Aduthathu

Aduthathu (transl. Next) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Thakkali Srinivasan.^[1][2] The film stars Nassar, Sriman, Vaiyapuri, Ilavarasu, Aarthi and Meenal. The film is based on Agatha Christie's mystery novel And Then There Were None.^[3]

Aduthathu
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Thakkali Srinivasan
Screenplay by	Thakkali Srinivasan R. Narayanan (dialogues)
Based on	And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Starring	Nassar Sriman Vaiyapuri Aarthi Ilavarasu Meenal Darshini
Cinematography	Ezhil
Edited by	Maha Vishnu
Music by	Peter Balaji
Production company	Sutradhar
Distributed by	Keyaar
Release date	23 September 2011 (2011-09-23)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Nassar as Krishnamoorthy, a retired judge
• Sriman as Prathap^[4]
• Vaiyapuri as Baskhar, a cook
• Ilavarasu as Dr. Mohan Ram, a neurologist
• Aarthi as Selvi, a village woman
• Meenal as Varsha, a model
• Darshini as Pavitra, an MBA graduate
• R. S. Shivaji as a reporter
• Vivek Anand as Angels, a journalist
• Chandru as Sandeep, a computer engineer
• Aruna as Sarika, a businesswoman
• Sundari as Indira, a public prosecutor
• VJ Sabarna as an anchor

Controversy

There was a controversy that the 2015 Kannada film Aatagara is the remake of the film. At this point of time, the team of Aatagara arranged a special screening of the film for Thakkali Srinivasan in Bangalore. Srinivasan clarified that it is not a remake of his film. He also praised Aatagara of being an extremely well made film. He also revealed that he had made a serial inspired from Agatha Christe's novel And Then There Were None in 1995. Later he made the film Aduthathu inspired by the same. For both these, Kannan Parameshwaran worked on the story. Kannan also wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for Aatagara inspired by the same novel. Srinivasan had said that anything similar was to the novel and not his film.^[5]

Reception

A critic from Behindwoods wrote that "Aduthathu is a movie that wants to ride on suspense throughout. It does quite well in that respect, but the script gets its timing wrong when it comes to unravelling the suspense and that is a major drawback".^[6]