Dhanush's 'Vaathi' first reactions are out and it looks like this could be the actor's first big hit of 2023

Dhanush 's highly anticipated period -drama has finally hit the big screen. The movie is bilingual, having been shot in Tamil and Telugu, also marking the actor's Tollywood debut.

He will be playing the role of a college professor in the movie, the movie is directed by Venky Atluri who previously directed the rom-com Rang De starring Keerthy Suresh and Nithiin.

#vaathi #sir title motion poster pic.twitter.com/0oOnUPQpTH

— Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) December 23, 2021

Composer G V Prakash is handling the music for the movie with Dinesh Krishnan handling the camera and editing being helmed by Naveen Nooli.

The cast of the movie includes Dhanush, Samyuktha, P. Sai Kumar, Tanikella Bharani, Samuthirakani, Thotapalli Madhu, Narra Srinivas, Pammi Sai, and Hyper Aadi.

So lets take a look at netizens have to say about Vaathi .

Goosebumps 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯#VaathiVaraar 🔥#Vaathi @dhanushkraja pic.twitter.com/S1VKE9BTMW

— mariyam Army 🥰🪖 (@FearlessTamizh4) February 17, 2023

#Vaathi a puratchi film lead by a common man & who better than Dhanush to ace it

Special mention to the velocity sequence & climax 👌🏼

Preachy / unrealistic at moments but otherwise highly engaging

Good watch!

PS: The movie felt like a Telugu film dubbed in Tamil#SIRMovie

— Abhishek Karuna (@abhishek_karuna) February 17, 2023

#SIR In cinemas, From Tomorrow!Hearing great things about the film already👏👏 Congrats to my dear Swami #VenkyAtluri & Grand Welcome to @dhanushkraja garu to Telugu. My heartfelt wishes to my hattrick producer @vamsi84 n @sitharaents , each and everyone from the Team #Sir pic.twitter.com/HcYFzxydrt

— nithiin (@actor_nithiin) February 16, 2023

#Vaathi Review - Neat#Dhanush is one actor who can carry any ordinary scene to a different level

+ve's
Its @dhanush's show all the way@gvprakash back to form. Terrific bgm#venkyatluri neat

-ve's
Nothing much but the flow is not cohesive and drops consistently

Rating 3/5 pic.twitter.com/aXeF8Cl8v0

— sathiyasodhanai (@sathiyasodhanai) February 17, 2023

Sir : Beautiful message about the Importance of Education👌👌👌👌👌

Dhanush action, story,Direction , screenplay,Gv prakash BGM - All super 👌👌👏👏

Must watch film in theater's, don't miss it especially family audience and students

Finally one word Heart touching film ❤️

— jaswanth desu (@jaswanthdesu) February 17, 2023

#Vaathi (Tamil|2023) - THEATRE.

Though not new, Film has a Strong Content, But Screenplay couldnt hold it. Neat Perf from Dhanush. Samyukha has nothing much to do. Gud BGM. ‘Vaa Vaathi’ song super. Cliched Scenes. Has heavy Telugu flavour. Emotions work only at parts. AVERAGE! pic.twitter.com/UkUwBKwHVa

— CK Review (@CKReview1) February 17, 2023

#VAATHI Review

A Socio Commercial Film⭐1st Half- Neat👏🏾2nd Half- Gud✌🏾Dhanush Pakka😃Content - Dialogues - Song & Emotional Connect r Big+👌🏾2nd Half Slight Lag But Holds Well in Emotion🤝🏾Will Give a Dream Run🤙🏾Perfect Bilingual Film💥All Clear.! WINNER..!!

Saloon Rating: 4/5 pic.twitter.com/JJqZG93zcp

— Saloon Kada Shanmugam (@saloon_kada) February 16, 2023

#SIRMovie AN EXCELLENT MOVIE WITH HARD HITTING EMOTIONS 🔥@dhanushkraja PERFORMANCE WITH #VenkyAtluri BRILLIANT WRITINGS 🔥👌@gvprakash BGM SOUL OF THE MOVIE 👌🔥#VenkyAtluri DIALOGUES 🙏🔥
DON'T MISS IT a must watch movie
Unanimous Blockbuster 🤞#Vaathi pic.twitter.com/iwmQjLOg8B

— Anand Wesley (@wesleyanand) February 17, 2023

#Vaathi Commerical entertainer about school education...
Dhanush asusual 🔥
D & Samyutha 😍
Crisp runtime, dialogues gud
GV.Prakash Song & BGM👏🏻👏🏻

Good Entertainer 👍 pic.twitter.com/Uuwp53te47

— Karthik Ravivarma (@Karthikravivarm) February 16, 2023

So it look slike Dhanush's Vaathi might be the actor's first big hit movie of 2023. Meanwhile, the actor has a lot line up this year, he will be starting in the upcoming period-action movie Captain Miller.

The movie will mark Matheswaran's directorial debut and his first collaboration with Dhanush.

The movie will also be the first time Kannada superstar Shivarajkumar will work alongside Dhanush, making Captain Miller his second Tamil movie after Rajinikanth's Jailer.

Dhanush will also be donning the director's cap for the second time this year after the 2017 movie Pa Paandi. The movie will be produced by Dhanush's own production company Wunderbar Films in association with Sun Picture

Pa Paandi which he also co-wrote starred veteran actors Rajkiran and Revathi and followed the story of Pandian Pazhanisami(Rajkiran) a retired stuntman who goes off in search of his long-lost love Poonthendra(Revathi).

The movie was a critical and commercial hit and was even remade in Kannada as Ambi Ning Vayassaytho. No doubt Dhanush wants to recreate the success of Pa Paandi with his next directorial venture as well.

Vaathi is produced by Suryadevara Naga Vamsi and Sai Soujanya under the banner Sithara Entertainments in association with Fortune Four Cinemas and Srikara Studios.

Vaathi is currently running in theaters.