Vaadhyar (English: Teacher) is a 2012 Malayalam film directed by debutant Nidheesh Sakthi and written by Rajesh Raghavan, Produced by N Sudhish under the banner of Lakshminath Creations, and the music is composed by Manoj George and Rinil Gowtham.

The film is about an aided school teacher named Anoop Krishnan, his dream is to become an MBA holder, but circumstances force him to take up teaching profession.

Rediff started that "It is a 'coming of age' story at one level, and transforms into something like Manikyakkallu (2011), where the hero fights against the powers that be who have ordered the closure of his school because of its non-performance and dwindling number of students"and gave it 1.5 out of 5 stars.

[1] Times of India rated it 2 out of 5 and told it is a subverted mix of elements that we enjoyed in movies like Taare Zameen Par.

[2] The soundtrack is scored by debutant Manoj George, who had earlier composed for the 2008 Kannada film "Athmiya" and the Background music, "Va Va Vaadhyare" song by R. Gautham, who had previously worked with Jayasurya starrer film Janapriyan, and the lyrics by Santhosh Varma and Rajeev Nair Allunkal.