Velaiilla Pattadhari

Velaiilla Pattadhari
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVelraj
Written byVelraj
Produced byDhanush
StarringDhanush
Amala Paul
CinematographyVelraj
Edited byRajesh Kumar
Music byAnirudh Ravichander
Production
company
Distributed byEscape Artists Motion Pictures[1]
Wunderbar Films
Kalasangham Films
Release date
  • 18 July 2014 (2014-07-18)[2]
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹8 crore[3]
Box office₹53 crore[3]

Velaiilla Pattadhari (transl. The Unemployed Graduate), popularly referred to as VIP, is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action comedy drama film[4] written and directed by Velraj, in his directorial debut, and produced by Dhanush, who also enacts in the lead role alongside Amala Paul, Vivek, Saranya Ponvannan, Samuthirakani and Surbhi. It is the predecessor to Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 (2017), which was directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth; replacing Velraj. The film follows Raghuvaran "Raghu," an unemployed graduate, who tries to overcome various obstacles before and after finding employment.

Dhanush, besides acting, producing and distributing the venture in association with Escape Artists Motion Pictures, also worked as the lyricist and album producer on the film's original soundtrack. The film's album and score were composed by Anirudh Ravichander.The stunt department of this movie was handled by Hari Dinesh. Principal photography commenced in August 2013 and was completed by May 2014, with the film being shot primarily in Chennai. The film was released on 18 July 2014, and received a positive critical reception. It was remade in Kannada as Brihaspathi (2018).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference SifyVIP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Seshagiri, Sangeetha (13 August 2014). "Box Office: Will Suriya's 'Anjaan' Beat Dhanush's 'VIP' Collections?". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b "2014: When little gems outclassed big guns in southern cinema". Hindustan Times. IANS. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Velaiyilla Pattadhari". British Board of Film Classification. A life changing event motivates an unemployed engineer to restart his career in this Tamil-language action drama.