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Vellai Pookal
Vellai Pookal

Vellai Pookal

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A retired cop goes to the US to live with his son and becomes involved with a kidnapping case. Even as he is trying to track down the kidnapper, the case becomes too personal.

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Budget

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Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Tamil

Runtime

130 mins

Rating

6.263/10

Release Date

19 April 2019

Country

India

Cast

Vivek

Vivek

DIG Rudhran Ganesan

Charle

Charle

Bharatidasan "Bharati"

Dev Ramnath

Dev Ramnath

Ajay Rudhran

Pooja Devariya

Pooja Devariya

Ramya

Paige Henderson

Paige Henderson

Alice

Gajaraj

Gajaraj

Commissioner K. Manimaran

Sudha Rajasekaran

Sudha Rajasekaran

Meena Bharatidasan

Tyler Roy Roberts

Tyler Roy Roberts

Jeff

Peyton Justine

Peyton Justine

Mary

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