| Directed by | M. Raja |
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| Produced by | V. Ravichandran |
| Written by | Subha (dialogues ) |
| Screenplay by | M. Raja R. T. Neason |
| Story by | M. Raja |
| Starring | Vijay Genelia D'Souza Hansika Motwani Abhimanyu Singh Saranya Mohan Santhanam Soori Vineet Kumar |
| Music by | Vijay Antony |
| Cinematography | Priyan |
| Edited by | V. T. Vijayan |
Production
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| Distributed by | Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd Ayngaran International GK Media(USA) ASM Media(CH) |
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Running time
| 186 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Velayudham is a 2011 Indian Tamil vigilante-superhero masala film written and directed by M. Raja.[2] It stars Vijay in the title roles, alongside Hansika Motwani as the female lead, Abhimanyu Singh, Genelia D'Souza, Saranya Mohan and Santhanam in supporting roles.
The film revolves around a villager who arrives in the city to collect money, is forced to take upon the disguise of superhero and starts to eradicate the evils that pertains within the society such as corruption, prostitution, terrorism etc. In the process, he loses his younger sister. The rest of the story is how Velu avenges the death of his sister and thwarts the plans of a terrorist and an evil minister who is behind the misdeeds.
Velayudham released on 26 October 2011 to positive reviews and became the third highest grossing Tamil film of 2011[3] and became a major commercial success among Tamil Diwali releases despite competition with 7aum Arivu.[4]The movie went on to complete its 100-day theatrical run on 3 February 2012 at many centers and was declared a blockbuster.[5] This movie is a remake of Telugu movie Azad starring Nagarjuna Akkineni. The movie was dubbed into Hindi as Super Hero Shahenshah.
Cast
Themes and influences[edit]
The film has been widely reported to be a remake of the 2000 Telugu film Azad that starred Soundarya as a journalist and Akkineni Nagarjuna as a villager, incidentally the roles played by Genelia and Vijay, respectively.[9][29] However, director M. Raja claimed that it was not a remake but his own story.[30][31] He later admitted that Azad served as the inspiration and that he had penned a new screenplay.[26] Vijay had signed up to appear in a village action story titled Velan in 2001 to be directed by Thirupathisamy, the director of Azad, which was postponed indefinitely after the death of the director.[32] Raja told his cast that it was inspired by Azad and requested them to not watch the original.[33] It became Raja's first Tamil venture which did not include his brother in the cast and while writing the script, Raja analysed Vijay's popularity amongst children and women audience to insert certain scenes into the script. The film told the tale of a milkman who turns into a vigilante, with a human interest story as a backdrop.[26] Post the film's release, Raja said that his brother Jayam Ravi had help him in improving the script.[34] Another reported influence for the film was the superhero costume worn by Vijay's character, which was believed to have been "loosely borrowed" from the Assassin's Creed video game series,[35] bearing a resemblance to the robes of young Altaïr, one of the protagonists in the series, leading to criticism of the film being "copied" from the video game.[36] The film 7aum Arivu, which had released alongside Velayudham was also compared with the game.[37] Sudhish Kamath compared Velayudham to the Pink Panther films for featuring a series "unintentional world-saving incidents".[35]
Soundtrack[edit]
The soundtrack is scored by Vijay Antony. The audio right was bought by Sony Music for huge amount.[38] The soundtrack consists of 6 tracks and was released on 28 August 2011, at CSI Grounds in Madurai, attended by thousand of Vijay fans. Vijay, Hansika Motwani, S. A. Chandrasekhar, Vijay Antony, Viveka, and several distributors and theatre owners were present in function.[39]In a press statement Ashok Parwani, Sony Music Entertainment Chennai, said, "We are overwhelmed with the response the movie and the music have received. Velayudham has broken all records and we have sold all our units within a day of its launch. The soundtracks are original, soulful and memorable. We’re sure that the compositions will go down in history as some of the best melodies of our times."[40]
The audio launch was held in Madurai on 28 August.
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