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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Velum Mayilum Thunai<br />
| image = Velum Mayilum Thunai.jpg<br />
| caption = DVD cover<br />
| director = [[Ra. Sankaran]]<br />
| producer = Ra. Ma. Narayanan <br /> Vijayalakshmi Subramaniyam<br />
| writer = Rajasekaran<br />
| screenplay = [[Ra. Sankaran]]<br />
| story = Ra. Narayanan<br />
| starring = [[M. R. Radha]]<br />
| music = [[Shankar – Ganesh]]<br />
| cinematography = N. K. Viswanath<br />
| editing = M. Vellaisamy<br />
| studio = Sri Devi Priya Films<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = 17 March 1979<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Velum Mayilum Thunai''''' ({{trans|The spear and peacock are support}}) is a 1979 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Hindu devotional film]] directed and written by [[Ra. Sankaran]] with dialogue by Rajasekaran.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vijay TV's 'Saravanan Meenatchi' fame Rajasekar passes away|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2019/sep/08/vijay-tvs-saravanan-meenatchi-fame-rajasekar-passes-away-2030653.html|access-date=2021-01-26|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> The film was produced by Ra. Ma. Narayanan and Vijayalakshmi Subramaniyam. The music was composed by [[Shankar – Ganesh]]. The film stars [[M. R. Radha]] in dual roles and Baby Sudha.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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Velayudham is a non-believer in god while his own son Saravanan opposes him in case of the topic divine power.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[M. R. Radha]] as Velayudham/Thanikachalam Twin brothers<br />
* [[Baby Sudha]] as Saravanan<br />
* [[Kannadasan]] as Kannadasan (Guest appearance)<br />
* [[Major Sundararajan]] as Prohit<br />
* [[M. N. Rajam]] as Prohit's Wife<br />
* [[Neelu]] as Advocate Appalachari<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kolappan|first=B.|date=2018-05-11|title=Comedian Neelu is no more|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/comedian-neelu-is-no-more/article23842256.ece|access-date=2021-01-26|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
* [[Sachu]] as Poongkodi<br />
* Vijaya Chandrika as Panchali<br />
* I. S. R. as Arjunan<br />
* [[Jai Ganesh]] as Kali, Thief<br />
* [[Raadhika]] as Valli M.R Radha Wife for a while<br />
* [[S. V. Ramadoss]] as Elephant driver<br />
* [[Sripriya]] as Meenakshi, The dumb girl<br />
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Sundaresan, Biscope<br />
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Manohari<br />
* [[Typist Gopu]] as Ekambaram<br />
* [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]] as<br />
* [[Cho Ramaswamy|Cho]] as Manohari's Husband<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[Shankar – Ganesh]] and the lyrics were written by [[Kannadasan]] and [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]. The playback singers consist of [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]], [[Vani Jayaram]], [[S. P. Balasubramanyam]], Bangalore Ramaniyammal and R. Veeramani – Latha.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! No. !! Songs !! Singers !! Length (m:ss)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Kaga Kaga Kanthane" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || 04:30<br />
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| 2 || "Aathoram Neeyee Ganapathy" || [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]] Bangalore Ramani Ammal ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Pandia Mannanin Rajakumari" || [[Vani Jayaram]] || 04:36<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Velum Mayilum Thunai" || [[k.veeramani]] || 4:06<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|5231952}}<br />
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[[Category:1979 films]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Sankar Ganesh]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Madurai]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu devotional films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian sequel films]]<br />
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