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Vathiyar ( transl. Teacher) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by A. Venkatesh from a story written by Arjun. The film stars Arjun and Mallika Kapoor, while Vadivelu, Pradeep Rawat, Prakash Raj, Manivannan and Amit Tiwari play supporting roles. The soundtrack and background score were composed by D. Imman.
Vathiyar was released on 11 November 2006 and recorded as an average venture at the box office. The film's climax action sequences were inspired by the 2005 Thai film Tom-Yum-Goong.




Plot



Annadurai alias "Dorai" is a helpful school teacher-turned-gangster who learns that MP Nachiyar is planning to bomb the city for his profits and sets out to destroy his plans while being watched by ACP Eashwara Pandian and his team.




Cast






Production


The film was officially launched at AVM Studios in 2006. Tulip Joshi was originally selected as the heroine, but was thrown out of the film as the crew couldn't control her starry tantrums and Mallika Kapoor was selected instead. Blaaze was selected to make a cameo appearance in the film. The scene where Arjun defuses a bomb in Vinayaka Chathurthi was shot in Sri Perumbudur and cost ₹20 lakh.




Plagiarism allegations


An 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 and said "I have no reasons to steal someone else’s work and call it mine. Vathiyar is my own creation."




Soundtrack


Song composing and background score was done by D. Imman. The song "Yennadi Muniyamma" is a remix of "Nee Munnala" from Vaanga Mappillai Vaanga (1984) sung by T. K. S. Natarajan.




Release


The film was originally slated to release on Diwali, but was postponed due to financial strains. It was delayed for a month and finally released on 10 November 2006.




Reception


PVS of Nowrunning wrote "Except for the action sequences there is nothing much to write about the movie". S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu wrote "The story is by Arjun and director A. Venkatesh has neatly woven the script to make it enjoyable for the masses". TSV Hari of Rediff.com wrote "It is incredible that with two decent films Yei and Madarasi under his belt, director Venkatesh could not come up with something better. The songs of D. Imman are terrible. In a nutshell, the normally saleable star Arjun has torpedoed his future with this dud." Lajjavathi of Kalki wrote in order to move the screenplay briskly, director Venkatesh seems to have overlooked logic. This would have been another Gentleman for Arjun had the director shown the elegance for the whole film like he did in flashback. Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "'Vathiyar' is an amalgam of various films like 'Gentleman' and 'Muthalvan', incidentally, both were Arjun-starrers. But despite the sense of [deja vu], what keeps the story moving is the racy narration, Arjun's fight scenes and the Vadivelu track that provides some fun moments". Sify wrote "Arjun has been doing the same formula action movies for the last two decades and still survives! The 40 plus actor is giving competition to our younger heroes! The secret of his success is that, the man sticks to the basics and delivers quite a kick with his actioners. For the Nth time, in Vathiyar, he once again re-heats his magic potion, which still seems to be working with B and C audiences".




References






External links


Vathiyar at IMDb

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Dinesh Kumar (koreografer)
• Arjun Sarja
• Antara Biswas
• Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
• Vathiyar
• Chinna Vathiyar
• Vaa Vaathiyaar
• Madras Vathiyar
• Mallika Kapoor
• A. Venkatesh (director)
• Rajani (actress)
• Arjun Sarja filmography
• Crazy Mohan
• Vijay Babu (actor, born 1951)