Today , July 15th 2010, the centenary hall of Madras University was buzzing with huge number of fans who were invited for the launch of Vijay starrer Velayutham which is supposed to be his 52nd flick.

The function was expected to start by 9.30 am, fans gathered and occupied their seats an hour before the start to witness this gala opening. The cast and crew of Velayutham arrived minutes before the start and atlast Vijay arrived amidst huge cheers and chanting of his name. Any movie launch starts by lighting the Kuthu Vilakku and this function was not an exception. Fans from pondycherry who were present there , handed over the Olympic torch to Vijay who then lit the kuthuvilakku along with his wife Sangeetha, parents S.A Chandrasekhar And Shobha ChandraSekhar, producer Sridhar and his wife Meera and Editor Mohan and his family.

To everyones surprise a short trailer of the movie was played and all the fans were on their feet, auditorium erupted with huge cheers.

Later, the cast and crew of Velayutham spoke few lines about the movie.

First it was Vijay antony who seemed to be oozing out with confidence said this movie will be one of the Super Hits of this year.

Then it was turn for the the Captain of the ship – director Raja, who said Velayutham will be one of the career best movies for Vijay and was very happy to work with him.

Then a book on Vijay ‘Sadhanai Sarithram’ which was written by his PRO was unveiled by Raja and received by Vijay.

Then Vijay was welcomed to speak, he always mentions about his fans in all the functions, here he said ‘ Fans have always been my strength who share major part of my success ‘. Though there were no special invitees for the function, Vijay was overwhelmed by the fans presence and said ‘You all are my special invitees for this function’. He was also happy to work with Raja who has given major hits under his direction. Vijay also expressed his willingness to work with lady leads Genelia and Hansika and wished the entire team all success and thanked all the fans who supported the function in large numbers.

Later food was served to all his fans who were present for the function and Velayutham T shirts were also distributed.

Watch out for something big, the trailer looks promising , cast and crew of the movie is astonishing and a perfect platform for winning is set.

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OVF TEAM