Vaanavil Vaazhkai

Vaanavil Vaazhkai is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age musical film written and directed by James Vasanthan in his directorial debut. He also worked as music composer.

The film stars predominantly newcomers who also sing the songs picturised on their characters. It was released on 13 March 2015.

Rival bands come together to compete in a national inter-university competition.

For the film's cast, James Vasanthan decided to take newcomers, primarily college students and those from college bands. Among the newcomers were vocalist/guitarist Jithin Raj, Carnatic music-trained Janani Rajan, percussionists Jose Selvaraj and Radhika George, singer Cassandra Rachel, Carnatic singer S. Sowmya, and Maya S. Krishnan.

It took nearly two years to finalise the lead artistes. James Vasanthan did not learn the basics of film production before making his directorial debut.