Ippadai Vellum

Ippadai Vellum (English: This army will win) is an upcoming Tamil action comedy film written and directed by Gaurav, starring Udhayanidhi Stalin and Manjima Mohan in the leading roles, with Daniel Balaji, R. K. Suresh and Soori in supporting roles. The film began production during September 2016.^[1]

Cast

• Udhayanidhi Stalin as Vetrivel
• Manjima Mohan as Saraswaty
• Raadhika as Vetrivel's mother
• Soori as Pandi
• Daniel Balaji
• R. K. Suresh

Production

In May 2015, Gaurav Narayanan revealed that he had finished preparation for his third film script titled Ippadai Vellum and was looking to cast actors.^[2][3] Lyca Productions agreed to fund the venture in June 2016, with Udhayanidhi Stalin signed on to play the lead role. Manjima Mohan, who had been signed on to star alongside Udhayanidhi in Suseenthiran's shelved venture also featuring Vishnu and Megha Akash, was selected to star in the film to use her missed dates from the other venture.^[4] R. K. Suresh and Daniel Balaji were also selected to play pivotal roles, while the film began production in September 2016.^[5][6] Udhayanidhi worked on the film simultaneously alongside his work on Podhuvaga En Manasu Thangam and Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen, with Soori and music composer D. Imman also involved on all three ventures.^[7] In April 2017, team has shot a song in Oman and during filming, Information Broadcasting Minister of Oman, Honourable Marwaan Yusuf met the director and thanked for choosing Oman for the shoot.^[8] Filming has been completed in May 2017.^[9]

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