


Alamparai Fort was the location of scenes in the movie.The film grossed $8 million at the box office.The first third of Veyil is very loosely based upon the 1988 Italian classic Cinema Paradiso.Sandhya was supposed to play the female lead but was replaced by Bhavana.

It is the first Tamil language film screened at Cannes as part of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival under the 'Tous les Cinemas du Monde’ section.Karisal Karunanidhi, Kottaisami, Madurai Chandran, Jayapal, Azhaguthai, Thillai Panneer The next day, all mourn Murugesan's death, and his father is filled with remorse for not having trusted his son when he was alive. Murugesan dies, while Kathir becomes stable and recovers in the hospital. Believing that his brother is dead, Murugesan kills Bose, and all his men and gets stabbed by Bose in the fight. Bose arrives there with his men and tells him that his brother is dead. Murugesan goes to Annachi's place, engages in a duel with him, and becomes unconscious. The night, Murugesan decides to avenge his brother's injury. Kathir is rushed to a hospital and is in critical condition. In retaliation, Murugesan beats a few thugs. But there, Bose's and Annachi's men stab Kathir. Kathir comes to know of this and goes to the bus station to bring Murugesan back. After an emotional conversation with his father, he decides to go back. One day, jewels go missing in their house, Murugesan's father suspects him as the thief of their jewels and insults Murugesan in front of everyone, when their daughter arrives and tells him that she took them. Kathir retaliates by trying to kill Bose but gets stopped by Murugesan. Then there is Paandi ( Sriya Reddy), Murugesan's childhood sweetheart.īose, fearing that Kathir will be a challenge to his advertising company, ruins Kathir's agency with the help of Annachi. The rest of the film is all about Murugesan's mental turmoil as he is caught between the deep love showered by his younger brother Kathir, and his guilt of not being a responsible son or elder brother, and Murugesan's remorse to his parents. Murugesan decides to return home after 20 years. Sometime later, the theatre is demolished, the owner citing loss of business. Murugesan is heartbroken and is released at that moment after Thangam's death, and he begins to drink a lot. At that moment, Thangam shows up with a knife and threatens to kill herself if they do not release Murugesan as they do not release him, she cuts her throat and dies. Murugesan's love ends in Thangam's suicide because her father and his relatives beat up and hang Murugesan as they are trying to kill him due to their dislike of him. Parallel narration, Kathir starts an advertising agency, and faces opposition from Bose ( Ravi Mariya) and Annachi, the local gangster. Thangam is a beautiful girl who lives opposite the theatre, and Meenakshi is an innocent girl. Slowly, the theatre becomes his home.Īs adults, Murugesan ( Pasupathy) and Kathir ( Bharath), fall in love with Thangam ( Priyanka) and Meenakshi ( Bhavana) respectively. Murugesan is then taken under the wings of a theatre projectionist in a nearby town.

After spending the night at local temple, he wakes up to find his money and other possessions missing. He is shown watching several MGR shows, buying a change of clothes, and eating a hearty meal with his ill-gotten money. Murugesan is severely punished and runs away from home, taking money and jewels.Īlong the way, Murugesan gets sidetracked from his intended destination of Chennai by an MGR movie poster. One day, life changes for Murugesan when his father catches him red-handed from the theatre after he bunks school. Murugesan's weakness, like any other adolescent, is a love for movies (especially MGR films) that are screened in a local theatre. Mayandi's sons are Murugesan and Kathir, and Murugesan dotes on his younger brother Kathir. Kumar), is a butcher who works hard to bring up his four children (two boys and two girls) and have a happy family. The story is an emotional drama involving a father and his two sons.
