Vathiyar (2006)
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.
Director:
A. Venkatesh
Writer:
G. K. Gopinath
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Arjun Sarja as Annadurai |
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Prakash Raj as Easwara Pandian |
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Mallika Kapoor as Anjali |
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Vadivelu as Ayyanar |
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Manivannan as |
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Sujatha as |
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Devan as |
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Thalaivasal Vijay as |
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Singamuthu as Ayyanar's father's friend |
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Manobala as Ayyanar's father |
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Venniradai Moorthy as |
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Mahanadhi Shankar as |
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Shakeela as Cameo appearance |
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Antara Biswas as Special appearance |
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Suja Varunee as Special appearance |
| Directing | A. Venkatesh | Director |
| Writing | G. K. Gopinath | Writer |
| Writing | G. K. Gopinath | Screenplay |
| Sound | D. Imman | Music |
| Production | A. C. Anandan | Producer |
| Production | V.Palanivel | Producer |