''Vettai'' is

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police procedural drama television series created by Anuratha Kanderaju and Abbas Akbar for the Singapore Tamil Channel,

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2014 and end by Spring 2015 and the fourth season started to air from December 11, 2017 to March 29, 2018, every Monday to Thursday at 10.00pm This long-form drama series was directed by Anuratha Kanderaju and Abbas Akbar. Meanwhile, the third season were directed by Anuratha Kanderaju, Kumaran Sundaram and Don Arvind. And the 4th Season was directed by Kumaran Sundaram and SS Vikneshwaran. The series is one of the most watched television series in Singapore.

Series overview

The base of the drama is set in a fictionalized police unit that specializes in unraveling unsolved cases which are often referred to as cold cases. They are part of a special task force assembled just to tackle cold cases pertaining to the Indian community and Indian immigrants. The unit is not widely publicized and kept under wraps but their work is consuming to say the least.

Seasons overview

Seasons

Season 1

The first season known as '' Vettai : Pledged to Hunt'' ran for 72 episodes. Due to its high degree of popularity and TV ratings, the final 3 episodes of the season were shown on Cathay, Orchard Cineleisure, at 7pm.

Season 2

Following the positive reception of the first season, a second season, titled ''Vettai 2.0: The Next Generation'' was produced. The first episode aired on January 4, 2012, with a special behind-the-scenes episode airing the day before. The second season aired in the same time slot as its predecessor: 10:30pm to 11pm from Monday to Thursday on Vasantham.

Cast

*Gunalan Morgan as Mugi *Arvind Naidu as Shan *Vignesh Wadarajan as Seelan * Eswari Gunasagar as Meera * Jaynesh as Raghav

Season 3

Due to the popularity of the first two seasons a third season titled ''Vettai 3: The Final Judgment'' started to air on

in 2014. The series was on every weekend at 10.30pm. The 3rd season was directed by Anuratha Kanderaju, Kumaran Sundaram and Don Arvind.

Cast

*Arvind Naidu as Shan * Eswari Gunasagar as Meera *Gunalan Morgan as Mugi *Roxanne Sylvia as Diana *Saravanan Ayyavoo as Shiva *Vignesh Wadarajan as Seelan *Raghadeepan Santheran as Sakthi *Nithiya Rao as Maha

Season 4

A fourth season titled ''Vettai 4: The Force'' started to air on December 11, 2017, with a special behind-the-scenes episode airing on December 7, 2017. The series was on every weekend at 10pm. The 4th season was directed by Kumaran Sundaram and SS Vikneshwaran.

Cast

Puravalan Puravalan Narayanasamy, known by his stage name Puravalan, is a Singaporean Tamil television and theatre actor who is known for his one man show ''Bhisma -The Grandshire''. In 2020, he starred in the Zee5 series ''Uyire''. Filmography Tele ...

as DSP Pradeep *Vignesh Wadarajan as DSP Seelan *Thavanesan as INSP Dhayal *Seshan as INSP Suhas *Magalakshmi as INSP Maya *Malene Waters as INSP Swathi * Eswari Gunasagar as Meera (Cameo) *Gunalan Morgan as Mugi (Cameo)

Cast and characters

Awards

At the 2011

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awards, the series won "Most Popular Series", while Shabir won "Best Actor", Gunalan won "Most Popular Male Personality" and Gayathiri won "Most Popular Female Personality".

References

External links

Official Site - Vettai
{{MediaCorp Vasantham TV Dramas Vasantham TV original programming Tamil-language television shows in Singapore Singapore Tamil dramas 2010 Tamil-language television series debuts 2011 Tamil-language television seasons