Vaanathaippola (lit. Like the sky) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vikraman. The film features Vijayakanth in dual lead roles as well as Prabhu Deva, Meena, Livingston, Kausalya and Anju Aravind. Produced by Venu Ravichandran under Oscar Films, the film has a score and soundtrack composed by S. A. Rajkumar and cinematography handled by Arthur A. Wilson. The film tells the story of a caring brother who makes sacrifices to ensure his three younger brothers succeed in life.

The film opened to positive reviews and box office success in January 2000, and went on to win the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment the following year. Vaanathaipola subsequently went on to become the most commercially successful film in Tamil, running for over 250 days in theatres. Furthermore, the success of the film led to two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, as well as several remakes in other Indian regional languages such as Telugu , Kannada and Bhojpuri. The film was remade in Telugu as Maa Annayya with Rajasekhar in the title role. The Kannada remake was titled Yajamana. The Bhojpuri remake was titled Pariwaar.
Directed by Vikraman
Produced by
V. Ravichandran
Written by Vikraman
Starring
Vijayakanth
Prabhu Deva
Meena
Livingston
Kausalya
Anju Aravind
Music by S. A. Rajkumar
Cinematography Arthur A. Wilson
Edited by V. Jaishankar
Production
company
Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd
Distributed by Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd
Release date
14 January 2000[1]
Running time
158 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Cast :
Vijayakanth as Vellaichamy and Muthu
Prabhu Deva as Selvakumar
Meena as Gauri, Muthu's wife
Livingston as Shanmugam
Kausalya as Nandini, Selvakumar's girlfriend
Anju Aravind as Sumathi, Shanmugam's wife
Vineetha as Radha
Senthil
Ramesh Khanna as Pichai
Devan as Dharmalingam
Anandaraj
S. N. Lakshmi
Kazan Khan
Rajeev
Sabitha Anand
Anand
Balu Anand
Singamuthu

Lyrics :
(M)
nadhiyae adi Nile nadhiyae
nanaindhaen un azhaginilae
un sirippai saerththu saerththu malar kaatchi ondRu vaiththaen
un vekkam paarththu paarththu naanum vaeli thOttam pOttaen
oh nila un oorvalamaa un mugam pani poovanamaa
oh nila un oorvalamaa un mugam pani poovanamaa
nadhiyae adi Nile nadhiyae
nanaindhaen un azhaginilae

(M)
minnal konjam kaandham konjam ondRu koodiyae
kaNgaL aachchaa kaNgaL aachchaa
(C) kaNgaL aachchaa kaNgaL aachchaa
(F)
natpu konjam aasai konjam ondRu koodiyae
kaadhal aachchaa kaadhal aachchaa
(C) kaadhal aachchaa kaadhal aachchaa
(M)
Babylon-in thongum thOttam unnai paarththaal adhisayikkum
adi Heater pOttu vandha pudhu Waterfalls-um neeyaa
(F) ennai inbalOgam saerkkum oru Satellite-um neeyaa

(M)
ohh nadhiyae adi Nile nadhiyae [F : nananana naa]
nanaindhaen un azhaginilae

(F)
undhan paerai solli solli vaai valippadhae
inbamaagum inbamaagum
(C) inbamaagum inbamaagum
(M)
theeyaip pOla neeyum vandhu thee kuLippadhae
sorgamaagum sorgamaagum
(C) sorgamaagum sorgamaagum
(F) nooRu Gram dhaan idhayam adhilae nooRu Tonn-aai un ninaivu
(M) andha ulaga azhagi yaarum undhan azhagil paadhi illai
(F) un kaNNin eerppai paarkka andha Newton indRu illai

(M)
nadhiyae adi Nile nadhiyae [F: lalalala naa]
nanaindhaen un azhaginilae
un sirippai saerththu saerththu malar kaatchi ondRu vaiththaen
un vekkam paarththu paarththu naanum vaeli thOttam pOttaen
oh nila un oorvalamaa un mugam pani poovanamaa
oh nila un oorvalamaa un mugam pani poovanamaa

(F)
oh nila en oorvalamaa en mugam pani poovanamaa
lalalala laa lalalala laa lalalala laa