Directed by Bharathan · Music by S.S. Thaman · January 2017 (Pongal)
Mass action entertainer. Decent first week, average total run.
This was Vijay's film 60 of 69 as a lead actor — counted from his debut Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) — released in 2017 during the 2010s.
Soundtrack composed by S.S. Thaman
Vijay fought for students against a corrupt education mafia — a theme that resonated strongly with Tamil Nadu's youth.
Santhosh Narayanan's 'Varlaam Varlaam Vaa' became a fan anthem.
Bairavaa (2017) was a well-received chapter in Vijay's steadily rising career, part of the remarkable consistency that defined his run through the 2010s and built the enormous fan base that would later power his political movement.