Umenzi wamafilimu odumile waseNingizimu India, u-Atlee ungomunye wabaqondisi abakhulu eNdiya. Ngokuphumelela amafilimu afana Indlovukazi uRani , kuhlatshiwe futhi I-Mersal , usezakhele igama kulo mkhakha. Umqondisi osolwa ngokugxeka uhlanganyele izandla nesihlabani se-Bollywood, u-Shah Rukh Khan kwelinye lamafilimu alindelwe kakhulu ngo-2023, Jawan .
Kulabo abangafundile, eneminyaka engu-19, u-Atlee wasiza umdidiyeli wefilimu odumile, uS. Shankar kumafilimu aphawulekayo, I-Enthiran , Nanban , nokunye okuningi. Kodwa-ke, kwakungo-2013 lapho u-Atlee enza i-debut yakhe njengomqondisi wefilimu, Indlovukazi uRani , eqhubeke nokuwina uchungechunge lwezindondo. Ngemva kwalokhu, waqondisa kuhlatshiwe , lapho ahlanganyela khona izandla noThalapathy Vijay, futhi futhi, umphumela waba ngcono nakakhulu.