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Velaikkaran

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
5.1K
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Fahadh Faasil, Nayanthara, and Sivakarthikeyan in Velaikkaran (2017)
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A youngster from the slums battles against food adulteration by the company that employs him.A youngster from the slums battles against food adulteration by the company that employs him.A youngster from the slums battles against food adulteration by the company that employs him.

  • Director
    • Mohan Raja
  • Writers
    • Mohan Raja
    • D. Suresh
    • A.N. Balakrishnan
  • Stars
    • Sivakarthikeyan
    • Fahadh Faasil
    • Nayanthara
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    5.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mohan Raja
    • Writers
      • Mohan Raja
      • D. Suresh
      • A.N. Balakrishnan
    • Stars
      • Sivakarthikeyan
      • Fahadh Faasil
      • Nayanthara
    • 27User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Sivakarthikeyan
    Sivakarthikeyan
    • Arivu
    • (as Siva Karthikeyan)
    Fahadh Faasil
    Fahadh Faasil
    • Aadhi
    Nayanthara
    Nayanthara
    • Mrinalini
    Prakash Raj
    Prakash Raj
    • Kasi
    Sneha
    Sneha
    • Kasthuri
    Rohini
    Rohini
    • Ponni
    Sathish
    Sathish
    • Hari
    RJ Balaji
    RJ Balaji
    • Sriram
    Vinodhini Vaidynathan
    Vinodhini Vaidynathan
    • Sivaranjani
    Thambi Ramaiah
    Thambi Ramaiah
    • Stella Bruce
    • (as Thambi Ramayya)
    Robo Shankar
    Robo Shankar
    • Chinna Thambi
    Mahesh Manjrekar
    Mahesh Manjrekar
    • Madhav Kurup
    Aruldoss
    Aruldoss
    • Ansari
    Mime Gopi
    Mime Gopi
    • Kishta
    Mansoor Ali Khan
    Mansoor Ali Khan
    • Kennedy
    Sharath Lohitashwa
    Sharath Lohitashwa
    • Doss
    Y.G. Mahendran
    Y.G. Mahendran
    • Narayanan
    Udhayabanu Maheshwaran
    Udhayabanu Maheshwaran
    • Naga Sudarshan
    • (as Uday Mahesh)
    • Director
      • Mohan Raja
    • Writers
      • Mohan Raja
      • D. Suresh
      • A.N. Balakrishnan
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    User reviews27

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    6AnandOne

    Mediocre Commercial Movie Substituted with a good Message

    The intend of the entire crew is good and the message tried to deliver is new and novel. Absolutely no doubt about the intentions and thought process is really admirable.

    Too many good characters but given very limited space. Siva's space should have been sliced out to other characters to throw more weight-age on the story telling. Unfortunately Director has failed on that aspect of planning. Moreover, movies should rely more on script, screenplay , story telling and content delivery. In those lines this is very mediocre typical commercial movie.

    I wanted to rate 7, but with the quality movies Tamil Cinema has been producing lately its tough to rate as a good movie.
    7Santhosh_2002

    Velaikkaran

    Amazing movie. This is one of the best movie of Sivakarthikeyan. The movie has a good message and a good story. Songs and BGM were excellent in the movie. Everybody acted very well in the movie but Robo Shankar can be used more. The movie was so interesting in the 1st half but as there was many talk portions in the 2nd half the movie slightly lagged but at climax the movie was excellent.
    7vishalmellark

    Siva Karthikeyan's sensible performance till date

    THE MOVIE WAS INSPIRED FROM FEW DOCUMENTARIES , N THE ORIGINAL CUT IS 4 hours ! we got to see 2 hours n 30 mins hardly !This message oriented movie will engage n connect u , throughout , however some how lacks the punch in the end :) 7/10 music:8/10 choreo:8/10 acting:7/10 directing:9/10
    8azwarzamhuri

    Quality Movies

    This movie has great actors, quality story and a beautiful message. Unfortunately, in the second half there are several shortcomings that will make the audience confused themselves.

    This movie has great actors, quality story and a beautiful message. Unfortunately, in the second half there are several shortcomings that will make the audience confused themselves.

    This movie has great actors, quality story and a beautiful message. Unfortunately, in the second half there are several shortcomings that will make the audience confused themselves.

    This movie has great actors, quality story and a beautiful message. Unfortunately, in the second half there are several shortcomings that will make the audience confused themselves.
    5collinsenosh

    Great Music, few provoking thoughts, lost in didactic!

    This movie is worth going to the theatre for Anirudh's music alone, Bjorn's singing is the highlight, and Jonita Gandhi lives up to the expectation. There are a few thought provoking ideas, extrapolating the advertising strategy a pro- capitalist technique and using it against the very system of capitalism. This is a movie that will stimulate a long drawn out contemplation of the society well into the following weeks. Nonetheless, I would reserve such ideas to a platform like TEDx, the message and the format don't gel well, the didactic script back-fires miserably. What's worse, is that even the message is flawed, if packaged goods are harmful, so are steroid- induced chickens, pesticide ridden vegetables which again is only so called natural!

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    • Trivia
      The slum shown in this film is actually a set work done by the Ace Art Director T. Muthuraj done over 7.5 acres of land. And another interesting thing is that the over bridge shown behind the slum was actually built using the materials needed to build an exact original bridge- only thing being only a portion of the bridge was built and rest was filled up by CGI. And any trees found in the slum was actually brought and grown in the slum to give a realistic feel to the slum. Even the waste products and dumpings in the slum are real waste brought from a dumpyard to give the realistic feel.
    • Alternate versions
      The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to remove scenes of strong violence and injury detail in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.

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    • Release date
      • December 22, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official sites
      • Telugu version Jaago releasing on ZEE5
      • Watch Velaikkaran on Disney+ Hotstar
    • Language
      • Tamil
    • Also known as
      • Трудяга
    • Production companies
      • 24AM Studios
      • Goldmines Telefilms
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $569,727
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 40m(160 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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