Vettaiyan

Name: Vettaiyan
Director: T. J. Gnanavel
Genre: Action
Released: 2024-10-10
Rating: 2.75
Cast: Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Fahadh Faasil, Rana Daggubati, Manju Warrier

Directed by T. J. Gnanavel · Lyca Productions

TezScore55/100 Mixed Growing coverage · 6 scored of 8 Indian-media reviews How TezScore works

163 min 10 Oct 2024

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Synopsis

Vettaiyan

Athiyan, a Superintendent of Police in the Kanyakumari district, is a renowned encounter specialist known as "Vettaiyan" for taking down criminals with the help of his team and "Battery" Patrick, a thief-turned-police informer who is also a tech genius. Athiyan receives a complaint from Saranya, a middle-school teacher, from Pechipaarai about marijuana being stored in classrooms, leading to student drug abuse and disrupted classes. Following the tip, Athiyan and his team arrest Kumaresan, the man behind the drug production, and kill him in an encounter, earning public approval but drawing scrutiny of the human rights commission. Justice Sathyadev Bramhadutt Pandey visits the encounter case hearing for observation while the court rules the encounter justified. Saranya gets closer to Athiyan's family and is soon transferred to Chennai. Soon, Saranya is brutally raped and murdered on the terrace of her new school, with her body discovered in the water tank. SP Harish Kumar and ASP Roopa Kiran led the investigation, uncovering Guna, a software engineer and the brother of Saranya's school student Chitra, as the perpetrator due to his alleged addiction to pornography. Teachers protest statewide, demanding Guna's arrest and justice for Saranya.

Director: T. J. Gnanavel
Release: 10 Oct 2024
Studio: Lyca Productions
Run time: 163 min
Language: Tamil

Cast & crew

Rajinikanth Cast

Amitabh Bachchan Cast

Fahadh Faasil Cast

Rana Daggubati Cast

Manju Warrier Cast

Ritika Singh Cast

Dushara Vijayan Cast

Rohini Cast

Abhirami Cast

Rao Ramesh Cast

Ramesh Thilak Cast

Kishore Kumar G Cast AS Asal Kolaar Guna KR Krish Hassan Sathish BI Birla Bose DSP B. B. S. Avinash Perusu KA Kalki Raja Kumaresan's sidekick TH Thanmaya Sol Chithra VA Vasanthi Guna's mother AR Aruvi Bala Compounder SR Sri Deva NAT Academy Agent AR Aroul D. Shankar Education Minister T. T. J. Gnanavel Director

Anirudh Ravichander Composer LY Lyca Productions Producer T. T. J. Gnanavel Director, Writer SU Subaskaran Allirajah Producer AN Anirudh Ravichander Composer S. S. R. Kathir Cinematographer PH Philomin Raj Editor

Reviews

Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.

Critics' consensus

Mixed

Across 8 available source-linked Indian-media reviews for Vettaiyan, reception is mixed. The 6 scored reviews average 55/100.

Best forViewers looking for action and drama in Tamil cinema.

Reception Order

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The Indian Express Avinash Ramachandran

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 2.5/5

Avinash Ramachandran of The Indian Express gave 2.5 stars and wrote "Confining Rajinikanth to a box isn’t easy as the world is still grappling with the dichotomy of being torn between wanting to see Rajinikanth in a new avatar, and wanting to see him exude style and charisma like old times.

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The Hindu Bhuvanesh Chandar

Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu wrote "Vettaiyan is a brave attempt to do something the moral compasses of Tamil cinema have long been wishing for, and it’s arguably one of the best Rajinikanth films since Kaala."

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Pinkvilla Goutham S

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.5/5