Velle (film)

Velle is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Deven Munjal and written by Pankaj Kaumar and Harish Dinkar. It is produced by Aarushi Malhotra, Nandini Sharma and Rajnish Khanuja under the banners Intercut Entertainment and Ajay Devgn FFilms. A remake of the 2019 Telugu film Brochevarevarura, the film stars Abhay Deol, Mouni Roy, Karan Deol, debutantes Savant Singh Premi and Visshesh Tiwari, Anya Singh, Mahesh Thakur, Zakir Hussain, and Rajesh Kumar in pivotal roles. The film follows four friends Riya, Rahul, Rambo and Ranju who live carefree lives. When Riya's father tells her to stay away from the friends, the other three friends come up with a plan to teach him a lesson. The film was released on 10 December 2021.

Plot
Riya, a school principal's daughter and her gang of high school friends, Rahul, Rambo, and Raju, lead carefree lives full of mischief. However, when she's warned to stay away from the group by her father, the group decide to teach him a lesson. Elsewhere, Rishi, a writer, plans to narrate a film to a budding actress Rohini, who develops an attraction towards him.

Cast

 * Abhay Deol as Rishi Singh
 * Mouni Roy as Rohini Roy
 * Karan Deol as Rahul Agarwal
 * Savant Singh Premi as Ramesh "Rambo" Bhatia
 * Vishesh Tiwari as Rajeshwar "Raju" Prasad
 * Anya Singh as Riya Sharma
 * Mahesh Thakur as Ravikant Agarwal, Rahul's father
 * Zakir Hussain as Radhe Shyam "RS" Sharma, Riya's father
 * Anurag Arora as Randhir
 * Rajesh Kumar as Police Inspector Rajni Verma
 * Ajay Devgn as himself (cameo appearance)

Production
Filming commenced from 10 July 2021 in Gautam Budh Nagar UP. The majority of filming took place in Greater Noida and shooting was completed in August 2021.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Rochak Kohli, Jasleen Royal, JAM8, Yug Bhusal and Sohail Sen. Lyrics were written by Siddharth–Garima, Bipin Das, Vayu, and Aditya Sharma.

Critical response
Hiren Kotwani from The Times of India gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and summed up saying, "The first half seems to be taking the film’s title too seriously and is a little too ‘chilled out’ and meandering. It’s only at the interval point when more things happen, and the movie moves into higher gear. And the second half more than makes up for the ‘vellapanti’-filled first and also keeps you glued to the screen proceedings even though you half-anticipate them."