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Vada (வடை) (food)
Vada (வடை) is a savoury Indian deep-fried snack of ground pulses, flour, or vegetables. Best known as medu vada, a ring-shaped urad dal fritter with sambar and chutney; in Mumbai it names the potato patty of vada pav.
Vada Chennai (வட சென்னை)
Vada Chennai (வட சென்னை) is a 2018 Tamil crime drama directed by Vetrimaaran, starring Dhanush as carrom player Anbu in North Chennai's gang wars; first of a planned trilogy, later a cult hit and cinematic universe.
Vada pav
Vada pav (वड़ा पाव), also called the Indian or Mumbai burger, is a Maharashtrian street food: a spiced deep-fried potato fritter (batata vada) in a soft pav roll with chutneys. Credited to Ashok Vaidya at Dadar station in the late 1960s and tied to Shiv Sena politics.
Vadakkupatti Ramasamy
Vadakkupatti Ramasamy (வடக்குப்பட்டி ராமசாமி) is a 2024 Tamil period comedy-drama directed by Karthik Yogi, starring Santhanam as an atheist who builds a temple in a 1974 village and profits from superstition, released 2 February 2024.
Vadam
Vadam (வடம்) is a 2026 Tamil rural action drama by Kenthiran V starring Vimal, Natty, and Sanashka Sri, based on Vada Manju Virattu bull-taming; released 6 March 2026, 136 minutes, UA 13+, flopped at ₹1.41 crore net.
Vadapav (film)
Vadapav (वडापाव), also listed as Vada Paav, is a 2025 Marathi-language film directed by Prasad Oak and written by Siddharth Salvi, released in theaters on 2 October 2025.
Vade-mecum
Vade-mecum is an unfinished poetic cycle by Cyprian Kamil Norwid, the last great Polish Romantic poet. Its Latin title means "come with me," and it was never printed in his lifetime.
Vader (band)
Vader: Polish death metal band from Olsztyn formed in 1983, led by founding guitarist and vocalist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek; known for the demos Necrolust and Morbid Reich and the 1992 debut The Ultimate Incantation, the first Eastern Bloc death metal deal with a Western label.
Vadh (वध) (2022 film)
Vadh (वध) is a 2022 Hindi crime thriller directed by Jaspal Singh Sandhu and Rajeev Barnwal, starring Sanjay Mishra and Neena Gupta as a Gwalior couple who kill their loan shark. Released 9 December 2022 by Yash Raj Films; won Filmfare Best Debut Director; sequel Vadh 2 released February 2026.
Vadh 2 (वध 2)
Vadh 2 (वध 2) is a 2026 Hindi prison crime thriller, a spiritual sequel to Vadh (2022), written and directed by Jaspal Singh Sandhu, starring Sanjay Mishra and Neena Gupta as a Shivpuri jail guard and inmate, released 6 February 2026 by Luv Films.
Vadhandhi season 2
Vadhandhi season 2, titled The Mystery of Mani, is an eight-episode Tamil Prime Video crime thriller created by Andrew Louis, starring M. Sasikumar as SI Moosa Raza investigating skeletal remains in Madurai, premiered August 7, 2026.
Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie
Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie (வதந்தி) is a Tamil Prime Video crime thriller by Andrew Louis; season 1 (2022) stars SJ Suryah investigating Velonie's murder in Kanyakumari, season 2 (2026) stars Sasikumar in Madurai.
Vadhir Derbez
Vadhir Derbez (born 1991, Mexico City) is a Mexican actor, singer, and producer, son of Eugenio Derbez; won Mira Quién Baila 2010, starred in Gossip Girl Acapulco, The Seventh Day, White Elephant, and ViX's Par de Ideotas.
Vadhuvu
Vadhuvu (వధువు) is a 2023 Telugu thriller web series on Disney+ Hotstar, a remake of Bengali series Indu, directed by Poluru Krishna and starring Avika Gor as a bride uncovering her in-laws' secrets.
