Directed by Ramana · Music by Vidyasagar · January 2006
Full mass blockbuster. Vijay at his commercial peak in the mid-2000s.
This was Vijay's film 44 of 69 as a lead actor — counted from his debut Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) — released in 2006 during the 2000s.
A revenge action drama remade from the Telugu film Athanokkade; it performed particularly well overseas.
Aathi (2006) stands among the commercial high points of Vijay's 69-film journey as a lead actor — a film that resonated deeply with audiences and reinforced his stature as one of Tamil cinema's most bankable stars of the 2000s. Every blockbuster in this filmography was another step on the road that ultimately led from cinema halls to the Chief Minister's chair.