Velayudham
Velayudham is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language superhero
film written and directed by M. Raja.
It stars Vijay in the titular role with Genelia, Hansika, Santhanam, Saranya Mohan, Soori, Abhimanyu
Singh, and Vineet Kumar in other prominent roles. The
music was composed by Vijay Antony with cinematography by Priyan.
The film revolves around a villager who arrives in the city
to collect money and is persuaded by a journalist to take on the disguise
of Velayudham, a superhero, to eradicate the evils pertaining within the
society such as corruption and terrorism. It's story was inspired from the 2000
Telugu film Azad.
Velayudham released on 26 October 2011 and became
commercially successful, completing a 100-day theatrical run.
Vijay's superhero costume was inspired from Ezio's character costume in Assassin's Creed
Plot
A young journalist named Bharathi, along with two of her
friends, investigates a series of terrorist attacks
which have taken place in Chennai and also illegal activities like human
trafficking. When they are caught video-recording illicit activities
happening in a secluded house one night by a group of thugs, they attempt to
flee from them. While Bharathi's friends are killed, Bharathi manages to escape
despite being stabbed by one of the thugs, but after the attack on Bharathi and
her friends, the thugs' vehicle explodes due to a small mishap when a
matchstick falls over petrol packets stored in the vehicle, killing all the
thugs. Bharathi comes up with a new idea to eradicate society's evils by
creating and propagating a fictional character called "Velayudham"
who wants to clean up the city of terrorism and other illegal activities.
The scene then shifts to a village called Pavunoor, where a
milk vendor named Velayudham alias Velu is residing with his younger sister
Kaveri, whom he loves dearly. He has a cousin named Vaidehi who is deeply in
love with him. One day, Velu, Kaveri, and Vaidehi leave for Chennai to collect
money from a chit fund for Kaveri's marriage. At
the Chennai Egmore railway station,
Velu's money is stolen by Speedu, a petty thief. Velu pursues Speedu on a
motorbike parked at the station and manages to get back his money, but moments
after alighting from the bike, the bike explodes. The parked bike had a bomb
which was meant to ensure a terrorist attack at the railway station, and thus,
Velu inadvertently thwarted a deadly terrorist attack which would have killed
several people. After a few more incidents where Velu unknowingly prevents more
terrorist attacks, he comes to Bharathi's attention. She convinces him to take
up the role of Velayudham and provide hope to the people. In the avatar of
Velayudham, Velu starts to eradicate the evils that pertain within the society
such as corruption, prostitution, and terrorism, among others. He soon gains
wide support and acceptance among the public and even the police.
A few months later, Velu returns to Pavunoor with Bharathi
for Kaveri's marriage. Unknown to Velayudham, Musafir Ibrahim, the leader of a
terrorist group, followed him to the village. Ibrahim wants to kill him since
he, in the garb of Velayudham, had thwarted every terrorist attack that he had
planned in Chennai. On the day of Kaveri's marriage, a bomb planted by Ibrahim
at Velu's house explodes, killing Kaveri.
A few days after Kaveri's death, a grieving Velu learns from Bharathi that Ulaganathan, the corrupt Home Minister of Tamil Nadu, is indirectly responsible for the terrorist attacks and Kaveri's death. Ulaganathan allowed Ibrahim to carry out terrorist attacks in exchange for money. He even tries to gain popularity by claiming Velayudham as his idea, planning to reveal Ibrahim as Velayudham's real identity in a function at the Nehru Stadium, Chennai. Velu returns to Chennai, kills Ibrahim, exposes Ulaganathan's misdeeds, and reveals himself as Velayudham to the whole world.
Cast
·
Vijay as
Velayudham
·
Genelia
D'Souza as Bharathi, a journalist
·
Hansika
Motwani as Vaidehi, Velayudham's love interest
·
Santhanam as
Speed, a petty thief
·
Saranya Mohan as
Kaveri, Velu's sister
·
Soori as
Abdullah, Velu's friend
·
Abhimanyu
Singh as Musafir Ibrahim, the main antagonist
·
Vineet Kumar as
Ulaganathan, the Home Minister of Tamil Nadu, the other antagonist
·
Pandiarajan as
Head Constable Honest Raj, a supporter of Velayudham
·
M. S. Bhaskar as
Vaidehi's father
·
Sayaji Shinde as
Asst. Commissioner Mhd. Feroz Khan, a critic of Velayudham who later starts
supporting him
·
Ilavarasu as
a poor man
·
T. P.
Gajendran as a Travelling Ticket Examiner
·
Kadhal
Dhandapani as Nattamai
·
Vincent
Asokan as Ulaganathan's brother
·
Pandi as
Pandi
·
Ajay as
Ulaganathan's partner
·
Junaid Sheikh as
Abu Salim
·
Raaghav as
Jai
·
Rajendran as
a Local Goon
·
Manivannan as
Rathnavelu, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
·
Veerasamar as
Hari, Bharathi's friend
·
O. A. K.
Sundar as Inspector Kaalidaas
·
Meenal as
one of the girls abducted by thugs
·
Anjali Devi as Vaidehi's mother
·
Singamuthu as
Speed's father
·
Vaiyapuri as
Speed's brother
·
Swaminathan as
Maama
·
Crane Manohar as
Theatre Operator
·
Yogi Babu as
Villager
·
Krishnamoorthy as a Villager
·
George Maryan as
a Villager
·
Balaji
K Mohan as Bharathi's friend
·
Bonda Mani as
a beggar
·
Pei
Krishnan as Annachi
·
Udayabanu
·
Boys
Rajan
·
Munnar Ramesh as
Local Goon
·
Sampath Ram as
Local Goon
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