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Velu (Vijay) is a village milkman who stays with his widowed mother, a beautiful sister Kaveri(Saranya Mohan) and a cute Murai Ponnu Vaidhiyalakshmi (Hansikha). He is liked by one and all in the village. He loves to help the needy.

Genelia D'Souza is a TV reporter who comes to village to do coverage of her viewers where she happens to fall in love with Vijay.

Genelia was earlier harassed by the misdeeds of Villain Abhimanyu Singh. He is the most influential person in the city and an underworld mafia don. One fine day Genelia happens to witness an accident where bunch of goons die. She uses this incident and she creates a fictional character 'Velayutham'. When Vijay visits Chennai there are few bomb blasts planned but he prevents all the bomb blasts without his knowledge. So people start to think that he is Velayutham.

Genelia meets Vijay & tells him about the fictional character & Villain. Vijay initially hesitates to continue this fictional character but it so happens that he continues this character to panel the evil minds and save his villagers.

And rest of the film speaks about how Vijay takes over villain and his gang.

PERFORMANCE:

Vijay has entertained all classes of the audience who has followed the success path of the Kollywood Superstar Rajinikanth. Vijay too has set his own style to entertain the fan club. His style steals millions of hearts.

Hansika creates an impact on the audience.

Genelia gives a neat image of next door girl.

Santhanam's comedy is another highlight of the movie.

Saranya Mohan as sister to Vijay has done justice to her character giving a neat performance from her part.

Shayali Shinde comes as a Villain.

The film also has MS Bhaskar, Sathyan, Illavarasu, Vincent Ashokan and Raaghav playing their roles perfectly.

Vijay Anthony tops the musical charts.

VT Vijayan's editing plays a major part in the film.

Priyan's camera showed different angels on the big screen.

Director Jayam Raja who is famous for successful remakes can now go for any number of big remakes with more Kollywood stars.

COMMENTS:

Velayutham a full length action mass entertainer promises to take Vijay's career to another level of stardom.

Vijay Performance SUPEEEER 'ma !!!! Climax MINDBLOWING except when the little girl scream in the crowd ! i think its ridiculous and Director Raja could think a better idea ! anyway it's another SUPER HIT FOR THALAPATHY ! AND : a little request as a fan of THALAPATHY : Please don't do the stupid scenes like girl who screaming or a "feeling scene" in between a fight scene (i mean when Velayutham save all the girls and talk to the little girl at the end of the fight) it waste the scene in that case ! Santhanam comedy is excellent too !!! The shot (15-20sec) when vijay cry for his sister is MINDBLOWING !!! i saw a NEW VIJAY !!! Harbour fight sequence excellent ! otherwise Hats off to the all team of VELAYUTHAM !!! again VIJAY performance is Excellent !

Prior to this movie's release a lot of people wrote vijay off claiming that surya had overtaken vijay in terms of star power. Well i do not think those words will ever be uttered again in a long long time. I went for this movie a week after watching 7am arivu(English meaning 7th nonsense) yes, i needed some time to recover from it. I had no expectations but by the end of the movie i was surprised by how much the movie entertained me. I think this was Vj's best since ghilli.He looked like he enjoyed making the movie. Everything was in it's place, the songs, the jokes, the fights(do not worry laws of gravity are respected). Amongst the female leads, Genelia had the role which drives the plot forward the other one was their only for eye candy and the sister did her part well.Among the action scenes the train part certainly catches the eye and the climax in the stadium was certainly better than i expected it to be. The movie will not win awards or stay with you after its viewing but it will entertain you.Give it a try and chillax, it might surprise you.

Well what can you expect from Vijay movies - sister sentiments, group dances, violent fights ... As an ardent Vijay (must say erstwhile) fan, I decided to watch this on 1st day 1st show. Movie is well-paced, songs are forgettable, good comedy track, Hansika is good-looking while they killed Genelia's costume esp. on 'Mulachu Moonu' song - just does not suit her bod! Vijay's effort to show his six-pack (?!?!) in the climax is futile. I miss romantic Vijay though - gone are those days I guess. I somehow liked the climax - an effort to show that courage is not always hero's trait but lies with every individual - apt for any Indian cinema though.

There is nothing much to talk about this movie, as its the usual stuff that we expect from a vijay movie. The movie had few good moments but it is not enough to save this mess. As for the vijay fans this might be an appealing film but for the rest its just another vijay movie. The major drawback of the film is that, it never offers much and neither deliver. The film lacks to draw the viewers attention throughout,as the viewer could guess whats going to come up in each and every moment. The climax turned into a mess, reminding us of other movies in the same genre(ie, fighting against corruption). Totally its a disappointing film.

Velayudham is inspired (almost a remake) of Telugu movie Azad (2000). Incidentally Nagarjuna starred Azad was inspired by 1989 Amitabh flick, Main Azad Hoon. The inspiration doesn't stop there. Main Azad Hoon takes the story line from 1941 Frank Capra classic, Meet John Doe. What do you reckon? An Amitabh Bachchan film taking so much time to come to Tamil movies. I will give you a special trivia at the end.

The biggest problem of Velayudham is the stark difference between the two halves. You will hate the second as much as you love the first one. After a very long time, you can see Vijay in his own comic self and with Saranya Mohan for company and they create ruckus on screen. The build up to the arrival of Velayudham is carefully done but what hurts the movie is the lack of sustenance in pace. Unwanted songs at wrong moments in the movie, needless love track between Genelia and Vijay and even more the silly cat fight track between Hansika and Genelia. The CGI work is pedestrian, camera work by Priyan passes through and could have used VT Vijayan's editing in the second half. Vijay Antony's songs are amateurish except for the lovely tune of Mulachu Moonu ilaye. It would be great if he stays away from singing, the opening song was crappy. Hansika doesn't have much to do except for her hip line shows (boy, she has become sexier, hasn't she?) and Genelia doesn't even remotely look like strong headed journalist. Sandhanam is an unexpected dud.

Initially, I thought Raja has taken an original plot but he chose to do a remake this time too. Usually his xerox machines works very fine but somehow he tried the formulaic second half that wrecked the movie, very badly. This time around he has xeroxed a few more things like the attire and jumping sequences from Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft is planning to sue them), Tron setting for the Maayam Seidhayo song and some more Hollywood movies for his fight sequences. Raja fails miserably in translating the persona of Vijay on to the screen. The bad screenplay and the lingering confusion on how to move the story is evident in the second half. Horrible casting of the villain roles is one another reason for the bad show. Thankfully Vijay doesn't have any punch dialogues (except for one) to mouth but even the tiny little characters give out punch dialogues in random.We all know that Velayudham is mass masala flick but it's doesn't sustain your interest till the last. The directors don't understand the fact that people want interesting movies and not combo offer of songs and fights. What could have been a perfect mass masala entertainer becomes just another fizzled out cracker from Vijay's stable. Can we have a Velayudham to stop such directors?

A milkman becomes super hero(so no more Logic's) to fight against terrorism and corruption. Even though it is a old type story which wall well known to Tamil cinema, director M.Raja penned with interesting screenplay. Vijay - Acted very well. Still he is the only hero who can do the script of Super hero doing goodness to people.. No one dare to touch this script in 2011. Vijay entertains his million of fans without anyone disappointment. Genilia is for acting and Hanshika for Chillax and Saranya Mohan for sentiment. More supporting actors(Shyaji Shinde, Pandiyarajan etc) and comedians(Santhanam, Manohar, Singamuthu etc) becomes the pillar of entertainment. dialogs from Subah plays vital role in the film. Vijay Antony's background tracks keeps the movie on edge even it inspired from assassins and Agneepath soundtracks. editor VT.Vijayan done his best but even it would be better when the length of second part is reduced. Even though few graphics scenes are worse but from 45crores it is great. Finally it is class mass entertainment and creates festive mood to his fan to celebrate.

