Veeramae Vaagai Soodum

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Vishal as Purusothaman “Porus”
• Dimple Hayathi as Mythili, Porus’s love interest
• Raveena Ravi as Dwaraka, Porus’s sister
• Baburaj as Nedunchezhiyan
• Yogi Babu as Thalapathy, Porus’s friend
• G. Marimuthu as Constable Ponnuswamy, Porus and Dwaraka’s father
• Tulasi as Kanchana, Porus and Dwaraka’s mother
• Elango Kumaravel as Parishuddam
• Raja Chembolu as Elanchezhiyan a.k.a. Ela, Nedunchezhiyan’s younger brother
• R. N. R. Manohar as Inspector Kaatamuthu
• Deepthi as Divya
• George Maryan as Raghupathi, Divya’s father
• K. S. G. Venkatesh as Paneer, Mythili’s father
• Porkodi as Mythili’s mother
• V. I. S. Jayapalan as Nedunchezhiyan’s father
• Billy Murali as Mike, Nedunchezhiyan’s henchman
• Vazhakku En Muthuraman as Pava, Parishuddam’s relative
• Agilan Pushparaj as Faizal, Dwaraka’s friend
• Gandhi as Selvam, a local don
• Prem as Guna, Selvam’s brother
• Pudhupettai Suresh as Ravi
• Kavitha Bharathy as Inspector Neethirajan
• Sabitha Roi as Parishuddam’s wife
• Krishna Chaitanya as Parishuddam’s son
• Navin Krubhakar as Nallan, Elachezhiyan’s friend
• Kumanan Sethuraman as Nedunchezhiyan’s driver
• Supergood Subramani as Headmaster

Storyline:

A normal man from a middle-class family questioning the authorities for abusing their powers.

About Movie:

Veeramae Vaagai Soodum is a Tamil action thriller film written and directed by Thu Pa Saravanan. Produced by Vishal and Dato Abdul Malik under the banners Vishal Film Factory and Malik Streams Corporation, the film stars Vishal and Dimple Hayathi, with supporting roles by Raveena Ravi, Baburaj, and Yogi Babu. The music for the film, including the soundtrack and background score, was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while Kavin Raj handled the cinematography and N. B. Srikanth edited the film. Notably, it marks the posthumous appearance of actor-director R. N. R. Manohar, who passed away on November 17, 2021, due to COVID-19 complications.

Initially titled Vishal 31, the film’s official title, Veeramae Vaagai Soodum, was announced on August 29, 2021, drawing inspiration from a lyric in the title track of the 1986 film Vikram, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja’s father, Ilaiyaraaja.

Principal photography began on May 6, 2021, and concluded on January 3, 2022. The film was dubbed in Hindi, Telugu (Saamanyudu), and Kannada (Obba) and was released on February 4, 2022. Veeramae Vaagai Soodum received mixed reviews, with praise for its action sequences, Vishal’s performance, and the background score, though it was criticized for predictability and weak character development.