Velaikkaran (2017 film)

Velaikkaran
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMohan Raja
Screenplay byMohan Raja
N. Baskaran
D. Suresh
A.N. Balakrishnan
Story byMohan Raja
Venkatesh Babu Krishnasamy
Dialogues by
  • Mohan Raja
    N. Baskaran
Produced byR. D. Raja
N. Ramasamy
Hema Rukmani
N. Murali
StarringSivakarthikeyan
Fahadh Faasil
Nayanthara
Sneha
Prakash Raj
CinematographyRamji
Edited byRuben
Vivek Harshan
Gowtham G.A.
Vetre Krishnan
Music byAnirudh Ravichander
Production
company
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Sri Thenandal Films
Release date
  • 22 December 2017 (2017-12-22) (India)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹35 crore[1]
Box office₹51 crore[2]

Velaikkaran (transl. Worker) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film[3] written and directed by Mohan Raja. Produced by R. D. Raja under his banner 24AM Studios. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan, Fahadh Faasil, Nayanthara, Sneha and Prakash Raj in lead roles. Mahesh Manjrekar, Sathish, Thambi Ramaiah, RJ Balaji, Vijay Vasanth, Robo Shankar and Rohini play supporting roles. The film's music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, with cinematography by Ramji. The film is based on a sales executive named Arivazhagan (Sivakarthikeyan) who fights against food adulteration committed by high-class companies.

The film was released on 22 December 2017 to positive reviews with praise for Sivakarthikeyan and Fahadh Fassil's performance, story, social message, screenplay, cinematography, Anirudh's soundtrack and background score.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Movie Velaikkaran Budget". International Business Times. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Movie Velaikkaran Gross". International Business Times. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Sivakarthikeyan: You can expect a lot of surprises in 2018". Sify. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. It was Raja sir's idea to do a film like Velaikkaran, an intense action thriller", says Sivakarthikeyan.
  4. ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (20 December 2017). "Velaikkaran is Sivakarthikeyan's most important film to date: There's a lot at stake for the rising star". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Velaikkaran review- an honest film that hits the right notes". Sify. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.