''Vellore Maavattam'' ( en,

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) is a 2011 Indian

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-language action film written and directed by R. N. R. Manohar, starring Nandha and Poorna in the lead roles. Produced by

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, the film released on 6 October 2011 on the occasion of the festival of Ayudha Pooja.

Cast

* Nandha as Additional Superintendent of Police Muthukumar IPS * Poorna as Priya * Santhanam as Kumaravelu *

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as Gurumurthy * S. Neelakantan as Nachiappan *

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as Muthukumar's father *

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as Veera, Kumaravelu's father * Swaminathan as Retired S.P. * Rani as Lakshmi Gurumurthy *

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as Police Officer *

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* Manobala * Sathyan * Ravi * V. I. S. Jayapalan * Mayilsamy *

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Soundtrack

The tunes for the album are composed by Sundar C Babu.

Reception

''News18'' gave the film a negative review and stated that "For the audience, ''Vellore Maavattam'' offers nothing that they haven't seen before!". ''Behindwoods'' gave the film a rating of one-and-a-half stars out of five and wrote that "while drawing a line between commercial and realistic cinema, he has missed out major chunks of portions screaming for attention leaving the movie a predictable fare".

References

Indian action films 2011 films 2011 action films 2010s Tamil-language films Films set in Delhi Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub