Velayudham


Velayudham is a 2011 Indian Tamil masala film written and directed by M. Raja. It stars Vijay in the title role, alongside Genelia DSouza, Hansika Motwani, Abhimanyu Singh, Saranya Mohan and Santhanam in supporting roles.

A young journalist Bharathi Genelia DSouza, along with two of her friends, investigate a series of terrorist attacks which have taken place in Chennai and also illegal activities like women trafficking. When they are caught videorecording illicit activities happening in a secluded house one night by a group of thugs, they attempt to flee from them. While Bharathis friends are killed, Bharathi manages to escape despite being stabbed by one of the thugs. But after the attack on Bharathi and her friends, the thugs vehicle explodes due to a small mishap when a matchstick falls over petrol packets stored in the vehicle, killing all the thugs. Bharathi comes up with a new idea to eradicate societys evils by creating and propagating a fictional character called Velayudham who wants to clean up the city of terrorism and other illegal activities.The scene then shifts to a village called Pavunoor, where a milk vendor named Velayudham aka Velu Vijay is residing with his younger sister Kaveri Saranya Mohan, whom he loves dearly. There is also his cousin Vaidehi Hansika Motwani, who is infatuated by him and even seduces him by showing him her navel. One day, they together leave for Chennai to collect money from a chit fund for Kaveris marriage. At the Chennai Egmore railway station, Velus money is stolen by Speedu Santhanam, a petty thief. He pursues Speedu on a motorbike parked at the station and manages to get back his money, but moments after alighting from the bike, the bike explodes. The parked bike was meant to ensure a terrorist attack at the railway station, and thus, Velu inadvertently thwarted a deadly terrorist attack which would have killed several people. After a few more incidents where Velu unknowingly prevents more terrorist attacks, he comes to the attention of Bharathi. She convinces him to take up the role of Velayudham and provide hope to the people. In the avatar of Velayudham, Velu starts to eradicate the evils that pertain within the society such as corru

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