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 | |
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| Directed by | A. Venkatesh |
| Written by | G. K. Gopinath (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | A. Venkatesh |
| Story by | Arjun |
| Produced by | V. Palanivel A. C. Anandan |
| Starring | Arjun Mallika Kapoor Vadivelu Prakash Pradeep Rawat Manivannan |
| Cinematography | K. S. Selvaraj |
| Edited by | P. Saisuresh |
| Music by | D. Imman |
Production company | AP Film Garden |
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Running time | 170 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
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.
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]
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.
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]
| Vathiyar | ||||
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| Released | 3 August 2006 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Hit Music | |||
| Producer | D. Imman | |||
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Song composing and background score was done by D. Imman.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Yennadi Muniyamma" | T. K. S. Natarajan | Karthik, Blaaze | 04:32 |
| 2. | "Engo paarthirukiren" | Thabu Shankar | D. Imman | 04:34 |
| 3. | "Thanjavooru Gopuramey" | Thabu Shankar | Karthik, Kalyani | 04:12 |
| 4. | "kayyaveesamma" | Pazhani Bharathi | D. Imman, Joshna | 04:27 |
| 5. | "Pappalapaappa" | Kalai Kumar | Anuradha Sriram | 04:51 |
| Total length: | 22:36 | |||
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