VELAYUDHAM

Velayudham
Directed by	M. Raja
Produced by	Venu Ravichandran
Written by	M. Raja
Starring	Joseph Vijay as Velu Genelia D'Souza as Shalini Hansika Motwani as Lakshmi Saranya Mohan as Ambika Pasupathy as Pattampoochi Omi Vaidya as William Santhanam as Santhanam Sathyan as Raja M. S. Bhaskar as sotta mandai Soori Pandi as black Devil Sampath Raj as Sampath
Music by	Vijay Antony
Cinematography	Priyan
Editing by	laksanarajan
Studio	Aascar Films
Distributed by	V. Ravichandran
Release date(s)	June 22, 2011
Country	India

Velayudham (Tamil: வேலாயுதம்) is an upcoming Tamil film directed by M. Raja. The film stars Vijay and Genelia D'Souza playing the lead roles while Hansika Motwani and Saranya Mohan portray other pivotal roles. The film was formally launched on July 15, 2010 with its photo shoots taken earlier during the month. Produced by V. Ravichandran's Aascar Films, the film is currently in its filming stage and expected to release on Vijay's birthday (June 22, 2011).

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack, is composed by Vijay Antony, who previously scored Vijay's Vettaikaaran. A bit of song was sung by Vijay in Hello FM; the title of the song is "Sonna Puriyathu". A theme song was released during Velayutham movie launch titled "Vela Vela Velayutham", sung by Vijay Antony.