
Vathiyar
2006, Tamil. Directed by A. Venkatesh.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Tamil
- Rated
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- Released
- 15 October 2006
- Original title
- வாத்தியார்
- Written by
- G. K. Gopinath
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Vathiyar runs 159 minutes (2h 39m).
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What movies are like Vathiyar?
If you liked Vathiyar, try Dirt, Padayappa, Soorarai Pottru.
Who directed Vathiyar?
Vathiyar (2006) was directed by A. Venkatesh and stars Arjun Sarja, Prakash Raj, Mallika Kapoor.