{{More plot|date=January 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox film | image = Vaanmathi poster.jpg | caption = Poster | director = Agathiyan | writer = Agathiyan | producer = Sivasakthi Pandian | starring = Ajith Kumar<br />Swathi | cinematography = Thangar Bachan | editing = Lancy Mohan | music = Deva | studio = Sivasakthi Movie Makers | released = {{film date|1996|1|12|df=y}} | runtime = 147 minutes | country = India | language = Tamil }}
'''''Vaanmathi''''' is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Agathiyan. It stars Ajith Kumar and Swathi in the lead roles. This film portrays hatred that slowly transforms to love between two young people who are from very different financial backgrounds. The film was released on 12 January 1996<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 November 2022 |title=Vaanmathi to Viswasam: When Ajith rocked the screens on Pongal |url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/vaanmathi-to-viswasam-when-ajith-rocked-the-screens-on-pongal/854c51ad4b963 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125093108/https://www.ottplay.com/news/vaanmathi-to-viswasam-when-ajith-rocked-the-screens-on-pongal/854c51ad4b963 |archive-date=25 November 2022 |access-date=25 November 2022 |website=OTTPlay |language=en}}</ref> and went on to become a commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vanmathi ( 1996 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=vanmathi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117190156/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=vanmathi |archive-date=17 January 2010 |access-date=16 December 2009 |website=Cinesouth |language=en}}</ref>
== Plot == Krishna belongs to a middle-class family, where his father is a womaniser and brought up Krishna as a good for nothing fellow. Krishna is also an youngster who likes to waste time, by hanging out with his friends and roaming behind girls. Vaanmathi is the daughter of a rich business woman who is very arrogant and does anything for money. For example, she even abandoned her husband when Vaanmathi was a baby for money. Vaanmathi is a girl who grew up to be a bully, by bringing a bunch of friends in her vehicle and making fun of every guy they come across. Krishna and Vaanmathi play tricks on each other and fight after they met but eventually fall in love, but Vaanmathi's mother is not happy with that. She dislikes Krishna and considers him as her enemy no. 1. She tries everything to break them. Finally she arranges a marriage between Vaanmathi and son of the Governor of Tamil Nadu. Whether Vanmathi and Krishna's love wins over the arrogant mother forms the story.
== Cast == {{cast listing| * Ajith Kumar as Krishna * Swathi as Vaanmathi * Vadivukkarasi as Padmavathy * Vijay Krishnaraj as Varadharaj, Vaanmathi's father * Pandu as Krishna's father * Dhamu as Mimicry artist * LIC Narasimhan as Padmavathy's lawyer * Thideer Kannaiah as Krishna friend's father * Bayilvan Ranganathan as Tea shop owner * T. K. S. Natarajan }}
== Production == ''Vaanmathi'' is the first film produced by film producer Sivasakthi Pandian. He financed the film from the profits he made from distributing ''Muthu'' (1995).<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 July 2019 |title=Producer Sivasakthi Pandian reveals he had made Ajith's Vaanmathi from profits of Rajinikanth's Muthu |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/article/producer-sivasakthi-pandian-reveals-he-had-made-ajiths-vaanmathi-from-profits-of-rajinikanths-muthu/454053 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715100932/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/article/producer-sivasakthi-pandian-reveals-he-had-made-ajiths-vaanmathi-from-profits-of-rajinikanths-muthu/454053 |archive-date=15 July 2019 |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=Times Now}}</ref>
== Soundtrack == The music was composed by Deva, with lyrics by Vaali.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vaanmathi (1996) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/vaanmathi-songs-T0004805 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130035939/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/vaanmathi-songs-T0004805 |archive-date=30 November 2022 |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=Raaga.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vaanmathi – Saathi Sanam Tamil Audio CD By Deva |url=https://banumass.com/shop/vaanmathi-saathi-sanam-tamil-audio-cd/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525045010/https://banumass.com/shop/vaanmathi-saathi-sanam-tamil-audio-cd/ |archive-date=25 May 2023 |access-date=25 May 2023 |website=Banumass}}</ref>
{{Track listing | headline = Track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | total_length = 29:06 | title1 = Arunachalam | extra1 = Swarnalatha | length1 = 5:02 | title2 = Oru Naalum | extra2 = P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram | length2 = 5:43 | title3 = Poontha Malli | extra3 = Mano, K. S. Chithra | length3 = 5:07 | title4 = Pillayarpatti Hero | extra4 = Deva | length4 = 4:42 | title5 = Tata Seirra | extra5 = Mano | length5 = 4:26 | title6 = Vaikaaraiyil | length6 = 4:40 | extra6 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra }}
== Release and reception == The film became a success and subsequently set up a future collaboration between the director and actor in ''Kadhal Kottai''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajitha |date=4 April 1997 |title=The Star Next Door |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/apr/04ajit.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074534/http://www.rediff.com/movies/apr/04ajit.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=13 July 2011 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref> D. S. Ramanujam of ''The Hindu'' wrote "Taming the rich, well-connected would-be mother-in-law and the love affair of the hero with her daughter, also starting on a stormy note, form the theme of Sivasakthi Movie Makers' ''Vaanmathi''. The neglect of growing children by rich parents, the power of influence and money, an estranged husband watching the mental cruelties imposed on others by his rich wife, are all there for exploitation. But director Agathiyan, who has written the story, screenplay and dialogue, goes about his task in fits and starts. The role of the dominating rich lady is played by Vadivukkarasi with wanted venom, dwarfing other characters and enjoying more frames."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramanujam |first=D. S. |date=20 January 1996 |title=Cinema: Coimbatore Maapplaye/Vaanmathi/Thirumbipaar/Ullathai Alli |url=http://www.webpage.com/hindu/960120/03/1926a.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221142927/http://www.webpage.com/hindu/960120/03/1926a.html |archive-date=21 December 1996 |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=The Hindu}}</ref>
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