Vidaamuyarchi (2025) on Netflix
In Baku, Arjun and Kayal's twelve-year marriage is ending. He drives her toward Tbilisi, the car breaks down, and Kayal leaves with Rakshith to seek help and goes missing.
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Plot summary
Arjun and Kayal, a Tamil couple living in Baku, have been married for twelve years and are close to divorce. Their marriage began in Tbilisi, where they met and fell in love, but it soured after a miscarriage that left Kayal infertile and depressed. As the distance between them widened, Kayal began seeing a man named Prakash and wanted a divorce. Arjun agrees, and he offers to drive her to Tbilisi, where her parents live. On the road a group of men in a Hummer confront them. At a filling station Kayal befriends Deepika and Rakshith, a couple who claim to be truckers. When Arjun's car breaks down, Kayal goes with Rakshith to get help and does not come back.
Cast
- Vidadi Hasanovas Omar
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Vidaamuyarchi (2025)
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- During Vidaamuyarchi's November 2023 Azerbaijan schedule, Ajith Kumar and Arav were in a major accident when a car Ajith was driving lost control as he tried to make a side stop.
- Art director Milan died of a heart attack during Vidaamuyarchi's preliminary shooting, prompting Ajith Kumar to urge setting up a medical camp for future emergencies.
- Paramount Pictures reportedly filed a notice against the makers of Vidaamuyarchi, alleging it shared similarities with their 1997 release Breakdown and sought damages for intellectual property infringement; Chitra Lakshmanan, in contact with the makers, said they had brought remake rights three months prior.
- Vignesh Shivan was dropped from directing Ajith Kumar's 62nd film after developing the script for six months; he denied reports that Ajith was unimpressed, saying only the producers were not fully impressed.
- Sanjay Dutt was initially reported to play the main antagonist in his second Tamil film after Leo (2023), but Arjun was confirmed instead, reuniting him with Ajith after Mankatha (2011).
- Tamannaah Bhatia was initially reported for the female lead, but Trisha was cast instead, marking her fifth pairing with Ajith Kumar after Ji (2005), Kireedam (2007), Mankatha and Yennai Arindhaal (2015).
- Vidaamuyarchi recorded the lowest opening-day gross for an Ajith Kumar-starrer since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Times of India.
