Vaa Vaathiyaar

Vaa Vaathiyaar
Poster with cancelled release date
Directed byNalan Kumarasamy
Written byNalan Kumarasamy
Produced byK. E. Gnanavel Raja
Starring
CinematographyGeorge C. Williams
Edited byVetre Krishnan
Music bySanthosh Narayanan
Production
company
Running time
127 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Vaa Vaathiyaar (transl. Come Teacher)[a] is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Nalan Kumarasamy. It is produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja under Studio Green. The film stars Karthi and Krithi Shetty in the lead roles, alongside Sathyaraj, Rajkiran, Anandaraj, Shilpa Manjunath, Karunakaran, G. M. Sundar, Ramesh Thilak, Nivas Adithan, and P. L. Thenappan.

The film was officially announced in October 2023 under the tentative title Karthi 26, as it is the actor's 26th film as a lead actor, and the official title was announced in May 2024. Principal photography commenced in March 2023. The film has music composed by Santhosh Narayanan, cinematography handled by George C. Williams and editing by Vetre Krishnan.

Originally scheduled to release in January 2025, the film has since been delayed due to legal and financial issues.

Cast

Production

Development

In late July 2018, Nalan Kumarasamy, who had collaborated with Studio Green for Soodhu Kavvum (2013) and Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (2016), was reported to have been hired to direct a venture under the production house. The script work was reportedly progressing and the project would start once the work finished.[2] In mid July 2020, the project was reported to star Vijay Sethupathi in the lead role, collaborating with Kumarasamy for the third time after the mentioned.[3] However, in mid February 2021, Arya was reported play the lead role. It was reported that Arya would be seen in a never seen before avatar and the genre would be new to the industry.[4] The project was reported to commence filming after Arya finished filming his film Enemy (2021). In the meantime, Kumarasamy reportedly continued script works.[5]

It was then later reported to commence in November,[6] however, the sources were dismissed as no reports were until, in early January 2023, Karthi was reported to star in the lead role.[7] In mid February, the filming was reported to began in the first week of March and would star Gayatri Badwaraj in the lead role alongside Karthi.[8] Krithi Shetty joined the cast in March.[9] In early October, Sathyaraj was announced playing a role in the film.[10] On 25 October, on the occasion of Kumarasamy's birthday, the project was officially announced by the producers. Anandaraj was confirmed playing a role in the film, as he was seen in the still that was released.[11] Santhosh Narayanan, Leo John Paul and George C. Williams were announced as composer, editor and cinematographer for the film, respectively.[12]

Filming

Principal photography commenced on 27 March 2023, with the first schedule in Chennai.[9] Filming was nearly complete by June 2024.[13]

Music

Vaa Vaathiyaar
Soundtrack album by
Santhosh Narayanan
Released2025 (2025)
Recorded2024–2025
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LanguageTamil
LabelThink Music India
ProducerSanthosh Narayanan
Santhosh Narayanan chronology
Thalaivan Thalaivii
(2025) 		Vaa Vaathiyaar
(2025)

The music and background score is composed by Santhosh Narayanan, in his third collaboration with Kumarasamy after Soodhu Kavvum (2013) and Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (2016); third with Karthi after Madras (2014) and Kaashmora (2016).[12] The audio rights were acquired by Think Music India. The first single "Uyir Pathikaama" was released on 14 February 2025.[14] The second single titled "Aalapikkey Ummak" was released on 27 November 2025.[15] The third single titled "Mu Dha La Li" was released on 2 December 2025.[16]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Uyir Pathikaama"VivekVijay Narain, Aditya Ravindran, Santhosh Narayanan3:28
2."Aalapikkey Ummak"KelitheeKelithee, Santhosh Narayanan3:08
3."Mu Dha La Li"DuraiSanthosh Narayanan, Sublahshini2:36

Release

Theatrical

Vaa Vaathiyaar was initially planned to release in January 2025, during the week of Pongal,[17] but was later postponed to 5 December 2025.[18] In early December, the Madras High Court issued a stay on the film's release due to the producer's pending loans.[19] Amidst this, the makers announced a new date of 12 December.[20] A day before the scheduled date, it was postponed indefinitely as the loans remained unpaid.[21] Shortly thereafter, it was reported that the makers were aiming to release the film on 24 December (the death date of M. G. Ramachandran, to whom the film serves as a tribute) the same month, intending to resolve the financial matters by then.[22] However, the Supreme Court of India later upheld the Madras High Court's ban on the film, dismissing Studio Green's appeal to overturn the ban.[23] Apart from the original Tamil language, the film will also release in a dubbed Telugu version titled Annagaru Vostaru.[24]

Home media

The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film were acquired by Amazon Prime Video.[25]

Notes

  1. ^ Vaathiyaar is also a reference to the late actor-politician M. G. Ramachandran.

References

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