Velaiyilla Pattathari

Velaiyilla Pattathari
Directed by	Velraj
Produced by	Dhanush
Written by	Velraj
Starring	Dhanush Amala Paul
Music by	Anirudh Ravichander
Cinematography	Velraj
Editing by	Kola Bhaskar
Studio	Wunderbar Films Pvt. Ltd
Distributed by	Wunderbar studios
Release dates	May 2014 [1]
Language	Tamil
Budget	280 million[2][3]

Velaiyilla Pattathari (English: Unemployed Graduate) is an upcoming Indian Tamil Romance feature film written, directed and filmed by Velraj, who makes his directorial debut. The film is produced by Dhanush, who also features in the lead role, with Amala Paul as the female lead actress. The film, which will have music composed by Anirudh Ravichander.The songs of the movie are slated to Buzz from Valentines of 2014 along strong competetive with simbu starrer Vaalu.^[4].This is also a Dhanushs 25th venture reportedly known as #D25 #vip who is looking forward to celebrate movie in a Grand manner.^[5]

Cast

• Dhanush
• Amala Paul
• Samudrakani
• Saranya Ponvannan
• Sathish
• Anita Ratnam
• Anirudh ravichander (special appearance)
• sivakarthikeyan (special appearance)

Production

Velraj and Dhanush had worked together in several projects including as Aadukalam (2011) and 3 (2012) as cinematographer and lead actor respectively and during the production of those films, Dhanush requested Velraj to make his debut as a director and promised to play the lead role, if the cinematographer had narrated a good script.^[6] Dhanush subsequently agreed to produce the film and then revealed the title of the film Velaiyilla Pattathari on Indian Independence Day, noting that filming was to start on August 20, 2013.^[7] Amala Paul was signed on to play the role of a doctor, while Samuthirakani and Saranya Ponvannan were added to the cast as Dhanush's parents.^[8][9] Velraj shot for the film alongside his commitments as cinematographer in Vai Raja Vai and Poriyaalan, while Anirudh Ravichander and Kola Bhaskar were added to the team as music composer and editor respectively. The film is reportedly a "Message to youth's with some comedy on rising unemployment and the growing frustration for jobs with Love", while Dhanush playing the central character.^[10]

The film started production in August 2013 with a photo shoot with the lead cast being held in Chennai.^[11] As of November 2013, Dhanush revealed that the film was sixty percent complete, with the shoot happening with little media coverage. An initial production poster was released to the media on Christmas Day 2013 and on December 31, 2013, the team released a teaser trailer from the film featuring Dhanush, Amala Paul and Saranya.^[12]

Soundtrack

The title song in the rock genre was used in the first teaser of the film, sung by Anirudh and with lyrics by Dhanush. The team had also recorded a track described as a "lilting melody" between Dhanush and veteran singer S. Janaki in October 2013.^[13]

Dhanush had initially revealed to the press that the film's soundtrack album would release on January 3, 2014 but later pushed the date back to February 14, 2014 noting that two additional songs were set to be added & by the way dhanush is owning the songs of #d25 by Wunderbar studios itself.^[14][15]

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