Vellore Maavattam (transl. Vellore district) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by R. N. R. Manohar, starring Nandha and Poorna in the lead roles. Produced by AGS Entertainment,[2] the film released on 6 October 2011 on the occasion of the festival of Ayudha Pooja.
| Vellore Maavattam | |
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| Directed by | R. N. R. Manohar |
| Screenplay by | R. N. R. Manohar |
| Story by | R. N. R. Manohar |
| Produced by | Kalpathi S. Aghoram Kalpathi S. Ganesh Kalpathi S. Suresh |
| Starring | Nandha Poorna Santhanam |
| Cinematography | Vetri Palanisamy |
| Edited by | Suraj Kavee |
| Music by | Sundar C. Babu |
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| Distributed by | AGS Entertainment |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹ 5.5 crores [1] |
Cast
- Nandha as Additional Superintendent of Police Muthukumar IPS
- Poorna as Priya
- Santhanam as Kumaravelu
- Azhagam Perumal as Gurumurthy
- S. Neelakantan as Nachiappan
- G. M. Kumar as Muthukumar's father
- Sathyan
- Sriman
- Manobala as Doctor
- Singamuthu as Veera, Kumaravelu's father
- V. I. S. Jayapalan
- Mayilsamy
- Swaminathan as Retired S.P.
- Rani as Lakshmi Gurumurthy
- Vaiyapuri
- Ravi as Doctor
- Kaajal Pasupathi as Police Officer
- Nandha Saravanan
- Meghna Naidu (special appearance)
Soundtrack
| Vellore Maavattam | |
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| Recorded | 2011 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Language | Tamil |
| Producer | Sundar C Babu |
The tunes for the album are composed by Sundar C Babu.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Adikuthu Adikuthu" | Na. Muthukumar | Senthildass Velayutham, Manikka Vinayagam, Navven Madhav, Maanasa, Malgudi Subha | |
| 2. | "Vaanam Ellam" | Kavivarman | Hariharan, Shruthi | |
| 3. | "Unnai Unnai" | Thamarai | Krish, Mahathi | |
| 4. | "Party Vandhale" | Ezhil Arasu | Shaan | |
| 5. | "Kannala Parkurathum" | Viveka | Anitha | |
| 6. | "Saxy Vaanam Ellam" | Instrumental | Martyn |
Reception
News18 gave the film a negative review and stated that "For the audience, Vellore Maavattam offers nothing that they haven't seen before!".[3] Behindwoods gave the film a rating of one-and-a-half stars out of five and wrote that "while drawing a line between commercial and realistic cinema, he has missed out major chunks of portions screaming for attention leaving the movie a predictable fare".[4]