Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie | |
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Genre | Mystery Crime thriller |
Written by | Andrew Louis |
Directed by | Andrew Louis |
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Music by | Simon K. King |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Tamil |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Executive producer | Gowtham Selvaraj |
Producer | Pushkar–Gayathri |
Cinematography | Saravanan Ramasamy |
Editor | Richard Kevin |
Running time | 40-50 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Amazon Prime Video |
Release | 2 December 2022 present | –
Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie (transl. Rumour: The Fable of Velonie) is a 2022 Indian-Tamil-language mystery crime thriller television series created by Andrew Louis, of Leelai and Kolaigaran fame,[1][2] for Amazon Prime Video.[3][4] It was directed and written by Andrew Louis. The principal cast of the series includes S. J. Suryah,[5] Laila, Nassar, Sanjana Krishnamoorthy, Smruthi Venkat, Vivek Prasanna, Kumaran Thangarajan, Vaibhav Murugesan, Vikky Aadithya and Hareesh Peradi. It premiered on 2 December 2022[6][7][8] and consists of eight episodes.
The story revolved around the murder of a young girl, seen from the Rashomon-esque perspectives of Vivek (S. J. Suryah), an unrelenting obsessed cop, a novelist captivated by her grace, and an opportunistic news editor. This show shows various dynamics and sociological aspects of our society.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | "The Dead Star" | Andrew Louis | Andrew Louis | 2 December 2022 |
2 | "Vivek Takes Charge" | Andrew Louis | Andrew Louis | 2 December 2022 |
3 | "Brothers in Crime" | Andrew Louis | Andrew Louis | 2 December 2022 |
4 | "Closed, but Unresolved" | Andrew Louis | Andrew Louis | 2 December 2022 |
5 | "An Intellectual Killer" | Andrew Louis | Andrew Louis | 2 December 2022 |
6 | "From Bad to Worse" | Andrew Louis | Andrew Louis | 2 December 2022 |
7 | "A Fictitious Fact" | Andrew Louis | Andrew Louis | 2 December 2022 |
8 | "The Vadhandhi Continues" | Andrew Louis | Andrew Louis | 2 December 2022 |
The series is Pushkar–Gayathri`s second collaboration with Amazon Prime Video.[9][10] Earlier, the filmmaker duo had created the investigative thriller, Suzhal: The Vortex, for the streaming giant.[11] The series is directed by Andrew Louis.[12][13]
Tamil film director and actor, S. J. Suryah[14] was cast as police officer Vivek. This is his debut role in a limited series.[15][16][17] Sanjana was cast as Velonie,[18] actress Laila[19] was cast as Ruby, she making their debut with the series. Besides Nassar, Sanjana, Smruthi Venkat, Vivek Prasanna, Kumaran Thangarajan, Vaibhav Murugesan, Vikky Aadithya and Hareesh Peradi were cast then.[citation needed]
It was announced on Thursday 17 November that the series will be released in Tamil and dubbed in Telugu,[20] Hindi,[21][22] Malayalam[23] and Kannada and will make its streaming debut on 2 December,[24] on Amazon Prime Video.[25] And also was Release the first look poster, The poster features a visibly shocked S. J. Suryah looking at a person lying dead in a field. The series was highly inspired by the American TV Series The Killing. The Murder mystery of Rosie Larson. [26][27][28][29]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
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2023 | E4M Play Awards 2023 | Best Web Series - Tamil | Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie | Won | |
Best Performance - Female (Regional) | Sanjana Krishnamoorthy | Velonie | Won | ||
JFW Movie Awards 2023 | Best Actress in an OTT Series | Won |