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Vellaipookal ()


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While on a trip to the USA, a retired police officer from India solves a series of clueless crimes in his neighborhood, relying only on his power of reasoning.

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Rudhran
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Bharathi (as Charle)
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Ramya
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Ajay (as Dev)
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DIG
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Alice
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Ethan
Gabrielle Castronover ...
Nicole
Leah Marie Carrell ...
Jane
Anny Havland ...
Mona
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Jeff
Cassidy Silva ...
Detective Claire
Andrew Scott McIntyre ...
Detective Watson
Larnell Baxter ...
Paul
Michael Horstman ...
Carlos
Mohammed Firaz ...
Majid
Sudha Raj ...
Meena
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Najiba (as Pavneet Sidhu)
Mariam Zniber ...
Saima
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Jennifer (as Diya)
Bahman Hayat ...
Refugee 1 (as Bahman Haya)
Sherif Hassan ...
Refugee 2
Ashish Kishan Manasukhani ...
Refugee 3
Elizabeth Ninan ...
Refugee Woman
Damien Levelle ...
Gangster #1
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Gangster #2
Andre ...
Gangster #3
P.J. Âû ...
Mary (as Peyton-Justine)
Mathew ...
Bar Patron
Siunie Sutjahjo ...
Bartender
Sarajoy Van Boven ...
Cop In Diner (as Sarajoy Van Bovan)
Zachary Adams ...
Diner Family Dad
Shawnaci Colin ...
Diner Family Mom
Laura Castronover ...
Diner Owner
Chris Mhley ...
Sheldon
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Malik
Ben Leiataua ...
Garbage Manager
James Meyer ...
Hunt
Peter Savkovich ...
Ryan
Roo Keth ...
Gang Member #1
Kannan Panchapakesan ...
Indian Co-Passenger #1
Rama Kannan ...
Indian Co-Passenger #2
Manny Colin ...
Photo Child / School Kid #1
Helen Zhou ...
School Kid #2
Allison Zhang ...
School Kid #3
Cynthia Yu ...
School Kid #4
Esha Krishnan ...
School Kid #5
Dhruv ...
Kid #1
Anaga Narayanan ...
Kid #2
Gautham ...
Kid #3
Krishna ...
Kid #4
Shriya Devi Rajasekaran ...
Kid #5
Ajay Dhev Rajasekaran ...
Kid #6
Rio Barber ...
Police Inspector
Anna Lee ...
News Reporter
Makinzie Haroldson ...
News Reader
Morgen Johnson ...
Bystander #1
Anna Montemor ...
Bystander #2
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Bystander #3
Matt Tarbet ...
Bystander #4
Sarah Sapadin ...
Bystander #5
Mollie ...
Bystander #6
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Police Officer
Philip Wheeler ...
Police Officer
Tolga Gesli ...
Police Officer
Johnny Sapton ...
Police Officer
Anastazia Nichole ...
Forensic Investigator
Wesley Alan Weaver ...
School Teacher
Scott Linson ...
Cameraman
Billy Miller ...
Police Officer
Kellan Rainey ...
Orphanage Kid #1
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Bus Passenger (as Erica Mc)
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Sheriff
Leah Carrell ...
Jane
Desmond Colin ...
Diner Family Kid
Damien Galbreath ...
Thug
Robbie Latorre ...
Background

Directed by

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Vivek Elangovan

Written by

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Shanmuga Bharathi ... ()
 
Vivek Elangovan ... ()

Produced by

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Priya Arvind ... executive producer
Govi Bacthavachalu ... executive producer
RajIv Balachandran ... executive producer
Vidhyashankar Balasubramaniyan ... executive producer
Pradeep GanapathyRaj ... executive producer
Lakshmi Ganesan ... executive producer
Prabhu Ganesan ... line producer
Harish Jaiganesh ... line producer
Gopal Krishnamurthy ... co-producer
Agnita Pandian ... executive producer
Sujatha Rajarajan ... executive producer
Kal Raman ... co-producer
Ajay Sampath ... producer
Ansa Sekaran ... executive producer
Ashok Sekaran ... executive producer
Dhigha Sekaran ... producer
Mahendra Sekaran ... executive producer
S. Somasegar ... co-producer
Krishna Srinivasan ... executive producer
Varun ... producer
Paramesh Vasu ... executive producer
Srikant Vemparala ... executive producer
Gayathri Venkataraman ... executive producer

Music by

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Ramgopal Krishnaraju

Cinematography by

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Jerald Peter

Editing by

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Praveen K.L.

Editorial Department

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Gopal Balaji ... colorist
Adithya Krishnan ... conformist
Sri Ranganathan Muthu ... assistant colorist
M. Sandeep ... assistant editor
Sathish K. Vasu ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Chavi Khare
Varun Harsh Murthy

Art Direction by

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Supriya Krishnan

Costume Design by

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Jessica Singh

Makeup Department

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Rena Janardhan ... makeup artist
Anitha Ramamoorthy ... makeup artist
Alethea Marie Villar ... key makeup artist

Production Management

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Saranya Elangovan ... production team
Prabhu Ganesan ... production team
Jansi Kumar ... production team
Narayanan Lakshmanan ... production team
Agnita Pandian ... production team
Anush Prabhu Ramachandran ... production team
Vijaytha Rathnam ... production team
Apoorv Rusia ... production team
K. Sathya ... production team
A. Shriram ... production team
Madhan Sivakumar ... production team

