Vedalam

Vedalam (English: Phantom) is a 2015 Indian Tamil action-drama film written and directed by Siva, and produced by S. Aishwarya. Ajith Kumar and Shruti Haasan play the lead roles, with Lakshmi Menon, Ashwin Kakumanu, and Kabir Duhan Singh among others, appearing in supporting roles. Anirudh Ravichander composed the film's music and background score, while Vetri and Ruben were the film's cinematographer and editor respectively. The film began production in April 2015; the release was planned for 5 November 2015,^[5] but was finally released on 10 November 2015, during Diwali.

Cast

• Ajith Kumar as Vedalam (Ganesh)
• Shruthi Haasan as Swetha
• Lakshmi Menon as Thamizh
• Ashwin as Arjun
• Soori as Laxmidas
• Rahul Dev as Ratna Bhai
• Kabir Duhan Singh as Abhinay
• Aniket Chouhan as Aniket
• Thambi Ramaiah as Thamizh's father
• Vidyullekha Raman as Esther
• Bala Saravanan as Swetha's assistant
• Swaminathan as Swamy
• Rajendran as "Kolkata" Kaali
• Mayilswamy as the house owner
• Appukutty as Kuzhandai
• Rajkumar as Arjun's friend
• Kovai Sarala as Laxmidas's mother-in-law
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• Jasper as Manimaran's brother
• Ramesh Thilak as the phony witness
• Yogi Babu as Chatterjee
• Meera Krishnan as the house owner's wife
• Sudha as Gomathi, Thamizh's mother
• Raviraj as Swetha and Arjun's father
• Sriranjini as Swetha and Arjun's mother
• Mansoor Ali Khan as Manimaran
• Avinash as Rahul's assistant
• Nagineedu as the doctor
• R. N. R. Manohar as a corrupt police officer
• Kalairani as a victim's mother
• Sukran as a sub inspector

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Production

Development

After the success of their previous collaboration Veeram (2014), Siva announced that he would direct Ajith Kumar again in May 2014, with the planned venture announced to begin after the completion of Ajith Kumar's prior commitments with his ongoing film, Yennai Arindhaal (2015).^[6][7] Siva worked on the script in Bangalore and approached corporate companies, including PVP Cinemas, to produce the film, though eventually A. M. Rathnam announced that he would finance the production.^[8] The production of the film was briefly delayed because Ajith Kumar wanted to spend time with his pregnant wife following the completion of his other film.^[9] Anirudh Ravichander was signed to compose the film's music and background score, while Vetri and Ruben were announced as the film's cinematographer and editor respectively. The film developed without a title, before it was confirmed that it would be titled as Vedalam in September 2015.^[10]

Release

Vedalam has acquiered a clean U certificate without any cuts from the Censor Board officials.^[29] The satellite rights of the film were sold to Jaya TV.^[30] Vedalam's Tamil Nadu rights were sold to Jazz Cinemas for 33 crores.^[31]