Velaikaran is a Tamil film is directed by SP. Muthuraman

SP. Muthuraman

SP. Muthuraman is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. He has directed nearly 75 films in Tamil and Telugu. He was one of the most successful commercial directors in Tamil cinema. Initially he worked mainly with Sivaji Ganesan, Jaishankar and Kamal Haasan...

, starring Rajinikant, Sarath Babu

Sarath Babu

Sarath Babu is an Indian film actor, who has acted in almost all the major south Indian languages - Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. He has been in the industry for nearly 37 years and has acted in more than 200 movies, most of them in a supporting role. He has acted in 80 films each in...

 and Amala. This film is remade from the bollywood film Namak Halaal

Namak Halaal

Namak Halaal is a 1982 Hindi movie. The movie is directed by Prakash Mehra. Music is by Bappi Lahiri and lyrics by Anjaan. This an Action packed Comedy film that stars Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Om Prakash, Shashi Kapoor, Smita Patil, Parveen Babi, Ranjeet, Satyen Kappu, Suresh Oberoi and...

(1982) starred Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Shashi Kapoor, Smita Patil and Parveen Babi.

Plot

Young Gajapathy (Rajinikanth) is brought up by his Valayapathy (paternal grandfather) (V.K.Ramasamy). He decides for him to go to the city in search of a new job and life. While in the city he meets up with Senthil who guides him into an interview in a 5-star hotel owned by Rajkumar (Sarath Babu).
While in the hotel, Gajapathy meets Amala and falls in love with her. During this time, many attempts are made to kill Rajkumar by his uncle and son Nasser. The blame for this murders goes to Rajkumar mother K.R.Vijaya, who is actually Gajapathy's mother. Realising all this Gajapathy takes an oath no matter what happens he will let any harm come to Rajkumar. As these attempts are being made, can Gajapathy thwart them all?

Trivia

• In this movie Rajnikanth remodified his popular hair style, till 1996 he maintained the same hairstyle.
• The popular dialogue "I can talk English, I can walk English..." earlier said by Amitabh Bachchan
  Amitabh Bachchan
  Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
  
   in Namak Halaal
  Namak Halaal
  Namak Halaal is a 1982 Hindi movie. The movie is directed by Prakash Mehra. Music is by Bappi Lahiri and lyrics by Anjaan. This an Action packed Comedy film that stars Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Om Prakash, Shashi Kapoor, Smita Patil, Parveen Babi, Ranjeet, Satyen Kappu, Suresh Oberoi and...
  
  was also used in this film but in a more violent tone.