Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie


Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie is a 2022 Indian-Tamil-language mystery crime thriller television series created by Andrew Louis, of Leelai and Kolaigaran fame, for Amazon Prime Video. It was directed and written by Andrew Louis. The principal cast of the series includes S. J. Suryah, Sanjana Krishnamoorthy, Laila, Nassar, Smruthi Venkat, Vivek Prasanna, Kumaran Thangarajan, Vaibhav Murugesan, Vikky Aadithya and Hareesh Peradi. It premiered on 2 December 2022 and consists of eight episodes.
It was later renewed for another season & was wrapped in mid-september.

Development

Production

The series is Pushkar–Gayathri`s second collaboration with Amazon Prime Video. Earlier, the filmmaker duo had created the investigative thriller, Suzhal: The Vortex, for the streaming giant. The series is directed by Andrew Louis.
The Series was Renewed for another season & began filming with M. Sasikumar in the lead role & the entire shooting was wrapped 27 September 2025.

Casting

Tamil film director and actor, S. J. Suryah was cast as police officer Vivek. This is his debut role in a limited series. Sanjana Krishnamoorthy was cast as Velonie, actress Laila was cast as Ruby, making their debut with the series. Besides Nassar, Sanjana Krishnamoorthy, Smruthi Venkat, Vivek Prasanna, Kumaran Thangarajan, Vaibhav Murugesan, Vikky Aadithya and Hareesh Peradi were cast then.

Release

It was announced on Thursday 17 November that the series will be released in Tamil and dubbed in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada and will make its streaming debut on 2 December, on Amazon Prime Video. And also was Release the first look poster, The poster features a visibly shocked S. J. Suryah looking at a person lying dead in a field.
The series was highly inspired by the American TV Series The Killing. The Murder mystery of Rosie Larson.

Home media

The satellite rights was purchased by Kalaignar TV and aired the web series as a special movie presentation on January 13, 14 and 15, 2026.

Reception

Upon release, the story and performances of SJ Suryah & Sanjana Krishnamoorthy were appreciated but the pacing was criticized. Haricharan Pudipeddi of Hindustan Times "The small-town set up helps in making the narrative quite interesting as the story presents us with multiple suspects and this naturally piques the excitement of a viewer."