Colourful life) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age musical film written and directed by James Vasanthan in his directorial debut.

The film stars predominantly newcomers who also sing the songs picturised on their characters.

Vaanavil Vaazhkai is the directorial debut of music director James Vasanthan, who wrote the script in six months.

"[1] He likened it to a "Broadway musical", and said the film would feature the actors singing the songs, as opposed to using playback singers.

"[10] Vishal Menon of The Hindu panned the film, saying, "The idea to make a musical is creditable, but VV is a wasted effort.