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Velayudham

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • 3h 6m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
13K
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Joseph Vijay, Genelia Deshmukh, Hansika Motwani, Santhanam, and Saranya Mohan in Velayudham (2011)
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After a villager unwittingly prevents a number of terrorist attacks in Chennai, a young journalist identifies and persuades him to take on the disguise of a superhero to fight terrorism and ... Read allAfter a villager unwittingly prevents a number of terrorist attacks in Chennai, a young journalist identifies and persuades him to take on the disguise of a superhero to fight terrorism and corruption.After a villager unwittingly prevents a number of terrorist attacks in Chennai, a young journalist identifies and persuades him to take on the disguise of a superhero to fight terrorism and corruption.

  • Director
    • Mohan Raja
  • Writers
    • A.N. Balakrishnan
    • Mohan Raja
    • D. Suresh
  • Stars
    • Joseph Vijay
    • Genelia Deshmukh
    • Hansika Motwani
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mohan Raja
    • Writers
      • A.N. Balakrishnan
      • Mohan Raja
      • D. Suresh
    • Stars
      • Joseph Vijay
      • Genelia Deshmukh
      • Hansika Motwani
    • 75User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Joseph Vijay
    Joseph Vijay
    • Velayudham
    Genelia Deshmukh
    Genelia Deshmukh
    • Bharathi
    • (as Genelia D'Souza)
    Hansika Motwani
    Hansika Motwani
    • Vaidehi
    Saranya Mohan
    Saranya Mohan
    • Kaveri
    Santhanam
    Santhanam
    • Speed
    Abhimanyu Singh
    Abhimanyu Singh
    • Musafir Ibrahim
    Vincent Ashokan
    • Minister's brother
    Motta Rajendran
    Motta Rajendran
    • Local Goon
    • (as Rajendran)
    Sayaji Shinde
    Sayaji Shinde
    • DGP
    R. Pandiaraajan
    • Inspector
    M.S. Bhaskar
    M.S. Bhaskar
    • Vaidehi's father
    Soori
    Soori
    • Abdullah
    Pandi
    • Pandi
    Kadhal Thandapani
    • Villager
    • (as Dhandapani)
    Ilavarasu
    Ilavarasu
    • Poor man
    • (as Illavarasu)
    Raaghav Ranganathan
    • Common man
    Manivannan
    Manivannan
    • Politician
    Vaiyapuri
    • Speed's Brother
    • Director
      • Mohan Raja
    • Writers
      • A.N. Balakrishnan
      • Mohan Raja
      • D. Suresh
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    User reviews75

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    10arvind-krishnamoorthy920

    Velayudham - A Cracker of a Diwali

    After huge expectation when the songs have already topped the charts , the wait is finally over for all our fans. Velayudham - The ultimate weapon fired all cylinders and was fully loaded with all the ingredients required for a mass commercial movie and thoroughly satisfied the expectation of every fan who were eagerly waiting for the result. There are many scenes in the movie where your adrenaline rushes, heart pumps and finally you end up with dry throat screaming at your maximum possible decibel level.

    Highlights :

    Vijay carries the entire movie on his shoulders. He serves as the messiah for poor, general public and his character has been perfectly sketched and he has been fed with a neat and a mass script which demands for his image.

    Songs have been perfectly placed and beautifully captured, opening song was a treat to watch, beautiful colors and was a perfect start to a fast paced movie.

    All the artists have done justice to their role and i actually lost count on the number of artists who have appeared.

    Stunts need to mentioned here, beautifully choreographed by stunt Silva and Arasu, each and every punch was breathtaking.

    Director Raja has been underestimated by all of us, he proved all of us wrong and gave a perfect mass commercial movie which can be enjoyed by all sections of people and also keeping the family audience in mind.

    The two pretty ladies, in fact three including Saranya Mohan, they have done their part and also gave their best which is required for the script. Hansika with her cute expressions and innocent behavior and with her glamor quotient makes the audience spell bound, Genelia as a press reporter a much serious role and also an important part of the movie has done her role very well.

