Vathiyar

Vathiyar (transl. Teacher) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by A. Venkatesh starring Arjun and Mallika Kapoor. The music was composed by D. Imman. It was released on 10 November 2006 and recorded an average at the box office.[1]

Vathiyar
Directed byA. Venkatesh
Written byG. K. Gopinath (dialogues)
Screenplay byA. Venkatesh
Story byArjun
Produced byV. Palanivel
A. C. Anandan
StarringArjun
Mallika Kapoor
Vadivelu
Prakash
Pradeep Rawat
Manivannan
CinematographyK. S. Selvaraj
Edited byP. Saisuresh
Music byD. Imman
Production
company
AP Film Garden
Release date
  • 10 November 2006 (2006-11-10)
Running time
170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Annadurai (Arjun) is a do-gooder don, but a police force led by ACP Easwara Pandian (Prakash Raj) and his sidekick (Sathyan) are after him. However, the poor need him as he is a Good Samaritan running an orphanage. He has help from his friends Subramani (Manivannan) and Ayyanar (Vadivelu). Dorai has a problem: his mother (Sujatha) does not approve of his ways and feels that he is just a loutish goon. There is also a TV journalist named Anjali (Mallika Kapoor), who is in love with Dorai because of his daredevil ways. Dorai has a past: he was just an honest-to-goodness schoolteacher who ends up as the deathly Dorai after a fire ravages a school and kills several children. The incident forces him to take on the system of venal officials and politics. Now, Dorai's biggest task is to nip a dark and dire politician who wants to bomb the city.

Cast

Production

The film was officially launched at AVM Studios in 2006.[2] Tulip Joshi was originally selected as the heroine but she was thrown out of the film as the crew couldn't control her starry tantrums[3] and Mallika Kapoor was selected instead. Singer Blaze was selected to make a cameo appearance.[4] The scene where Arjun defuses a bomb in Vinayaka Chathurthi was shot in Sri Perumbudur and cost twenty lakhs.[5] One assistant Director named Rajkumar had lodged a complaint with the Chennai Police Commissioner stating that his story has been stolen and made as Vathiyar. However, Arjun has denied the accusations that he had walked off with Rajkumar's script. "I have no reasons to steal someone else’s work and call it mine. Vathiyar is my own creation", Arjun declared.[6]

Release

The film was originally slated to release on Diwali, but due to financial strains,[7] the movie was delayed for a month and finally released on 10 November 2006.

Reviews

Nowrunning wrote: "Except for the action sequences there is nothing much to write about the movie".[8] The Hindu wrote: "The story is by Arjun and director A. Venkatesh has neatly woven the script to make it enjoyable for the masses".[9] Indiaglitz wrote: "Vathiyar is Basha meets Gentleman meets countless vigilante justice movies. The story and treatment are on typical lines".[10][11]

Soundtrack
Vathiyar
Soundtrack album by
D. Imman
Released3 August 2006
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelHit Music
ProducerD. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Kusthi
(2006)		 Vathiyar
(2006)		 Rendu
(2006)

Song composing and background score was done by D. Imman.

Tracklist[12]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Yennadi Muniyamma"T. K. S. NatarajanKarthik, Blaaze04:32
2."Engo paarthirukiren"Thabu ShankarD. Imman04:34
3."Thanjavooru Gopuramey"Thabu ShankarKarthik, Kalyani04:12
4."kayyaveesamma"Pazhani BharathiD. Imman, Joshna04:27
5."Pappalapaappa"Kalai KumarAnuradha Sriram04:51
Total length:22:36

References
  1. "Vathiyar review. Vathiyar Tamil movie review, story, rating".
  2. "Tamil movies : 'Vaathiyar' Arjun to fight with five baddies".
  3. "Tamil movies : Expensive Anjali thrown out of Vaathiyar!!".
  4. "Tamil movies : Blaaze's guest appearance in Vaathiyar with Arjun".
  5. "Tamil movies : Arjun diffuses bomb in Vinayaka Chaturthi function".
  6. "Tamil movies : Vathiyar is mine, claims Arjun".
  7. "Tamil movies : Why did Arjun's Vathiyar run into trouble?".
  8. "Vaathiyar Review | Vaathiyar Tamil Movie Review by PVS".
  9. "Message with popcorn flavour - Vaathiyar". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 17 November 2006. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013.
  10. "Tamil Cinema News | Tamil Movie Reviews | Tamil Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Tamil". Archived from the original on 6 December 2006.
  11. "Vathiyar: Pathetic".
  12. "Vathiyar songs list". Retrieved 31 January 2012.
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