Royal Elephant) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Boopathy Pandian and produced by Michael Rayappan.

[2][3] The story opens in Karaikudi, where Gouravam is a well-known traditional cook making a living undertaking orders for marriage functions.

Saravanan and his four friends, who come to work for him as junior cooks, offer to help him but land him in even greater trouble and they are forced to flee from Karaikudi.

Things go wrong and as their love deepens we are introduced to two rival gangs, Kasi and Manaa along with a ‘Madurai Anachi’ who are constantly at each other's throat.

[13] The team shot in locations across Karaikudi, Madurai and Trichy as a part of the initial schedule with Seetha, Jagan and Manobala added to the cast.

The audio released on 23 June 2013[16] Milliblog called it "tired and sedate",[17] India glitz wrote:" Album made with Commercial aspects in mind"[18] while Behindwoods claimed that it "lacks freshness and fun".

[24] Prashanth Reddy of Desimartini.com said, "Pattathu Yaanai is an action-comedy at heart where momentary spurts of action are just a relief from what would have otherwise been a full-fledged comedy.

and added "But because of the film's "mass entertainer" aspirations, it brings in utterly necessary characters, like the heroine, who adds greater value to the story, besides being heavily sentimental.

If you were to expect Vishal to showcase his six pack abs, you would not be disappointed but the twist in the tale comes from the villain who removes his shirt to flaunt his chiseled torso.

If you have to consider the exclusion of Chennai city in the story, casting the heroine as a high school girl, instead of a college student and villain gang with a light sense of humour, then it is old wine in new bottle.