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Velayudham

Name: Velayudham
Genre: Action
Released: 2011-10-26
Duration: 160 min
Cast: Vijay, Genelia D'Souza, Hansika Motwani, Saranya Mohan, Santhanam

Kollywood20112h 40mTamilTop 26% of Kollywood budgets

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150th of 227 in Kollywood

Reported gross: 66
Return on budget: 46
Audience rating: 7
Momentum: 30

Out-grossed 66% of Kollywood releases with reported figures ($13M).
Returned 1.3× its budget, against an industry median of 1.5×.
Momentum in the 30th percentile.
Audience rating 5.2 from 51 votes, the 7th percentile.

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Cost: $10M
Took: $13M

Against a Kollywood median of 1.5×, so this one returned 0.9 times what a typical release there does.

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The picture

An ordinary milkman is forced to become the fictional character Velayudham who takes on the scum of the earth.

Released: 26 October 2011
Runtime: 2h 40m
Language: Tamil
Industry: Kollywood

Top billedAll 21 credits

VijayVelayudham
Genelia D'SouzaBharathi
Hansika MotwaniVaidhyalakshmi (Vaidehi)
Saranya MohanKaveri
SanthanamSpeed
Abhimanyu SinghMuzamin Ibrahim

Made by

Director: Mohan Raja
Screenplay: Mohan Raja, Nesan
Original Music Composer: Vijay Antony
Director of Photography: Priyan
Producer: V. Ravichandran

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