This is the first-time effort of Ranjith, who will be debuting as director into the Tamil film industry with `Attakathi.' Ranjith has assisted Venkat Prabhu in the latter's films like `Goa.' `Attakathi' is a real-life story and at the same time a humorous take on the lives of guys based in the suburbs of Chennai. The film sees Dinesh and Swetha as the lead pair.
 
Dinesh has earlier appeared in `Aadukalam' as well as in the more recently released `Mouna Guru.' The film also sees a handful of fresh faces who are venturing in to cinema with this film. So why the name attakathi (a sword made of cardboard)?
 
The director recently revealed regarding the title of this film. He said, the hero of the film is just like a pseudo sword. All talk and no action. The film depicts a phase of the hero's life - his family, people close to him, his friends and people whom he does not favour much, his relatives.
 
`Attakathi' is produced by Thirukumaran Entertainments and has music by Santosh Narayanan. The music audio of this film will soon go on air, and the film will see a release in a couple of months, reveal some sources in the industry.