Velai

Velai (/ˈveɪlaɪ/ transl. Work) 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.^[1]

Velai
Directed by	J. Suresh
Written by	Suresh Balakumaran
Produced by	J. Vasudevan
Starring	Vignesh Indraja Nassar
Cinematography	C Vijayasri
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production company	J. V. Films
Distributed by	Tara Creations
Release date	26 February 1998 (1998-02-26)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Vignesh as Ganesh
• Indraja
• Nassar
• Hemanth
• Lathif
• Vadivukkarasi
• Balu Anand
• Charle
• Charuhasan
• Raghavi
• Chokkalinga Bhagavathar
• Major Sundarrajan
• Ponvannan
• Santhana Bharathi
• Thalaivasal Vijay

Production

Velai is the debut for director Suresh and cinematographer Vijayasri ^[2]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

Song	Singer(s)	Duration	Lyrics	Notes
"Achutha Achutha"	Yuvan Shankar Raja, Premji Amaran	4:40	Palani Bharathi
"Oyvedu Nilave"	Hariharan, Bhavatharini	4:47	R. V. Udayakumar
"Kanni Ponnu"	Pop Shalini	4:23	Ravi Bharathi
"Kaalathuketha Oru Gana"	Vijay, Nassar, Premji Amaran	5:08
"Kunnooru Poochadi"	Udit Narayan, Sujatha Mohan	4:38	Arivumathi

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".^[2]