Aandavan Kattalai (2016 film)

Aandavan Kattalai
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Directed by	M. Manikandan
Produced by	G. N. Anbu Chezhiyan
Screenplay by	Arul Chezhiyan M. Manikandan Anucharan
Story by	Arul Chezhiyan
Starring	Vijay Sethupathi Ritika Singh Pooja Devariya
Music by	K
Cinematography	N. Shanmuga Sundaram
Edited by	Anucharan
Production company	Gopuram Films Tribal Arts
Distributed by	Sri Green Productions
Release date	23 September 2016 (2016-09-23)
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Aandavan Kattalai (English: God's order) is a 2016 Indian Tamil language satirical film co-written and directed by M. Manikandan. The film features Vijay Sethupathi and Ritika Singh in the lead roles, with Pooja Devariya, Nassar and Yogi Babu amongst others in supporting roles. Produced by G. N. Anbu Chezhiyan and featuring music by composer K, the film began production in March 2016 and was released on 23 September 2016. Narrating the story of how two men from interior Tamil Nadu struggle to acquire travel documents to fly to London, Aandavan Kattalai opened critical acclaim and became a commercially successful venture.

Faced with several debts, a village accountant Ganthi Arumugam (Vijay Sethupathi) leaves his village near Madurai to head to Chennai with his best friend Muthupandi Selvam alias Pandi (Yogi Babu) to get all the documents necessary for going to London, where they plan to make money to pay off their debts. They approach two middlemen to help them get the passport and British tourist visa necessary for them to go to London. The middlemen claim that the British Deputy High Commission would prefer to give tourist visas to those who are already married, so the duo are forced to add their "wife's" name while applying for the passport, with Ganthi adding his "wife's" name as Karmeghakuzhali, following a suggestion from their real estate broker, Murugesan (Singampuli). However, Ganthi's visa application is rejected, forcing him to remain in Chennai and take up a job as an accountant with a drama troupe Stray Factory, run by Master (Nassar), while Pandi passes his visa interview and leaves for London with the help of a passport officer, Kumar (S. S. Stanley).