Velayudham is a fictional do-good created by Bharathi (Genelia), a freelance journalist to fight the terrorists, who are trying create problems in Chennai. She creates the character when her friends' killers end up in a freak accident. On the other hand, Velayudham (Vijay), a milkman from a small village comes to Chennai along with his sister (Saranya Mohan), Uncle (MS Bhaskar) and fiancée (Hansika Motwani) to get his hard earned money from a chit fund he invested in. Without his knowledge, he does a few accidental heroics leading to people believing him as the do-gooder Velayudham. Realising the folly, Bharathi confronts him and asks him to take the mantle of eradicating the baddies. He initially wades off but when he sees that his money looted by the chit fund owners, he becomes the Velayudham that every one wants. The story of how Velayudham and Bharathi team up to expose the real culprits and stop the terrorists is told in the terrible second half of the movie.

Velayudham is mass masala flick but it's doesn't sustain your interest till the last. The directors don't understand the fact that people want interesting movies and not combo offer of songs and fights. What could have been a perfect mass masala entertainer becomes just another fizzled out cracker from Vijay's stable.Vijay is flying like spider man and jumping like he has power.But he doesn't have any power and most of the stunts are unbelievable....It always happens to those who doesn't like to risk in acting and keep thinking of same masala concept.

"Velayudham" has nothing much new in it , not much detailing have gone into its making ,no research whatsoever , the actors have not strained much, except the front-line actors others are largely unknown, BUT the movie clicks with the audience because whatever is needed for a movie to be entertaining is aptly mixed & presented tastefully.

Problem has never been with Vijay , he has always done his part well in most of his movies , even in those string of flops he had in the recent past , the problem was always with the screenplay which was not quiet engaging. That inadequacy has been taken care off well by M.Raja in "Velayudham".

First half is quiet hilarious with Vijay & Shanthanam combing well to tickle our funny bones. Shanthanam has once again proved that he is here to stay , it's just that he needs good writers & directors to tap his potential. With its songs , romance , action blocks , comedy & sentiment first half almost zips past like that before even you take notice. Though its one & half hours length , one can hardly notice it. Second half picks up the pace further with couple of speed breaks in the form of songs but the scripts moves towards all out action. May one action block too many but not tiring all the same as his previous movies which did not do well.

Vijay as always rocks in his familiar territory with his elegant footwork be it in dance or the action sequences. Comedy comes natural to him & he has acted well in emotional sequences too in this movie.

Genelia has lots of scope to perform & she has utilized it well. Hansika is eye candy & that's about her. It is a bit difficult for one to focus on anyone else when she is on screen though! Saranya reprises her oft repeated goody goody sister act one more time.

Shanthanam is another asset for the movie. With his witty one-liners & awesome timing he brings down the roof.

Priyan's cinematography is supportive to the script. He has captured the landscape of Kashmir well in the "Molachu moonu " song.

V.T.Vijayan's editing is pacey where it needs to be & steady where it has to be. Suba's dialogs are razor sharp with regular dose of larger than life hero eulogizing ones thrown here & there in between.

Vijay Anthony's songs are already a hit. "Maayam seidhayo" & "Molachu moonu" are delightful melodies while "Chillax" is a rocking dance number. Back ground score is also adequate .

M.Raja has once again proved that he is a producer's delight when it comes to churning out hits & getting money back. Who cares if he is doing so with help of a original hit or an inspired one as long as everyone is happy.

On the whole , "Velayutham" may not be a perfect film or an "informative" film or a "BIG" film , it sure does satisfies one's craving for entertainment.

Bottomline : Perfect family entertainer for the festive season.

Velayudham is a average usual Vijay flick, which has the same boring elements. The movie is a remake of Telugu movie called AZAD which was released in 2002. It has also been copied from the world's popular video game - Assassins Creed. Director Raja is known for remakes, and yes, he has excelled in remaking the exact from the Telugu original. There is nothing new with the story, nothing new in screenplay, nothing new in characterization !. Same old usual Tamil commercial movie with no real elements !

