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Vaathi is a 2023 Indian period action drama film written and directed by Venky Atluri. The film was shot simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu with the latter titled as Sir and produced by Tollywood studios Sithara Entertainments and Fortune Four Cinemas.[1][2] The film features Dhanush and Samyuktha in primary roles along with P. Sai Kumar, Tanikella Bharani, Samuthirakani and Hyper Aadi.[3]

Vaathi
File:Vaathi film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVenky Atluri
Produced by
  • Suryadevara Naga Vamsi
  • Sai Soujanya
Written byVenky Atluri
Starring
Music byGV Prakash Kumar
CinematographyJ. Yuvaraj
Edited byNaveen Nooli
Production
company
Distributed byPVP Cinema
Seven Screen Studio
Sony Pictures
Skanda Cinemass
Einstin Media
Release date
  • 17 February 2023 (2023-02-17)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
Language
  • Tamil
  • Telugu

Plot

In the small town of Sozhavaram/Siripuram in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Srinivas Thirupathi/Srinivas Tripathi is the owner of private colleges, who adopts some government colleges and sends some of his faculty members as the latter knows that his faculty members aren't capable to teach students and wants to eliminate all public institutions of intermediate college education and force students into his private institutions. However, Balamurugan/Bala Gangadhar Tilak, a qualified teacher thwarts Thirupathi/Tripathi's plans by making the students at Sozhavaram/Siripuram government college get first class distinction. This news enrages Thirupathi/Tripathi who reprimands and challenges Balamurugan/Bala Gangadhar Tilak at the school's meet to celebrate the success of the students. Thirupathi/Tripathi challenges Balamurugan/Bala Gangadhar Tilak to make the students secure TNPCEE/EAMCET ranks. Balu accepts the challenge and soon starts to prepare the students.

Cast

  • Dhanush as Balamurugan 'Bala' Sir (Tamil) / Bala Gangadhar Thilak (Telugu), Mathematics teacher
  • Samyuktha as Meenakshi, Biology teacher
  • P. Sai Kumar as Village President
  • Tanikella Bharani as Thanigachalam, school headmaster
  • Samuthirakani as Srinivas Thirupathi (Tamil) / Srinivas Tripathi (Telugu)
  • Thotapalli Madhu
  • Narra Srinivas as Sudharshan
  • Pammi Sai
  • Hyper Aadi as Karthik, Chemistry teacher
  • Sha Ra as Prakash Reddy (Tamil) / Bulli Reddy (Telugu), Physics teacher
  • Aadukalam Naren as Bala's Father
  • Ilavarasu
  • Rajendran as 'Bittu' Bhupathi
  • Hareesh Peradi as Mohammed Ansari, Bala's teacher
  • Praveena as Bala's mother
  • Naga Mahesh as Inspector Suresh
  • Bharathiraja as a Villager (cameo appearance)
  • Ken Karunas as Young Ananda Muthuvelkumar 'Muthu' (Tamil) / A. S. Murthy (Telugu)
  • Sumanth as District collector Ananda Muthuvelkumar 'Muthu' (Tamil) / A. S. Murthy (Telugu) (cameo appearance)

Production

Principal photography of the film began on 7 January 2022. The second schedule of the shoot began in April 2022 when Dhanush had joined the sets after he had finished the shoot of Naane Varuvean. The filming was completed on October 2022.[4][5][6]

Music

Vaathi
Soundtrack album by
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Released4 February 2023 (2023-02-04)
Recorded2022
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LengthTamil version:
20:18
Telugu version:
20:35
LanguageTamil
Telugu
LabelAditya Music
G. V. Prakash Kumar chronology
Sardar
(2022) 		Vaathi
(2023) 		Rudhran
(2023)

The music of the film is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The first single titled "Vaa Vaathi" in Tamil and "Mastaaru Mastaaru" in Telugu was released on 10 November 2022.[7][8] The second single titled "Naadodi Mannan" in Tamil and "Banjara" in Telugu was released on 17 January 2023.[9][10]