    Verdict: Velayudham - 1000 gems in the sky
    NeutralThamizhan

    Velayudham-Ilayathalapathi's Commercial Comback

    Velayudham-Ilayathalapathi's Commercial Comback

    Earlier this Year Vijai had a silent commercial success through the movie Kaavalan after crossing all hurdles released during Pongal. Twist in the Tale i would rather call, since it was derived from a diff genre from his usual commercial flicks so called mas ala and released a day later after all official day of release due to high political pressure Ya this Diwali every one was expecting a commercial entertainer like Gilli,Pokkiri for all class including family audiences Yes its true Ilayathalapathi's Commercial Comback is through Velayudham and the movie thoroughly satisfied me and it will be liked by all types of audience and of all class A & B & C in forthcoming week. Vijai with his HUGE fan following as seen in Banglore and Kochi and around the globe gonna convert this movie from a hit to BB for sure. In addition the negative response from the fellow contenders movie 7 AM ARIVU,RA-ONE in this deepavali gonna boost it further :) :). First half is racy and has humor bended in all terms and moves along with the story i would say.In fact the first commercial movie which has a logical ending to Sandhanam's Role Bajanlal sett Hats off to Screen Play-Raja, Music-Antony and Camera- Priyan for their technical hard work and Comedy Sandhanam and Porotta ]. Above all Vijai scores on all scenes -Humor,Stunt,Sentiment,Dance and Final climax .Post Interval scenes are of action stunts,Sentiment and an happy ending with a social message In my opinion ANY movie is intended for entertainment and am sure Velayudham does it in STYLE !!!! PS: I watched twice 7 AM arrive and even Twice Velayudham, and am going to vela for the third time for its comical first half.
    7sundarvik

    Velayudham - Vijay carries it on his shoulders

    First of all I want to say that velayudham is not only for Vijay Fans to watch.Its a good family entertainer.Direct M.Raja always good at directing movies with huge star cast .yet again he as done it in "Velayudham"

    The cast includes "Vijay" ,Hanshika,Genilia,Santhanam,Shayaji shinde.....the list goes on.The movie is a great ride for those who like the humor.Having Santhanam leading the troop there are totally 30 comedy actors who shared screen space with him.

    Story: The crux of the story revolves around Bharathi(Genelia),is a genuine reporter who want to the baddies to be punished.In the process she creates a fictional character(Super Hero) named "Velayudham".In the Village ,Velayudham(Vijay) and her sister Kavery(Saranya Mohan) makes chaos in the Villages by playing pranks on the people.

    Later Vijay comes to chennai to collect the money which he invested in chit fund for her sister's Marriage.Vijay unknowingly saves people from danger and people think it is the fictional character(Velayudham) who does it.At a later point of time Genailia explains Vijay about the fictional character "Velayudham" and how people are trusting him as superhero.She also request him to continue beating the baddies.

    Did Vijay accept it?.Did Velayudham punishes all the baddies ..forms the rest of the story.

    Performances:

    Vijay has done a phenomenal job.This is what he is so good at..entertaining people.Let it be his dance or comical sequences with santhanam.he has simply rocked in all the departments.

    Genelia has done a fair job considering her space in the movie.

    Its difficult to believe Hanshika as village girl but she has tried her hand in the comedy which has come out good.

    Santhanam has an unsuccessful thief ,tickles the ribs in every scene.His combination with Vijay works out pretty well

    Even though the film as a huge Star cast ..Raja has brought the best out of every body in the silver screen.

    Music: Songs are the huge plus for Velayudham.all the songs were chart busters even before the release of the movie.Chilax being the mass hit of the all.All the songs were refreshing and different.Re-Recording and music takes velayudham to the next level.

