''Veeraiyan'' is a 2017 Tamil language action drama film directed by Fareed. The film stars

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and Shiney in the lead roles while

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stars as the titular character.

Cast

as Usilai * Shiney as Arivazhagi *

as Veeraiyan * Vasanth as Ilavarasan * Kayal Vincent as Valukka * Preethisha as Mokka *

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as Devarajan * Alagu as Driver

Production

Fareed, the co-producer of ''

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'', made his directorial debut with this film which is set in the 1990s in

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. The film revolves around three different sub-plots that will all connect in the last 15 minutes of the film.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. N. Arunagiri. *"Pollaa Paya" - Jagadeesh, Namitha *"Nee Medhuva Paricha" - Namitha *"Ayyo Ayyo" -

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*"Arasal Aaiten" - Gaana Sathiya *"Patta Sarayam" - Guru

Release

''The Times of India'' gave the film two out of five stars and criticized the film by saying that " Veeraiyan has a few moments, but the disorganized screenplay hampers the narration from being effective" while praising the performances of

. ''The Deccan Chronicle'' gave the film the same rating and wrote that "But the problem is with the confusing screenplay and a slow narration". On the contrary, the reviewer praised the film's songs and drew comparisons to

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References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 7681594 2017 films Indian action drama films Films set in 1990 2017 directorial debut films 2017 action drama films