Dulquer Salmaan has been cast in yet another intriguing Telugu movie. The endearing young actor will collaborate with 'Vaathi/ Sir' director Venky Atluri on his upcoming project! Yes, that is accurate. Through Twitter, the creators have released an official statement. The production of the movie will begin in October of this year, and its release is planned for the summer of 2024!
The pattern that runs throughout Venky Atluri's Vaathi (or SIR in Telugu) becomes apparent minutes into the movie. In a casual, sobering manner, Venky opens the tale. Three youngsters unearth a box of video cassettes in the year 2022. When the video is played, we can see an instructor writing some trigonometric sums on a chalkboard from behind. It's Dhanush (of course), and he even makes a brief half-second turn towards the camera. The highly anticipated mass introduction photo fails. Does a half-second matter? The guys are led to a District Collector's office by the mystery surrounding the tapes, and Venky once more depicts Dhanush staring directly at us in a wall-mounted photograph.
Films regarding the educational system have been explored extensively from the outset, and various points of view are already in the open. Vaathi, directed by Venky Atluri, is a picture that is propelled by its emotional value and the moments that it imprints in our minds. Despite the familiarity, Atluri manages to pull off an entertaining entertainer.
Dhanush portrays Bala, a subpar teacher who is only hired by a rural school to fill a vacant position. Bala sir is committed to reinvigorating the desire to learn among the students, but he must overcome a mountain of obstacles in order to do so. Vaathi addresses the problems that emerged from 1997 to 2000, when education privatisation in southern India started to spread rapidly. The film's director, Venky Atluri, has done his research on the area (the border between the AP and TN), and he has enough evidence to persuade viewers and create a suspenseful atmosphere in the first half. The movie grows more intense in the second half extremely busy celebrating "Bala sir," which develops into a theatrical romance with some hot-and-cold moments. The movie stays on course and avoids going overboard until the very end, when it offers some intriguing responses to the issues it explored throughout.
Vaathi, a movie that comes from the Telugu business, can't help but have a Telugu flavour to it at all times, but Venky makes up for it with some witty banter and touching scenes that will interest the audience for sure. While the first half is grounded and realistic, the second half has a commercialised point of view that is entertaining but does not provoke too many questions.
