Velai


Velai is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by J. Suresh and written by Balakumaran, starring Vignesh, Indraja and Nassar. It was released on 26 February 1998.

Production

Velai is the debut for director Suresh and cinematographer Vijayasri.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Popular Tamil actor Vijay had sung one of the songs along with Premji Amaran though he did not act in the film, lending his voice to Vignesh while Nassar who acted in this film was introduced as playback singer.
SongSingerDurationLyricsNotes
"Achutha Achutha"Yuvan Shankar Raja, Premji Amaran4:40Palani Bharathi
"Oyvedu Nilave"Hariharan, Bhavatharini4:47R. V. Udayakumar
"Kanni Ponnu"Pop Shalini4:23Ravi Bharathi
"Kaalathuketha Oru Gana"Vijay, Nassar, Premji Amaran5:08Ravi Bharathi
"Kunnooru Poochadi"Udit Narayan, Sujatha Mohan4:38Arivumathi

Critical reception

D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "Apart from direction, it is the story and screenplay that makes or breaks a movie. J. V. Films' ``Velai'' suffers from inadequacy in all these aspects, its publicity slogan `relax - no tension' aptly fitting the movie".