Two years since his last theatrical release Thunivu (2023), actor Ajith Kumar is gearing up for his next big release, Vidaamuyarchi, in less than a week. The film cleared censor today with the Central Board of Film Certification in India. Here is all you need to know about the movie:  

• FDFS: 9 AM IST (Tamil Nadu)

• Release Date: February 6, 2025 (Thursday)

• Language: Tamil, Telugu (Dubbed)

• Title: Vettaiyan (Tamil), Pattudala (Telugu)

• Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Action

• Censor: U/A

• Runtime: 154. 19 minutes [2 hours 34 minutes 19 seconds]

• Plot: A couple with a troubled marriage travelling through Azerbaijan are pushed into a terrifying ordeal. When the wife Kayal (Trisha) goes missing, the husband Arjun (Ajith Kumar) is prompted into a frantic search for her, while an unknown villain creates obstacles.  

• Cast/Character
  • Ajith Kumar - Arjun
  • Trisha - Kayal
  • Arjun Sarja - Rakshith
  • Regina Cassandra - Rakshith's wife
  • Arav
  • Nikhil Nair
  • Dasarathi
  • Ganesh Saravanan
  • Ramya Subramanian - Arjun's friend

• Writing
  • Story: Based on Breakdown (1997) by Jonathan Mostow
  • Screenplay: Magizh Thirumeni

• Direction: Magizh Thirumeni

• Music: Anirudh Ravichander

• Audio Label: Sony Music

• Lyrics
  • Tamil: Arivu (Sawadeeka), Vishnu Edavan, Amogh Balaji (Pathikichu)
  • Telugu: Sri Sai Kiran (Sawadeeka), Krishna Kanth, Amogh Balaji (Pattudala)

• Playback Singing
  • Tamil: Anthony Daasan, Anirudh Ravichander (Sawadeeka), Anirudh Ravichander, Yogi Sekar (Pathikichu)
  • Telugu: Anthony Daasan, Anirudh Ravichander (Sawadeeka), Saatwik G Rao (Pattudala)

• Cinematography: Om Prakash ISC

• Edit: NB Srikanth

• Art: Milan

• Stunts/Action: Supreme Sundar

• Choreography: Kalyan

• Costume Design: Anu Vardhan

• VFX: Hariharasuthan

• DI Colourist: Prasath Somasekar

• Publicity Design: Gopi Prasanna
  

• Production: Lyca Productions

• Distribution:
  • Tamil Nadu - Red Giant Movies
  • Kerala - Sree Gokulam Movies
  • Andhra Pradesh, Telangana - Asian Suresh Entertainment, Sri Lakshmi Movies
  • North India - Inbox Pictures, Baweja Studios 
  • Karnataka - Swagath Enterprises
  • Overseas - Lyca Productions

• OTT (Post-Theatrical): Netflix (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi) 

• Satellite (Post Theatrical): Sun TV (Tamil, Telugu)