Directed by Babu Sivan · Music by Vijay Antony · December 2009
Massive blockbuster. Vijay as a powerful cop. Vijay Antony's music was a mega hit.
This was Vijay's film 49 of 69 as a lead actor — counted from his debut Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) — released in 2009 during the 2000s.
Vijay played an aspiring police officer inspired by an encounter specialist — a mass entertainer from AVM Productions.
Anushka Shetty's first film opposite Vijay.
Vettaikaaran (2009) 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.