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{{Infobox film
| name = Vathiyar
| image =
| director = [[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]]
| writer = G. K. Gopinath (dialogues)
| story = [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]]
| screenplay = A. Venkatesh
| starring = Arjun [[Mallika Kapoor]] [[Vadivelu]] [[Prakash Raj|Prakash]] [[Pradeep Rawat (actor)|Pradeep Rawat]] [[Manivannan]]
| producer = V. Palanivel A. C. Anandan
| music = [[D. Imman]]
| cinematography = K. S. Selvaraj
| editing = P. Saisuresh
| studio = AP Film Garden
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2006|11|10}}
| runtime = 170 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
}}
'''''Vathiyar''''' ({{lang-en|Teacher}}) is a 2006 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[action film]] directed by [[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]] starring [[Arjun Sarja|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.<ref>https://www.indiaglitz.com/vathiyar-review-tamil-movie-8630</ref>

==Plot==
Dorai ([[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]]) is a do-gooder don, but a police force led by ACP Easwara Pandian ([[Prakash Raj]]) and his sidekick ([[Sathyan Sivakumar|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 (actress)|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==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] as Annadurai alias Dorai, the protagonist
* [[Mallika Kapoor]] as Anjali, Dorai's love interest
* [[Vadivelu]] as Ayyanar
* [[Prakash Raj]] as Eashwara Pandian
* [[Pradeep Rawat (actor)|Pradeep Rawat]] as MP Nachiyar, the main antagonist
* [[Manivannan]] as Subramaniam, Dorai's friend
* [[Sathyan Sivakumar|Sathyan]] as Easwara Pandian's sidekick
* [[Brendan Rodgers|Kabir Srinivasa Dileep]] as Rajeev Modi
* [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] as Dorai's mother
* [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as Anjali's father
* [[Thalaivasal Vijay]] as School Teacher
* [[Manobala]] as Ayyanar's father
* [[Singamuthu]] as Ayyanar's father's friend
* [[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Anjali's father
* [[Mahanadhi Shankar]] as Hooligan
* [[Sabitha Anand]]
* [[Thambi Ramaiah]]
* [[S. N. Lakshmi]]
* [[King Kong (actor)|King Kong]]
* [[Bonda Mani]]
*[[T. K. S. Natarajan]] as himself special appearance in the song "Ennadi Muniyamma")
* [[Shakeela]] (cameo appearance in the song "Pombala Paappa")
* [[Antara Biswas]] as [[item number]]
* [[Suja (actress)|Suja]] as item number
{{colend}}

==Production==
The film was officially launched at AVM Studios in 2006.<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/june-06-04/30-06-06-arjun.html</ref> 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<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/july-06-02/13-07-06-anjali.html</ref> and Mallika Kapoor was selected instead. Singer Blaze was selected to make a cameo appearance.<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/july-06-02/11-07-06-arjun.html</ref> The scene where Arjun defuses a bomb in Vinayaka Chathurthi was shot in Sri Perumbudur and cost twenty lakhs.<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/oct-06-01/03-10-06-arjun.html</ref> 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.<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/nov-06-04/20-11-06-arjun.html</ref>

==Release==
The film was originally slated to release on Diwali, but due to financial strains,<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/oct-06-04/25-10-06-arjun.html</ref> 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".<ref>http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/3280/tamil/vaathiyar/947/review.htm</ref> Hindu wrote: "The story is by Arjun and director A. Venkatesh has neatly woven the script to make it enjoyable for the masses".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/11/17/stories/2006111702330200.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126154130/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/11/17/stories/2006111702330200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=26 January 2013 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Message with popcorn flavour - Vaathiyar | date=17 November 2006}}</ref> Indiaglitz wrote: "Vathiyar is Basha meets Gentleman meets countless vigilante justice movies. The story and treatment are on typical lines".<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/review/8630.html</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Vathiyar
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[D. Imman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 3 August 2006
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = Hit Music
| producer = [[D. Imman]]
| prev_title = [[Kusthi]]
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = [[Rendu]]
| next_year = 2006
}}

Song composing and background score was done by [[D. Imman]].
{{tracklist
| headline = Tracklist<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0001009 | title=Vathiyar songs list | access-date=31 January 2012}}</ref>
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 22:36
| title1 = Yennadi Muniyamma
| extra1 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Blaaze]]
| lyrics1 = Thabu Shankar

| title2 = Engo paarthirukiren
| extra2 = [[D. Imman]]
| lyrics2 = Thabu Shankar

| title3 = Thanjavooru Gopuramey
| extra3 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Kalyani
| lyrics3 = Thabu Shankar

| title4 = kayyaveesamma
| extra4 = [[D. Imman]], Joshna
| lyrics4 = Pazhani Bharathi

| title5 = Pappalapaappa
| extra5 = [[Anuradha Sriram]]
| lyrics5 = Kalai Kumar

| length1 = 04:32
| length2 = 04:34
| length3 = 04:12
| length4 = 04:27
| length5 = 04:51

}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/preview/8377.html Review of Vathiyar Movie, Indiaglitz]
* {{IMDb title|tt6765648}}
{{A. Venkatesh (director)}}
{{Arjun Sarja}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vathiyar}}
[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2006 action films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Films directed by A. Venkatesh (director)]]

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