Vathikuchi

<p>Sakthi is an driver, who is in love with his neighbour, Leena. His life changes when he runs into three dangerous criminals who want him dead. 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 was derived from the song “Vathikuchi Pathikadhuda” from Murugadoss’s directorial debut (2001). After winning accolades for her performance in , was signed up by Murugadoss as the lead actress. The film’s score and soundtrack are composed by . The soundtrack was released on 13 February 2013. Because the lead character is an auto rickshaw driver, the makers of promoted the film through auto rickshaws. At least four or five branded auto rickshaws would travel through , and for promoting the film. was released on 15 March 2013. Vivek Ramz from 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 wrote that the film “is not so much bad in the way it is executed but the story just gets progressively mind-numbingly stupid”. 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”.</p>