Veyil (2006 film)

Veyyil
Film poster
Directed byVasanthabalan
Written byVasanthabalan
Produced byS. Shankar
StarringBharath
Pasupathy
Bhavana
Priyanka
Sriya Reddy
CinematographyR. Madhi
Edited byMathan Gunadeva
Music byG. V. Prakash Kumar
Production
company
Release date
  • 17 December 2006 (2006-12-17)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Veyil (transl.Sunshine) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vasanthabalan. The film stars Bharath, Pasupathy, Bhavana, Priyanka and Sriya Reddy. The music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar with cinematography by R. Madhi and editing by Mathan Gunadeva.

The film released on 17 December 2006 and was a commercial success. The first third of Veyil is very loosely based upon the 1988 Italian classic Cinema Paradiso. It is the first Tamil film screened at Cannes as part of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival under the 'Tous les Cinemas du Monde' section.[1]

  1. ^ "'Veyil' to shine in Cannes!". Sify. Archived from the original on 6 April 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2023.