Vellai Pookal is a 2019 Indian-American Tamil language neo-noir crime thriller film directed by newcomer Vivek Elangovan. The film stars Vivekh, V. T. M. Charle, Pooja Devariya, Dev and Paige Henderson. The film was released on 19 April 2019.

Plot

The film revolves around two parallel storylines. In one, a young girl and her mother are held captive in a farmhouse by the abusive and drug-addicted father. The mother is paralysed, leaving them unable to escape. Meanwhile, the father is involved in illegal activities such as the drug and flesh trades. In the other storyline, Rudhran Ganesan, a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, visits his estranged son Ajay in Seattle. Rudhran has a talent for solving crimes and can imagine himself in the criminal's shoes to deduce how the crimes occurred.