Vaamanan is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by debutant I. Ahmed, and produced by P. Kabilan of Dream Valley Corporation.

The film score and soundtrack were by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while cinematography was handled by Arvind Krishna and editing by S. Surajkavee.

The film carries a special thanks in the title card to the actor, Ajith Kumar, who assisted in helping fix a problem encountered with the helicopter.

[5][6] The soundtrack album of Vaamanan, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, was released on 9 April 2009 at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai.

[8] In March 2009, Jai elicited controversy for making comments about the potential box office fare of his future films.

[9] Initially, the council asked him to complete his pending assignments before he could start work on Venkat Prabhu's Goa, but, the producer of the film, Soundarya Rajinikanth, intervened and bailed Jai out of the ban.

[10] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote: "Despite its share of improbabilities, if Vaamanan (U/A) manages to impact the viewer to a certain extent it is mainly because of the raciness in the last lap".

[12] Sify wrote, "What could have been an edge-of-the-seat crime thriller falls flat in the second half due to lack of a proper script and far too many compromises made by the director".

[5] Chennai Online wrote, "Debutant director Ahmed’s tries to show an ordinary man rising to the occasion and tame the bad elements.