''Velai'' () is a 1998 Indian

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-language film, directed by

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and written by

Balakumaran Balakumaran (5 July 1946 – 15 May 2018) was an Indian Tamil writer and author of over 200 novels, 100 short stories, and dialogue/screenplay writer for 23 films. He also contributed to Tamil periodicals such as ''Kalki'', ''Ananda Vikatan'' an ...

, starring Vignesh,

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and

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. The film, produced by J. Vasudevan, had musical score by

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and was released on 26 February 1998.

Cast

* Vignesh as Ganesh *

* Hemanth * Lathif *

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* Balu Anand *

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* Raghavi *

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

, his second venture after his debut film ''

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''. It comprises 5 tracks, with

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, Pazhani Bharathi, Ravi Bharathi and R. V. Udayakumar having written the lyrics for each one song. Popular Tamil actor Vijay had sung one of the songs along with

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, though he didn't act in the film, lending his voice to Vignesh while Nassr who acted in this film was introduced as playback singer.

References

External links

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