Tamil
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Vaa Vaathi"  Shweta Mohan 3:48
2. "Naadodi Mannan"  Anthony Daasan 3:23
3. "Kalangudhe"  Vijay Yesudas 3:28
4. "One Life"  Stephen Zechariah, Arivu 2:47
5. "Sooriya Paarvaigaley"  Tippu, Ravi G 2:54
6. "Vaa Vaathi (Reprise)"  Dhanush 3:48
Total length:
 20:18
Telugu
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Mastaaru Mastaaru"  Shweta Mohan 3:48
2. "Banjara"  Anurag Kulkarni 3:32
3. "Maaraajayya"  Kaala Bhairava 3:28
4. "One Life"  Hemachandra, Pranav Chaganty 3:03
5. "Sandhya Na Udayiddaam"  Anurag Kulkarni 2:55
6. "Mastaaru Mastaaru (Reprise)"  Dhanush 3:48
Total length:
 20:35

Release

Theatrical

The film was scheduled for a theatrical release on 2 December 2022 in Tamil and Telugu, but was postponed.[11][12] In November 2022, it was announced that the film will release on 17 February 2023.[13] It was announced that Seven Screen Studio has acquired the distribution rights of the film in Tamil Nadu.[14]

Home media

Initially, there were reports suggesting that the film's digital rights were acquired by Aha, but later it was acquired by Netflix while the satellite rights were sold to Sun TV Network.[15] The film premiered on Netflix on 17 March 2023 in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi.[16]

Reception

Shubham Kulkarni of Koimoi rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and said "Vaathi is a film that at large has a big intention but it never forgets to entertain its audience".[17] Logesh Balachandran of The Times of India rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Vaathi is a film that's mounted on no-nonsense writing though it could have been even better".[18] Latha Srinivasan of India Today rated the film 2.5 out of 5 and said that the film has a "noble mission" but Venky Atluri's story and narration are a big let-down.[19] Avinash Ramachandran of The New Indian Express rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Despite using a 140-minute runtime to teach us a bunch of subjects, but the film teaches us are "Films don't have to be preachy to drive home a point" and "Dhanush can make anything look easy".[20] Anandu Suresh of The Indian Express rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and termed the film as Dhanush starrer about right to education fares poorly.[21] Bharathy Singaravel of The News Minute rated the film 1 out of 5 stars and wrote "A film of such mediocrity and confused politics".[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Dhanush's bilingual film titled 'Vaathi' in Tamil, 'Sir' in Telugu". Telangana Today. 23 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Title of Dhanush's upcoming Tamil-Telugu bilingual film is out". The News Minute. 23 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Dhanush's first Telugu movie title is announced". 123telugu.com. 23 December 2021. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Dhanush begins shooting for Vaathi". The Times of India. 7 January 2022. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Dhanush's Tamil-Telugu bilingual starts rolling". The News Minute. 7 January 2022. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Dhanush's Sir shoot begins today". 123telugu.com. 7 January 2022. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "'Vaa Vaathi': The first single composed by GV Prakash from Dhanush's 'Vaathi' is here". Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "'Mastaaru Mastaaru': First single from Dhanush, Samyuktha Menon's 'SIR' out". The Times of India. 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Nadodi Mannan, the second single from Dhanush's Vaathi is here". Cinema Express. 17 January 2023. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Banjara: Second single from Dhanush's Telugu-Tamil bilingual 'SIR' is out now". The Times of India. 17 January 2023. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  11. ↑ "Dhanush's Vaathi to release in theatres on December 2. See new poster". India Today. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Dhanush starrer Telugu-Tamil bilingual Sir to release in December". Bollywood Hungama. 19 September 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "GV Prakash unveils new posters of Dhanush's Vaathi". The Indian Express. 17 November 2022. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  14. ↑ "Vaathi: TN Theatrical Rights Of The Dhanush Starrer Bagged!". Movie Crow. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "Netflix to stream 18 new Tamil films in 2023 in its attempt to serve regional language cinema fans". The Economic Times. 17 January 2023. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  16. ↑ "Official! Dhanush's 'Vaathi' to stream on OTT from THIS date". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  17. ↑ "Vaathi Movie Review: Dhanush Can Never Go Wrong & Even The Script Is Backing Him Well This Time". Koimoi. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "Vaathi Movie Review : Dhanush scores high along with his students in this tale of empowerment". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "Vaathi Movie Review: Dhanush is the only saving grace of this Venky Atluri film". India Today. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  20. ↑ "'Vaathi' movie review: A wonderful Dhanush anchors a promising tale bogged down by cliches and deja vu". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  21. ↑ "Vaathi movie review: Dhanush starrer about right to education fares poorly". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  22. ↑ "Vaathi review: Bad script, bad politics let down Dhanush starrer on education rights". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

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