Vaathi is a super-hit film that marked the first bilingual film of Dhanush in Tamil and Telugu. The film was directed by Venky Atluri and produced by Naga Vamshi under the banner Sithara Entertainment. It was released in February in theatres and saw huge box office collections. The film also saw good feedback from critics and movie-goers. It had Samuktha in the supporting role with Sai Kumar, Tanikella Bharani, Samuthirakani, Thotapalli Madhu, Narra Srinivas, Pammi Sai, Hyper Aadhi, Shara, Adukalam Naren, Ilavarasu, Motta Rajendran, Ken Karunas, Hareesh Peradi and Praveena in significant roles. The film has music composed by GV Prakash Kumar.
The songs of the film were released as a lyrical video earlier and some of them were even chart toppers. Vaathi/Sir saw the reunion of the successful combo of GV Prakash and Dhanush after the hit album of Asuran. The Vaa..Vaathi was the first single that was released from the film during the beginning of this year that topped many playlists since its release. It was sung by Shweta Mohan and had lyrics penned by Poetu Dhanush. The makers of the film have just released the video song from the film. The video shows the blooming love at workplace between the two main characters in the film played by Dhanush and Samyuktha and ends with a marriage proposal.
Vaathi/Sir is set in the 90s and revolves around the education system, especially government schools. Talented actor Dhanush plays the role of a school teacher for the first time after years of being known for playing the student roles. Vaathi recently crossed 25 days of a successful run in theatres and entered the 100 crore club on March 4th. The film is set to release on the Global streaming platform Netflix on March 17. Dhanush’s next movie in line is Captain Miller directed by Arun Matheswaran.