Velayudham

Velayudham is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language superhero film written and directed by Mohan Raja. It stars Vijay in title role with Hansika and Genelia while Santhanam, Saranya Mohan, Soori, Abhimanyu Singh, and Vineet Kumar in other prominent roles. The music was composed by Vijay Antony and cinematography by Priyan. The story was from the 2000 Telugu film Azad. This film is Genelia's last Tamil film till date. Velayudham was released on 26 October 2011, where it collected 60 crore and became a commercial success at the box office. Plot A young journalist named Bharathi, along with her two friends, investigates a series of terrorist attacks which have taken place in Chennai and also illegal activities like human trafficking. One night, Bharathi and her friends are caught video-recording illicit activities happening in a secluded house by a group of thugs, where they attempt to flee from them. While Bharathi's friends are killed, Bharathi manages to escape despite being stabbed by one of the thugs, but after the attack on Bharathi and her friends, the thugs' vehicle explodes due to a small mishap when a lit cigarette falls over petrol packets stored in the vehicle, killing all the thugs. Bharathi comes up with a new idea to eradicate society's evils by creating and propagating a fictional character called Velayudham (after seeing Lord Muruga's temple nearby) who wants to clean up the city of terrorism and other illegal activities. Meanwhile, Velayudham alias Velu is a milk vendor who lives with his younger sister Kaveri and cousin Vaidehi in the village called Pavunoor. One day, Velu, Kaveri and Vaidehi leave for Chennai to collect money from a chit fund for Kaveri's marriage. At the Chennai Egmore railway station, Velu's handbag is stolen by a petty thief named Speedu. Velu pursues Speedu on a motorbike parked at the station and manages to get back his money, but moments after alighting from the bike, the bike explodes. The parked bike had a bomb which was meant to ensure a terrorist attack at the railway station, which leads to Velu inadvertently thwarted a deadly terrorist attack which would have killed several people. After a few more incidents where Velu unknowingly prevents more terrorist attacks, he comes to Bharathi's attention. At first she hates him due to various incidents, but when she saw him unknowingly handing over the terrorists to the police, she falls in love with him without knowing that Vaidehi also loves him.