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Vaathi

  • 2023
  • 2h 19m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
11K
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Dhanush in Vaathi (2023)
The life of a young man and his struggles against the privatization of education.
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When a private school teacher is assigned to a neglected public school, he must overcome personal and political strife in his fight for education.When a private school teacher is assigned to a neglected public school, he must overcome personal and political strife in his fight for education.When a private school teacher is assigned to a neglected public school, he must overcome personal and political strife in his fight for education.

  • Director
    • Venky Atluri
  • Writer
    • Venky Atluri
  • Stars
    • Dhanush
    • Samyuktha Menon
    • Sai Kumar
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Venky Atluri
    • Writer
      • Venky Atluri
    • Stars
      • Dhanush
      • Samyuktha Menon
      • Sai Kumar
    • 72User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Top cast23

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    Dhanush
    Dhanush
    Samyuktha Menon
    Samyuktha Menon
    • Meenakshi
    Sai Kumar
    Sai Kumar
    • President Patthi Papa Rao
    Samuthirakani
    Samuthirakani
    • Srinivas Tripathi
    Pavish Narayan
    • Student
    • (as Pavish V.)
    Aadukalam Naren
    Aadukalam Naren
    • Bala's Father
    Praveena
    Praveena
    • Bala's Mother
    Tanikella Bharani
    Tanikella Bharani
    • Thanigachalam
    Ilavarasu
    Ilavarasu
    • Education Minister
    Ken Karunas
    Ken Karunas
    • Muthu
    Naga Mahesh
    Hareesh Peradi
    Hareesh Peradi
    • Ansari
    Pammi Sai
    Hyper Aadi
    Hyper Aadi
    • Karthik
    Sha Ra
    Sha Ra
    Srivani Tripuraneni
    • Lecturer Vani
    Thotapalli Madhu
    Srivani
    • Lecturer
    • Director
      • Venky Atluri
    • Writer
      • Venky Atluri
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    User reviews72

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    10rishirana-57522

    Vaathiyar of Tamil nadu 💯

    One of the best inspiring movie I ever seen. The screen play is very much interesting and many scenes are packed of goosebumps 🔥.......!

    It resembles the exact situation of education scenario of present days.

    The director have made the movie up to the 💯 level . The background music is well suited to the situation of the movie.

    Mr. Dhanush have played the "bala sir" role which is well played (GREAT OF ALL TIME).

    The main moto of the movie is based on the EDUCATION TO ALL .the movie is Talk's about the bad times of privatization of education. Which makes the difference in society.

    ⭐must watchable movie⭐
    10bernadetteann-28061

    Everyone should watch

    From the moment the movie started I couldn't help but to shed tears for every scene because whatever happened in the movie is happening in real life. Dhanush's acting 10000/10 and Ken really brought life to the scenes. What a combo dhanush n Ken!! Not only both of them but everyone else who was involved in this movie did an amazing and excellent job. I'm glad I went for the movie. Education is like presatham, give it don't sell it. Gv Prakash my love, he did a fantastic job with the BGM and songs. Everything was on point. Stephen Zachariah's voice was a little auto tuned but I still loved the song one life. I hope more awareness movies will be made in the future.
    9RameshJ85

    Hats off to Venky, thanks to Dhanush for accepting this story

    First of all, I would like to say thanks to Venky and Dhanush. After watching trailer I didn't get much expectations on this movie but it was super hit. Today watched on Netflix. What a screenplay. Got goosebumps on emotional scenes. Even cried in few scenes, don't know why but I connected to the movie. No boaring scenes. One good thing from direction point of view is, every character had importance. Sai Kumar sir great expressions. I saw many positive reviews, most of them said feel good movie and emotional but didn't applause the director. I am still thinking without screenplay and direction how the people well connected to the movie? Dhanush proven again as a correct judge in story selection. This might not be highest collected movie in his career but would become one of the memorable movie. Thanks to GV Prakash. Education means lord Saraswathi. Her music instrument is veena. So when people demolished the school place Saraswathi got anger that anger was shown in Veena music. Good one. Overall super movie.
    8gaganjiopostpaid

    Movie is decent , feel good movie .

    Movie is decent , feel good movie , it makes you a good family entertainment watch .

    Postives 1. Dhanush style movie Making , and his presence, makes a good watch 2. Samyukta menon , gives me crushing moment , and her presence also good 3. Sai Kumar comedy timing is great , many everyone laughed in the theatre 4. Telugu actors comedy , bharatiraja sir cameo .

    Negatives 1. Samuthirakani sir acting is too basic for villain , has it was made for family it's OK, don't expect sir great act.

    2. Plot is simple , it can be easily predictable, but it's fast paced too , so it's OK

    Special mentions : Man , this has less support compare to other Tamil movies , which was had nothing but cringe ,so please bring your family and support it , otherwise you will be left cringe only.
    10TheIndianJoker

    A lesson to learn

    This movie is amazing. D literally lived in this character. The first half was decent and the second half was excellent. Supoorting actors acted well and the heroine was cute and had more space screen than usually. Dhanush and Samukta formed a cute pair and she can remember some of our teachers. GV music and Bgm were incredible. Fights were terrific. The were some flaws in the dubbing. Samutrakani did his job well. The screen play was super and Dialogues are the next positive in the movie: they are really impactful. The message is needed. Venki did his best: Vaathi is a lesson that we have to learn.

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    • Trivia
      Dhanush's voice in the Hindi version is dubbed by TV actor Avinash Sachdev.
    • Soundtracks
      Vaa Vaathi (Tamil)
      Music by G.V. Prakash Kumar

      Lyrics by Dhanush

      Performed by Shweta Mohan

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    • Release date
      • February 17, 2023 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
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    • Languages
      • Tamil
      • Telugu
    • Also known as
      • Sir
    • Production companies
      • Fortune Four Cinemas
      • Sithara Entertainments
      • Srikara Studios
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $424,004
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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