Velaiyilla Pattathari

Jul 18, 2014

2h 13m

★ 7.5

Overview

Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Action

Production Companies

Wunderbar Films

Velaiyilla Pattathari Trailers

Cast

Raghuvaran

Dhanush

Bhuvana

Saranya Ponvannan

Krishnamoorthy

Samuthirakani

Shalini

Amala Paul

Karthik

Hrishikesh

Azhagusundaram

Vivek

Anitha

Surbhi

Manickam

Cell Murugan

Arun Subramaniam

Amitash Pradhan

Cameo

R. Velraj

Vignesh

Vignesh Shivan

Shalini's mother

Meera Krishnan

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