Enkitta Mothathe (2017 film)

Enkitta Mothathe
Theatrical release poster
Tamil	எங்கிட்ட மோதாதே
Directed by	Ramu Chellappa
Produced by	Sunil Lulla
Written by	Ramu Chellappa
Starring	Natraj Rajaji Parvathy Nair Sanchita Shetty Radha Ravi
Music by	Natarajan Sankaran
Cinematography	M. C. Ganesh Chandra
Edited by	Athiyappan Shiva
Production company	Eros International RV Films
Distributed by	KR Films
Release date	24 March 2017
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Enkitta Mothathe (English: Don't mess with me) is a 2017 Indian Tamil action comedy film, written and directed by Ramu Chellappa. The film features Natraj, Rajaji, Parvathy Nair and Sanchita Shetty in the leading roles. Co-produced by Eros International with RV Films, the film tells the story of two fan club leaders of the actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan in Tirunelveli during 1988. The film had a theatrical release across Tamil Nadu on 24 March 2017.

In May 2015, Eros International revealed that they would produce two Tamil language films in the forthcoming year — an action drama titled Enkitta Mothathe by Ramu Chellappa starring Natraj and Rajaj, along with Pirai Thaediya Naatkal by Abraham Prabhu featuring Ashok Selvan. Director Ramu had earlier assisted director Pandiraj in Vamsam (2010) and Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (2013) and worked as an assistant to director Selvaraghavan in Mayakkam Enna (2011). He had wanted to make a film set in the 1980s after being inspired by Sasikumar's Subramaniapuram (2008) and had successfully narrated the script to Soundarya Rajinikanth, who had been on Eros's board at the time. While writing the script, Ramu travelled to Nagercoil and Madurai and interviewed several cutout artists, while Natraj was given training by cutout artist Sada for his role in the film. Production began in mid 2015, with the film revealed to be about opposing fan groups of actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan from the 1980s.Parvathy Nair was picked for a lead role, after the director was impressed with her performances in Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and Uttama Villain (2015).Sanchita Shetty was also cast in the film to portray a village belle and a Rajinikanth fan, who would be the love interest of Natraj.