Vellore Maavattam

Vellore Maavattam (transl. Vellore district) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by R. N. R. Manohar, starring Nandaa and Poorna in the lead roles. Produced by AGS Entertainment, the film was released on 5 October 2011.^[2]

Vellore Maavattam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	R. N. R. Manohar
Written by	R. N. R. Manohar
Produced by	Kalpathi S. Aghoram Kalpathi S. Ganesh Kalpathi S. Suresh
Starring	Nandaa Poorna
Cinematography	Vetri Palanisamy
Edited by	Suraj Kavee
Music by	Sundar C. Babu
Production company	AGS Entertainment
Release date	5 October 2011 (2011-10-05)
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹5.5 crore[1]

Cast

• Nandha as Additional Superintendent of Police Muthukumar IPS
• Poorna as Priya
• Santhanam as Kumaravelu
• Azhagam Perumal as Gurumurthy
• S. Neelakantan as Nachiappan
• G. M. Kumar as Muthukumar's father
• Sathyan
• Sriman as Inspector Subbaiah
• Manobala as Doctor
• Singamuthu as Veera, Kumaravelu's father
• Mayilsamy as Bus Passenger
• V. I. S. Jayapalan
• Swaminathan as Retired S.P.
• Vaiyapuri
• Nandha Saravanan
• Rani as Lakshmi Gurumurthy
• Ravi as Doctor
• Kaajal Pasupathi as Police Officer
• LIC Narasimhan
• Meghna Naidu (special appearance)

Production

Nandaa played a police officer for the first time. The director and producer cast him after being impressed with his performance in Eeram.^[2] To prepare for the role, Nandaa spent 35 days training at the Hyderabad Police Academy. He said the film, unlike other Tamil police films, would be realistic, avoiding unrealistic fight sequences, swag and "punch dialogues".^[3]

Soundtrack

The tunes for the album are composed by Sundar C. Babu.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Adikuthu Adikuthu"	Na. Muthukumar	Senthildass Velayutham, Manikka Vinayagam, Naveen Madhav, Maanasa, Malgudi Subha
2.	"Vaanam Ellam"	Kavivarman	Hariharan, Shruthi
3.	"Unnai Unnai"	Thamarai	Krish, Mahathi
4.	"Party Vandhale"	Ezhil Arasu	Shaan
5.	"Kannala Parkurathum"	Viveka	Anitha
6.	"Saxy Vaanam Ellam"	Instrumental	Martyn

Critical reception

The New Indian Express gave the film a negative review and stated that "For the audience, Vellore Maavattam offers nothing that they haven't seen before!".^[4] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "[Vellore Maavattam] isn't a superhero film. Neither is Muthukumar a super cop. And the significant fact is you understand his angst and empathise with him".^[5] Sify wrote, "The film has a predictable story of a honest police officer, which works big time due to Nanda’s immense screen presence and performance".^[6]