Kaththi was released worldwide on 22 October 2014, coinciding with the Diwali festival, and received critical acclaim with critics praising Vijay's performance, technical aspects, action sequences, social message, direction and the writing.
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Kaththi was a box-office success and emerged as one of the highest-grossing Tamil films, grossing 130 crore.
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Kaththi tells them that Jeeva is alive, that he will rescue him from Chirag and hand him back to the villagers with the assurance of a positive verdict.
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Kaththi described his character as one who does not "fight the hero with physical power, but with intelligence".
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Kaththi learned Tamil for his role, as he did not want to speak his dialogues without understanding their meaning.
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Kaththi did not use the photograph of actor Vijay in the design, and created a newspaper collage to resemble Vijay's face.
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Kaththi was released on 22 October 2014, coinciding with the Diwali festival.
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Kaththi thanked the then-Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa for extending the support towards the film's release.
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Kaththi reached the 1 billion mark in 12 days of its release.
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Kaththi completed a 100 days theatrical run on 29 January 2015.
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Kaththi became the highest grossing Tamil film of 2014 in US.
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The distributor Ayngaran International stated that Kaththi had the biggest opening for a Tamil film in UK since it released in over 70 screens there and topped the weekend box office in Malaysia.
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Kaththi's co-star Samantha is just his an arm candy but Neil Nitin Mukesh looks rich in stylish costumes.
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Kaththi received eight nominations at the 62nd edition of Filmfare Awards South and won three — Best Film, Best Director and Best Dance Choreographer.
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Kaththi eventually featured in the list of "Best Tamil Films of 2014" by various publications including The Hindu and Sify.
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Kaththi was the first Tamil film that did not contain disclaimer about smoking and drinking, as there were no smoking or drinking scenes being featured in the film.
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Social media and news articles cited that Kaththi became one of Vijay's films that elevated him to the path of super-stardom, that eventually continued after the success of Mersal, Sarkar and Bigil.
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Kaththi's success led several filmmakers to direct films based on agriculture and problems faced by farmers.
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