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Velaiyilla Pattathari

Velaiyilla Pattathari

20147.52h 13m

Overview

Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?

Directed by R. Velraj
Written by R. Velraj, Dhanush
Produced by Dhanush
Box OfficeBudget: $1.1MRevenue: $7.7M

Top Cast

Dhanush

Dhanush

Raghuvaran

Saranya Ponvannan

Saranya Ponvannan

Bhuvana

Samuthirakani

Samuthirakani

Krishnamoorthy

Amala Paul

Amala Paul

Shalini

H

Hrishikesh

Karthik

Vivek

Vivek

Azhagusundaram

Surbhi

Surbhi

Anitha

Cell Murugan

Cell Murugan

Manickam

Amitash Pradhan

Amitash Pradhan

Arun Subramaniam

R. Velraj

R. Velraj

Cameo

Themes & Keywords

motherly loveunemploymentunemployed graduate

About Velaiyilla Pattathari

Velaiyilla Pattathari is a drama, comedy, action film released in 2014 exploring themes of motherly love, unemployment, unemployed graduate. Directed by R. Velraj, it stars Dhanush, Saranya Ponvannan, Samuthirakani. Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?

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