Vaimaye Vellum

Vaimaye Vellum is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language crime film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Parthiban and Rachna Banerjee. It was released on 14 February 1997.

Plot
Perumal, a corrupt police officer, is transferred to the same area after 20 years.

In the past, Perumal's wife died during her delivery and Perumal felt that his newborn son brought him bad luck. Perumal later married Saraswathi. Despite being a clever student, Raja was hated by his father while his stepmother Saraswathi took care of him like her own son. One day, Raja witnessed his father Perumal taking bribe from a woman. He stole the bribe from his father and put it in a temple donation box. To punish him, Perumal sent his innocent son to jail.

Raja is now a rickshaw man and also a rowdy who cannot tolerate the injustice so he often goes to jail. Meanwhile, Maari, a rich industrialist, and his henchman Kaasi kidnap the children of rich businessmen and ransom them. A journalist is determined to stop this and hires Raja for protecting his daughter Meena from Alex's henchmen. Soon, Raja clashes with Maari, Kaasi and his father Perumal.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Vaali.

Reception
The film opened to positive reviews from critics. K. N. Vijiyan from New Straits Times named it the fifth best Tamil film of 1997. Two years after release, the producers were given a ₹5 lakh subsidy by the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi along with ten other films.