Vaathi Movie Details:
| Movie Name | Vaathi |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Sir |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil, Telugu |
| Genre | Period, Action, Drama |
| Release Date | 17 February 2023 |
| OTT Release date | March 17, 2023 |
| Running Time | 2hr 28min |
| Certificate | U |
| Cast | Dhanush Samyuktha |
| Directed by | Venky Atluri |
| Written by | Venky Atluri |
| Produced by | Suryadevara Naga Vamsi Sai Soujanya |
| Cinematography by | J. Yuvaraj |
| Edited by | Naveen Nooli |
| Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
| Production Company | Sithara Entertainments Fortune Four Cinemas Srikara Studios |
| Distributor | PVP Cinema Seven Screen Studio Sony Pictures Skanda Cinemass Einstin Media |
| Budget | ₹40 crore |
| Box Office Collection | ₹118 crore |
Vaathi Movie Cast and Characters:
- Dhanush as Balamurugan ‘Bala’ Sir (Tamil) / Bala Gangadhar Thilak ‘Balu’ Sir (Telugu), Mathematics teacher
- Samyuktha as Meenakshi, Biology teacher
- Samuthirakani as Srinivas Thirupathi (Tamil) / Srinivas Tripathi (Telugu)
- Tanikella Bharani as Thanigachalam (Tamil) / Deekshitulu (Telugu), school headmaster and Telugu/Tamil & History teacher
- P. Sai Kumar as President Muthu Pandian (Tamil) / Patthi Papa Rao (Telugu)
- Rajendran as ‘Bittu’ Bhupathi (Tamil) / ‘Boothu’ Bhushanam (Telugu)
- Narra Srinivas as Sudarshan (Tamil) / Sudharshan Sharma (Telugu) a corrupt Hindi Teacher.
- Pammi Sai as Subbayya, a peon at college
- Aadukalam Naren as Narayanan (Tamil) / Narayana (Telugu), Bala’s Father
- Hareesh Peradi as Mohammed Ansari, Bala’s teacher
- Ilavarasu as Education Minister
- Thotapalli Madhu as Opposition Leader Narayana Swamy.
- Hyper Aadi as Karthik, Chemistry teacher
- Sha Ra as Prakash Reddy (Tamil) / Bulli Reddy (Telugu), Physics teacher
- Ken Karunas as Young Ananda Muthuvel Kumar ‘Muthu’ (Tamil) / Annavaram Satyanarayana Murthy “Sathi Gadu”(Telugu)
- Sumanth as District collector Ananda Muthuvel Kumar IAS ‘Muthu’ (Tamil) / Annavaram Satyanarayana Murthy IAS “Sathi Gadu”(Telugu) (cameo appearance and the Narrator)
- Praveena as Bala’s mother
- Naga Mahesh as Inspector Suresh
- Kalpalatha as Meenakshi’s mother
- Bharathiraja as a Villager (cameo appearance)
Storyline:
Balamurugan (Tamil) / Bala Gangadhar Tilak (Telugu) is a third-grade junior lecturer at Thirupati Educational Institute (Tamil) /Tripathi Educational Institute (Telugu) (T.E.I) where he stands against the institutes, who provide education to children, in exchange for business profits.
About Vaathi Movie:
- Principal photography of the film began on 7 January 2022.
- The second schedule of the shoot began in April 2022 when Dhanush had joined the sets after he had finished the shoot of Naane Varuvean. The filming was completed in October 2022.
- Dhanush in the main lead as a Teacher, who is making his Telugu debut.
- The film was scheduled for a theatrical release on 2 December 2022 in Tamil and Telugu, but was postponed. In November 2022, it was announced that the film will release on 17 February 2023. It was announced that Seven Screen Studio has acquired the distribution rights of the film in Tamil Nadu.
- Initially, there were reports suggesting that the film’s digital rights were acquired by Aha, but later it was acquired by Netflix while the satellite rights were sold to Sun TV Network. The film premiered on Netflix on 17 March 2023 in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi.