Overall, Velayudham is a movie that will entertain you only if you are a vijay fan. The movie's editing is so bad that at one point, you will feel that the movie has ended, but actually, it continues !

My review of velayudham is genuine and correct in my opinion ! Rating - 3.5/10 !!

On the unenviable lines of his past monster-pieces Tirupachi, Madurey, Villu, Sura and Vettaikkaran, Vijay has taken Tamil Cinema eight steps backward this Diwali with Velayudham.

Diving into the Telugu Cesspoo: As if there were no more sophomoric drivel left in Tamil Cinema and all combinations of puerile junk had been exhausted, M. Raja dives into the cesspool of Telugu cinema by shamelessly stealing (or borrowing, if he has bought the rights) this fiendish plot from Azad, a 11-year-old movie starring Nagarjuna and Shilpa Shetty. With minor changes from Azad, the storyline of Velayudham goes like this…In a plot that resembles Vijayakanth's movies, Tamil Nadu's Home Minister is in cahoots with Jihadi Terrorists who wish to destabilize India by bombing Chennai. Yeah right! Even terrorists are bored of bombing the same old Mumbai or Delhi.

Bharati (Genelia), a journalist and her two male colleagues launch a crusade against the evils plaguing society.A sting operation goes awry, both her colleagues are killed and Bharati too has a close shave with death.The stupid thugs who killed them blow themselves up accidentally put not before giving a vaakumoolam (confession) to Bharati that they were involved in the previous bombing and another one is coming next week. Bharati has a brainwave, conjures up a fictitious character called Velayudham, writes a note signed by Velayudham warning all criminals that he was responsible for killing the thugs and he would stop the next terror plot.

Meanwhile, a village milkman, Velayudham (Vijay in a never before seen role), his sister Kaveri (Saranya Mohan) and a bunch of cronies come to Chennai to collect the money he had invested in a chit fund company.

Velayudham ends up accidentally and unknowingly saving the public from the terror attacks while still staying unknown to the public. As usual, the stupid Tamil people start believing the existence of Velayudham just as they believed in the Indian Thatha, Kandasamy and Anniyan. Once this news reaches Bharati, she solicits the real Velayudham to continue to play the fictitious one but he declines.

However when the chit fund company turns out to be a fraud and he loses all his money Velayudham, the milkman has a change of heart and Velayudham, the crusader is born.

The rest of the story is about how he foils all the terror plots and saves the people of Tamil Nadu.

With eyes like a tiger, lion like ferocity, legs like Cheetah and a body like Bruce Lee, what chance do the bad guys really have?

The screenplay is typical of Vijay films – forced songs, loads of fist fights, Thangachi (sister) sentiment, unrelated comedy track, preachy, people extolling the hero's virtues and topped off with a political tinge.

M. Raja tests the patience of the audience when describing the paasamalar (loving) relationship of the Anna – Thangachi duo and their playful pranks on the villagers in flashbacks coming one after the other in rapid succession making you want to pull the hair off your head i.e. making the audience a Mayira pudungi (a Tamil cuss word). It would not be a sin to leave this section blank as new words need to be invented to describe performances in Vijay movies. However, I'll try to be kind.

Vijay is a perfect fit for this role as it does not require great skills (besides Vijay doesn't have much to boast of anyway). However, he looks physically fit – has a shirtless fight scene in the climax that would make Salman Khan cringe.

Vijay also continues to excel in his Kakavalippu (epileptic seizure) dance moves. He seemed to have put some effort into a scene where he is required to cry.

This movie is not that much good..

But everyone telling this movie is so good and rocking.. its wrong...

Its usual vijay movie with heavy mass entertaining without logic..

Already he did movies like "Tirupatchi","Bagavathi".. and this movie velayudham remember those previous movies in screenplay and story..

Also they tried to give movie like "Anniyan -did by Vikram".. and its obvious in movie when vijay coming as mask man velayudham..

Its usual tamil cinema commercial movie ..

Nothing new in it..

so just for vijay fans its a treat.. and good comeback by vijay after 5 long failures..

Overall its very average movie.. my rating is 5 out of 10