Vithaikkaaran

Vithaikkaaran (transl. Magician) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by Venki and starring Sathish.^[1] The film was released on 23 February 2024.

Vithaikkaaran
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Venki
Written by	Venki
Screenplay by	Venki
Story by	Venki
Produced by	K. Vijay Pandi
Starring	Sathish
Cinematography	Yuva Karthick
Edited by	Arul Elango Siddharth
Music by	VBR
Production company	White Carpet Films
Release date	23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	1.5 Crores
Box office	6 Crores

Cast

• Sathish as Vetri & Shakthi (dual role)
• Simran Gupta as Sithara
• Anandaraj as Dollar Azhagu
• Madhusudhan Rao as Kalkandu Ravi
• Subramaniam Siva as Mari Gold
• G. Marimuthu as Marimuthu
• John Vijay as Inspector Dharmaraj
• MD Asif as Ranjeeth Singh
• Chaams as Marthandam
• Swaminathan as Dr. Paul Walker
• Pavel Navageethan as Tyson
• Lee Kumar as Lee
• Vikram as Arun
• Dharani as Janani
• Ragu Aditya as Tom Mathew
• Hema as Sithara's friend
• Amar Chappa as Lalchand
• Ashok Pandian as Doctor
• Japan Kumar
• Abilash as junior Anand raj

Production

Sathish plays a dual role in the film.^[2] The film marks the Tamil lead debut of Simran Gupta, who previously worked as a dancer in the song "Simtagaaran" in Sarkar (2018), and the feature film debut of cinematographer Yuva Karthick.^[3][2] One of the film's schedules was shot in Coimbatore.^[4]

Soundtrack

Vithaikkaaran
Soundtrack album by VBR
Released	2024
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	12:56
Language	Tamil
Label	Think Music
External audio Vithaikkaaran – Jukebox on YouTube

The film has music composed by VBR.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Life Is Magic"	Vairamuthu	Naresh Iyer	3:12
2.	"Sunamika"	Vairamuthu	Hariharan	4:05
3.	"Sunamika (Sad Version)"	Vairamuthu	Nikhil Prabha	2:26
4.	"Who Am I"	Blaaze	Blaaze	3:13
Total length:				12:56

Reception

A critic from The Times of India rated the film 2+1⁄2 out of 5 and wrote that "Vithaikkaaran is a film that works best when the comedy and drama elements are intertwined. The film does have a few serious elements which are really entertaining , but still , these portions don't work as well as its dark comedy moments and meta-jokes".^[6] A critic from Cinema Express rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "Sathish’s restrained performance as Vetri isn’t enough to save this act that is bland and lacks a punch to hold its audience’s attention span. I often found myself drifting away with the convoluted screenplay in the second half that tries to add humour, wittiness and action in scenes that are already all over the place".^[7]

Home media

In March 2024, the film was made available to watch on Simply South and Amazon Prime Video.^[8]