    Screen Play: The movie has a good screenplay but it had have been even more racy if some action sequences got trimmed.The Train stunt sequence was excellent.At the end of the sequence it gives the feeling the movie got over but the movie still continues after it.Mind you its run time is 3 hour 20 minutes if I am not wrong.but the clever thing about the director is to bring back santhanam for the village sequence so the audience never felt bored.Raja managed to keep the audience through out.Another good thing about the movie is not revealing the true identity of Velayudham even at end of the movie

    Dialogues: Dialogues by Subha is one of the pluses for the Velayudham. all the dialogues were short and meaningful.The lengthier one should be the one in Climax where he speaks to the public.Considering the message the length seems a valid one.

    Conclusion: Logic is something you have to forget while u watching commercial movie.Velayudham is no exception but Raja packaged it very neatly with a good presentation thus making it a enjoyable movie.Overall a great family entertainer and right movie for the festive mood
    8prashandh007

    Velayudham-Roller coaster ride!

    saw the movie first show at AGS-chennai at 6.15 am..vi jay has proved his metal again..after the huge success of kaavalan...thalapathy has given yet another mass entertainer..first half was a roller coaster ride with vi jay-santhanam&co combo scenes..the story moves very fast showing the relationship between saranaya(sister) and vi jay.thanks to Vijay's own incredible comic sense. After a long while, you see not the star Vijay, but a genuinely affectionate brother who wants to get his sister married well. His antics, together with those of Speedu (Santhanam) set the audiences rolling right away. It's this Vijay that you've missed, for so long.second half shows how vi jay turns in to super hero VELAYUDHAM to save people.stunts has shaped up pretty decently.vi jay has did some homework for fight seqs which can be witnessed from the stunts.pass mark to screenplay because all the scenes follows the order with logics behind it.special mention about a particular scene post intermission when saranya dies,vi jay has performed extremely well and gets applause from the audience as well.coming to the climax which is very different from other vi jay movies says a social message to the people which has been done beautifully by vi jay.on casts genelia has not given her 100% and hansika has done her part well with her bubbly appearance.On the whole,people who still doubt whether vi jay can give mass entertainer onddate in his own style,here is the answer in form of VELAYUDHAM which had everything to be declared as MASS HIT!!!!
    vikivignesh87

    Velayudham - The ultimate weapon

    This time Vijay is back with his usual formula.....Did it get succeeded.....Vijay fans can lift their collar and say that this movie is another Gilli for Vijay.......Raja has made the screenplay in such a way that engages u for the whole 3 hrs (total run time of this movie). Vijay's screen presence is electrifying. Both the heroines used properly.Perfect placement of the songs.Santhanam is a scream...Saranya Mohan justifies her role..Ms. Bhaskar , Swaminathan, Suri, black Pandy lives up to their role. Genelia has very powerful role and whereas Hansika scores with her comic timings..chemistry between Hansu an Vijay has come out very well. Another Important part of the movie is its action part.....they were mind blowing...train sequence is the best example.....stunt Silva did a great job...Priyan, really did a very good job wit his camera..which revolves around the characters in 1st half and Perfectly blending with action seqs in the 2nd half. Vijay's performance is superb...he romances very well, does comedy, dances, fights , emotes well(especially in a twist that will happen in 2nd half). hummable songs by Vijay Antony and its wonderful picturisation is big plus for the movie's screenplay.RR is good/OK .climax is perfect and one cannot make a good climax more than this for a commercial mass entertainer.special thanks to Raja . Overall it is an out an out Vijay movie safely handled by Raja ...can be watched with family..trust me..It wont disappoint u...

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    • Trivia
      This movie was inspired from the hindi movie #MainAzaadHoon (1989) starring Amitabh Bachan
    • Alternate versions
      In the Hindi version, the closeup of navel exposure has been censored.
    • Connections
      Features Pasamalar (1961)

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    • Release date
      • October 26, 2011 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Tamil
    • Also known as
      • The Ultimate Weapon
    • Filming locations
      • India
    • Production company
      • Aascar Film P.
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    • Budget
      • ₹450,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $107,843
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    • Runtime
      • 3h 6m(186 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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