Kollywood release

Vaa Vaathiyaar

Name: Vaa Vaathiyaar
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: 2026-01-14
Duration: 129 min
Cast: Karthi, Krithi Shetty, Sathyaraj, Rajkiran, Anandaraj

Kollywood20262h 9mTamilTop 42% of Kollywood budgets

32Standing

174th of 227 in Kollywood

Reported gross: 24
Return on budget: 14
Audience rating: —
Momentum: 43

Out-grossed 24% of Kollywood releases with reported figures ($1M).
Returned 0.2× its budget, against an industry median of 1.5×.
Momentum in the 43rd percentile.

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Cost: $5M
Took: $1M

Against a Kollywood median of 1.5×, so this one returned 0.1 times what a typical release there does.

The money says flop. What do you say?

The picture

After being raised as the reincarnation of a famous actor, a man finds himself clashing with his grandfather's expectations of him.

Released: 14 January 2026
Runtime: 2h 9m
Language: Tamil
Industry: Kollywood

Top billedAll 19 credits

KarthiRameshwaran "Ramu"
Krithi ShettyWu
SathyarajPeriyasamy
RajkiranJaiganesh
AnandarajMGR's Fan
Shilpa ManjunathMalini

Made by

Director: Nalan Kumarasamy
Writer: Nalan Kumarasamy
Original Music Composer: Santhosh Narayanan
Director of Photography: George C. Williams
Producer: K. E. Gnanavelraja

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ActionComedy

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