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Release Year2006
Runtime2h 39m
LanguageTamil
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, Action
Votes2
DirectorA. Venkatesh
WritersG. K. Gopinath
TypeFeature Film
Rating4.8 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsVathiyar
About Vathiyar
Dorai (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 (Manivannan and Vadivelu). But Dorai has a problem. His mother (Sujatha) doesn’t approve of his ways. She feels that he is just a loutish goon. There is also Anjali (Mallika Kapoor), a TV journo, who is in love with Dorai because of his dare devil ways. Dorai has a past too. He was just an honest-to-goodness school teacher, 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 rest, as they, is all cinematic clichés.
Directed by A. Venkatesh, Vathiyar leans on a strong ensemble — Arjun Sarja, Prakash Raj, Mallika Kapoor — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2006.
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