shakthi 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. In January 2019, it was announced that Dhanush had signed a two-film deal with Sathya Jyothi Films, with one of the two films being directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar. Sneha joined as the lead actress in early March 2019, reuniting with Dhanush after Pudhupettai (2006). For their roles, Dhanush and Sneha underwent training in the martial art Adimurai. Principal photography began on 6th March 2019 at Chennai, and was followed by schedules in Kanyakumari, Nagercoil and Aryankavu. In June 2019, Mehreen Pirzada joined the cast, portraying the love interest of Dhanush's son role. The title, Pattas was announced on 27th July 2019. Principal photography wrapped on 4 December 2019, and the movie was set to release in January 2020, coinciding with the Thai Pongal festival.

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Dhanush

Sneha

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