Vaimaye Vellum
Vaimaye Vellum (transl. Truth alone triumphs) is a 1997 Indian Tamil language crime film directed by P. Vasu. The film features Parthiban and Rachana Banerjee in the lead roles. The film, produced by S. R. Balajee, had musical score by Deva and was released on 14 February 1997.[1][2]
| Vaimaye Vellum | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | P. Vasu |
| Produced by | S. R. Balajee |
| Written by | P. Vasu |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Deva |
| Cinematography | Raveendar |
| Edited by | P. Mohanraj |
Production company | S. B. Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Perumal (Rajan P. Dev), a corrupt police officer, is transferred to the same area after 20 years.
In the past, Perumal's wife died during her delivery and Perumal felt that his newborn son brought him bad luck. Perumal later married Saraswathi (Vennira Aadai Nirmala). Despite being a clever student, Raja was hated by his father while his stepmother Saraswathi took care of him like her own son. One day, Raja witnessed his father Perumal taking bribe from a woman. He stole the bribe from his father and put it in a Hundi. To punish him, Perumal sent his innocent son to jail.
Raja (Parthiban) is now a rickshaw man and also a rowdy who cannot tolerate the injustice so he often goes to jail. Meanwhile, Maari (Jojan), a rich industrialist, and his henchman Kaasi (Majid) kidnap the children of rich businessmen and ransom them. A journalist is determined to stop this and hires Raja for protecting his daughter Meena (Rachana Banerjee) from Alex's henchmen. Soon, Raja clashes with Maari, Kaasi and his father Perumal.
Cast
- Parthiban as Raja (Yama Dharmaraja)
- Rachana Banerjee as Meena
- Rajan P. Dev as Perumal
- Visu
- Radha Ravi as Rajendran
- Janagaraj as Michael
- Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Saraswathi
- Mathew Chemmarapally as 1st Doctor
- Jojan as Maari
- Majid as Kaasi
- Hemanth Ravan as Sivaram
- Mohan V. Ram as Mohan Ram
- Prathapachandran
- Vijay Krishnaraj
- Sachu
- Master Mahendran as Raja (young)
- Pandu
- Mayilsamy as Mayilsamy
- Chelladurai
- Kullamani
- Jyothi Meena
- Jyothi Lakshmi
- T. K. Rajeswari
Soundtrack
| Vaimaye Vellum | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 1997 |
| Recorded | 1996 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 29:40 |
| Producer | Deva |
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1997, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali.[3]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Amma' | P. Unni Krishnan | 4:44 |
| 2 | 'Bagalu Bagalu' | Deva, Malgudi Subha | 4:55 |
| 3 | 'Bagalu Bagalu' | Shahul Hameed, Malgudi Subha | 4:55 |
| 4 | 'Dhinamthorum' | Malaysia Vasudevan, Deva | 5:01 |
| 5 | 'Kuiyil Pattu' | Krishnaraj, K. S. Chithra | 4:57 |
| 6 | 'Maaman Parkiran' | Mano, Swarnalatha | 5:08 |
Release
The film opened to positive reviews from critics.[4] Geocities wrote "The strength and the weakness of the movie is its story itself. Though the core story is very interesting, it is also unbeleivable sometimes. This could have been avoided by good screenplay and direction. But apparently director P.Vasu has spent most of his time in masala things."[5]
References
- "Filmography of vaimaye vellum". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- "Voymaiye Vellum (1997) Tamil Movie". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- "Vaimaiye Vellum : Tamil Movie". hummaa.com. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- "A-Z (V)". Indolink Tamil. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20001010011003/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/5473/vaivelum.html