''Vathikuchi'' () is a 2013 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by newcomer P. Kinslin and produced by

AR Murugadoss Murugadas Arunachalam (born 25 September 1974), known professionally as AR Murugadoss, () is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer who predominantly works in the Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. He is best known for directin ...

in association with

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. The film stars Dileepan, the younger brother of Murugadoss, in his acting debut and Anjali, while Jayaprakash,

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and

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appear in supporting roles. The film, which has music composed by Ghibran, released on 15 March 2013 to a positive response from critics and performed well at the box office.

Plot

Sakthi is an

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driver, who is in love with his neighbour, Leena. His life changes when he runs into three dangerous criminals who want him dead.

Cast

Production

The film was first announced in January when it was revealed that Murugadoss's brother Dileepan would make his debut as an actor in a venture to be co-produced by Fox Star Studios. The title ''Vathikuchi'' was derived from the song "Vathikuchi Pathikadhuda" from Murugadoss's directorial debut '' Dheena'' (2001). After winning accolades for her performance in ''

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'', Anjali was signed up by Murugadoss as the lead actress.

Soundtrack

The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ghibran. The soundtrack was released on 13 February 2013.

Marketing and release

Because the lead character is an auto rickshaw driver, the makers of ''Vathikuchi'' promoted the film through auto rickshaws. At least four or five branded auto rickshaws would travel through

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and

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for promoting the film. ''Vathikuchi'' was released on 15 March 2013.

Critical reception

Vivek Ramz from '' in.com'' rated it 3 out of 5 and stated that Vathikuchi is more brawny than brainy. He added that Director Kinslin shows promise in his debut film with different treatment for this somewhat clichéd story. His way of storytelling is realistic at times with very grounded level approach towards a common man issue. The problem with the film is that he has introduced too many characters and made few simple situations more complex which works at times and at other times backfired. Finally concluding that it's not a bad film at all and can be watched once! Karthik Subramanian of ''

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'' wrote that the film "is not so much bad in the way it is executed but the story just gets progressively mind-numbingly stupid". ''

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'' wrote, "Vathikuchi directed by P Kinslin is half baked and has too many plot holes. However, the first half of the film is quite entertaining, but post interval the film drags and a forced climax makes the debutant hero larger- than- life which sticks out like a sore thumb".

References

External links

* * {{AR Murugadoss 2010s Indian films 2010s Tamil-language films 2013 crime thriller films 2013 films Films scored by Ghibran Vaibodha Fox Star Studios films Indian crime thriller films Tamil-language crime thriller films Tamil-language Indian films