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Shriram Chandra Anbalagan ... first assistant director
Vidhyashankar Balasubramaniyan ... associate director
Vijayakumar Ganapathy ... first assistant director / second unit director
Akilesh Ganesan ... second assistant director
Saranya Gokulramkumar ... second assistant director
Kaushik Gurumurthy ... first assistant director
Harish Jaiganesh ... first assistant director
Chavi Khare ... associate director
Varun Murthy ... assistant director
Ahil Murugan ... second assistant director
Arunkalyan Nagarajan ... second assistant director
Pradeep Ganesh Nagarajan ... second assistant director
Kathir Narayanan ... assistant director
Raja Narayanaswamy ... second assistant director
Rakesh Ns ... associate director
Deepika Parthasarathy ... assistant director
K.L. Raghavan ... second assistant director
Anitha Ramamoorthy ... second assistant director
Nikhil Ramaswamy ... second assistant director
Arun Rathakrishnan ... second assistant director
Reksha Rathnam ... second assistant director
Siva Sangameswaran ... first assistant director
Rajesh Selvamani ... second assistant director
Madoo Sethuraman ... second assistant director
Sriram Sridhar ... first assistant director
Ashwath Srivatsan ... second assistant director
Raj Subramaniyan ... assistant director
Ramkumar Swaminathan ... second assistant director
Sridhar Visvanath ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Nayab Bhat-Dwadasi ... props
Deepak Bhojraj ... graphic design
Vandhana Chakravarthy ... props
Priyadarshini Chandrasekaran ... props
Lakshmi Priya Gopal ... props
Bhuvana Jagan ... props
Nivetha Jagan ... props
Samyuktha Jagan ... props
Bhavenya Jayakumar ... props
Malini Karunagaran ... props
Shubha Nana ... props
Radha Naresh ... props
Sudha Raj ... props
Ranjini Rajan ... props
Kavitha Ram ... props
Tara Ramanan ... props
Divya Rusia ... props
Kamatchi Suveetha ... props
Jagan Thangavelu ... props
Nithi Thillai ... props
Lakshmi Venkat ... props

Sound Department

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Michael Huang ... sound editor: additional sound editing
Kathir Narayanan ... Assistant Sound Mixer
Kunal Rajan ... sound designer
Alex Weiss ... re-recording mixer

Special Effects by

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Kaushik Gurumurthy ... special effects
Shriram Natarajan ... special effects coordinator
Gokulramkumar Subramaniam ... special effects

Visual Effects by

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Harish ... visual effects
Jithin ... title animation
Lakshmanan ... title animation
Afox Ram ... visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Lionel Flynn ... gaffer
Kaushik Gurumurthy ... drone operator
Hareesh Kumar ... camera operator
Pankaj Luthra ... second assistant camera
Pradeep Nair ... assistant camera
Kathir Narayanan ... first assistant camera
Shriram Natarajan ... camera operator / digital image technician / first assistant camera / still photographer
Sankar Salvady ... camera operator
Senthil Selvaraj ... drone operator
Richard Williams ... gaffer

Casting Department

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Shriram Chandra Anbalagan ... casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Priyadarshini Chandrasekaran ... costumer
Sangeetha Ramanathan ... costumer
Sapna Sura Shah ... costumer
Shine Shanmu ... costumer
Avantika Sriram ... costumer

Location Management

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Vellaisamy Innisaiventhan ... location manager

Music Department

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Ariv Adiaman ... singer
T.S. Ayyappan ... singer
S.P. Balasubrahmanyam ... singer
Sandro Friedrich ... musician: ethnic wind instruments
Ravi Gopinath ... singer
Chris Jason ... guitar
Madhan Karky ... Lyricist / lyrics: "Innum Sila Naatkalil, Potraamarai, Yaarin Mel Pizhai
Paul Kinman ... guitar
Charusheela Krishnaraju ... singer
T. Praveen Kumar ... guitar
Vignesh Lakshminarayanan ... guitar
Jothi Lingam ... singer
Brian Monroney ... guitar
Ganeshram Nagarajan ... drums
Kathir Narayanan ... Recording Assistant
Deepika Parthasarathy ... singer
Anika Prabhu ... singer
Pratap ... singer
N.K. Priyanka ... singer
Sarath Santosh ... singer
Sathyaprakash ... singer
Kiran Sravan ... singer
Vandana Srinivasan ... singer

Script and Continuity Department

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Shriram Chandra Anbalagan ... script continuity

Additional Crew

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Dean Hargrave ... voice
Kathir Narayanan ... story associate

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Distributors

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Rudhran, a retired police officer from Tamil Nadu, decides to spend time with his son who lives in the USA. There, he meets his daughter-in-law and various interesting neighbors, quickly making new friends. However, the seemingly welcoming and peaceful neighborhood soon turns hostile when people around him start to suddenly disappear, presumed dead. Rudhran's police instincts kick in, and he embarks on his own investigation to identify the serial killer on the loose. His journey leads him to tussle with local gangsters in a chase across the Pacific Northwest, with his initial interest in the case turning to obsession and desperation when someone close to him goes missing. Along with his newfound friends, he risks his life to find the culprit. Who is the killer? Why did he kill? Watch this gripping thriller to find out.

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Also Known As
  • Vellai Pookal (United States, English title)
  • वेल्लई पुकल (India, Hindi title)
  • Vellai Pookal (World-wide, English title)
  • Vellai Pookal (United Kingdom)
  • Одуванчики (Russia)
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Runtime
  • 122 min
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