'Vaathi': Title of Dhanush's next leaves fans of Vijay angry
Dhanush announced on Thursday that he is collaborating with Tollywood director Venky Atluri for a Tamil-Telugu bilingual titled Vaathi (in Tamil) and Sir (in Telugu). While this news created a sensation, it angered a section of Tamil star Vijay's fans. That's because Thalapathy's previous film Master has the blockbuster song, Vaathi Raid, and they are of the opinion Vijay is their only Vaathi (master).
Why does it matter?
Even when Maaran, Dhanush's another upcoming film was announced, fans of Suriya had reacted, as the latter's character name in the hit film Soorarai Pottru was Maaran. Of course, it hasn't been changed yet, so we would expect makers to not change the title of this Dhanush-starrer as well. Meanwhile, some have commented their one and only Vaathi is the legendary actor MG Ramachandran.
One fan calls Suriya original 'Maaran' and Vijay original 'Vaathi'
GV Prakash will compose the music for this film
While sharing the title poster, Dhanush had written: "My next, a Tamil-Telugu bilingual #Vaathi #sir (sic)." Makers also released a statement about the film where they revealed that the movie will be based on the Indian education system. GV Prakash Kumar is on board the project as its music composer and the film is set to be rolled out in January next year.
Dhanush, Sekhar Kammula also teaming up for another Telugu film
Also, Dhanush announced back in July this year that he will be collaborating with director Sekhar Kammula for a tri-lingual film that would be simultaneously shot in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. It was announced the makers will rope in top actors for the film. However, Vaathi aka Sir is the one to take off first, making it the National Film Award-winning actor's Telugu debut.
Films in which we will see Dhanush next
Besides the aforementioned films, the Asuran actor has a huge line-up of projects in his kitty, including the upcoming Hollywood flick The Gray Man and the Bollywood film Atrangi Re. As far as Tamil films are concerned, he has Naane Varuven and the sequel to the cult classic film Aayirathil Oruvan. Both the films are being directed by his brother and director, Selvaraghavan.