Vadivelu (வடிவேலு)
Vadivelu (வடிவேலு), nicknamed Vaigai Puyal, is a Tamil film comedian and playback singer born 1960 in Madurai, debuted in En Rasavin Manasile (1991), famous for Chandramukhi, Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei, Pokkiri, Maamannan, and five Tamil Nadu state best-comedian awards.
Vadivukkarasi (வடிவுக்கரசி)
Vadivukkarasi (வடிவுக்கரசி) is an Indian film and television actress in Tamil cinema since her 1978 debut, best known as Sivaji Ganesan's wife in Mudhal Mariyathai (1985).
Vafþrúðnismál
Vafþrúðnismál is an Eddic poem in Old Norse, third in the Codex Regius, in which Óðinn, disguised as Gagnráðr, wins a deadly wisdom contest with the giant Vafþrúðnir.
Vagabond (1985 film)
Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) is Agnès Varda's 1985 French drama starring Sandrine Bonnaire as Mona, a drifter found frozen in a ditch; it won the Venice Golden Lion and the Best Actress César.
Vagabond (배가본드) (TV series)
Vagabond (배가본드) is a 2019 SBS-Netflix Korean spy action drama, 16 episodes, starring Lee Seung-gi and Suzy as a stuntman and NIS agent investigating a plane crash; 25 billion won budget, finale peaked at 13.61%.
Vagabond (バガボンド) (manga)
Vagabond (バガボンド) is Takehiko Inoue's samurai manga, serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Morning since 1998, adapting Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi about Miyamoto Musashi; 37 volumes, award-winning, on hiatus since 2015, no anime.
Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (Академия русского балета имени А. Я. Вагановой)
The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (Академия русского балета имени А. Я. Вагановой) is the state ballet school of St. Petersburg, founded in 1738, training dancers for the Mariinsky Theatre.
Vagarth
Vagarth (वागर्थ) is a monthly Hindi literary magazine published in Kolkata since 1995 by the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, carrying poetry, stories, essays, criticism, and translations from other literatures.
Vagif
Vagif is a 1937 verse drama in Azerbaijani by poet and playwright Samad Vurgun, about the 18th-century poet Molla Panah Vagif, premiered in Baku in 1938.
Vagina and vulva in art
Vagina and vulva in art covers depictions of female genitalia from prehistoric pubic-triangle carvings through Courbet's L'Origine du monde, 1970s cunt art and Judy Chicago's Dinner Party, to The Vulva Gallery, censorship cases, and anatomical imagery.
Vagrant Records
Vagrant Records, founded 1996 in Los Angeles by Rich Egan and Jon Cohen, is an indie rock and emo label behind the Get Up Kids, Saves the Day, Dashboard Confessional, and Alkaline Trio, acquired by BMG in 2014.
Vahan Tekeyan
Vahan Tekeyan (Վահան Թեքեյան, 1878–1945) was a Western Armenian poet, editor, and publicist born in Constantinople who settled in Cairo, regarded as the last major representative of Western Armenian classical lyric poetry.
Vahide Perçin
Vahide Perçin (also known during marriage as Vahide Gördüm) is a Turkish stage, film, and television actress born 1965 in İzmir, known for Hürrem Sultan in Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Hünkar Yaman in Bir Zamanlar Çukurova, Güzide in Aldatmak, and 2007 Adana Altın Koza Best Actress.
Vahshi Bafqi
Vahshi Bafqi (وحشی بافقی) was a Persian poet of the Safavid era, best known for his ghazals and the romance Shirin o Farhad; he died in 1583.
Vai Raja Vai (வை ராஜா வை)
Vai Raja Vai (வை ராஜா வை), 2015 Tamil thriller directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth, starring Gautham Karthik, Priya Anand, Vivek, Taapsee Pannu; music Yuvan Shankar Raja; ESP-gambling plot, released 1 May 2015.
Vaibhav Reddy
Vaibhav Reddy (Sumanth Reddy), Indian actor in Tamil and Telugu cinema, son of director A. Kodandarami Reddy; debuted in Godava (2007), known for Venkat Prabhu's Saroja, Goa, Mankatha, and Chennai 600028 II.