Ellam Avan Seyal is a 2008 Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

film directed by Shaji Kailas

Shaji Kailas

Shaji Kailas is a Malayalam film director. He is known for his hard-hitting action films.-Childhood and entry into films:Shaji Kailas was born in Vanchiyoor, Thiruvananthapuram, to Late Sivakumaran Nair and Janakiyamma. After attending Model Boys School, Shaji pursued degree at Mahatma Gandhi...

. The film stars R. K. (actor)

R. K. (actor)

R. K. is an actor in Tamil Nadu, India. He was a prominent businessman before he broke into films.- Filmography :- References:...

, Ashish Vidyarthi

Ashish Vidyarthi

Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Hindi films and lately in South Indian films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for film Drohkaal in 1995....

, Raghuvaran

Raghuvaran

Raghuvaran was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in movies made in South India. He became famous for his portrayal of villain and character roles in Tamil films. He has acted in more than 150 Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films...

, Roja Selvamani

Roja Selvamani

Roja is a South Indian actress and politician. She is presently with YSR Congress party.-Early life:Roja was born in 1972 in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. She learnt Kuchipudi, a dance form, for a few years. She has two brothers Kumaraswamy Reddy and Ramprasad Reddy.-Film career:Roja entered the...

, Bhama

Bhama

Bhama is an Indian film actress, who has mainly appeared in Malayalam films. She debuted in 2007 through Nivedyam directed by A. K. Lohithadas.-Career:...

, Manivannan

Manivannan

Manivannan is a popular Tamil actor and director. With over 400 films to his name, Manivannan is one of the most experienced actors in the field. He normally plays the role of a dad or a senior comedian.- Background :...

, Visu

Visu

Visu , born 1941 is a Tamil writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk show host from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Visu fine tuned his directorial skills under the mentor-ship of legendary K. Balachander until becoming a full fledged director...

 and Vadivelu

Vadivelu

Vadivelu , often referred to as Vadivel, is a Tamil film actor,comedian and playback singer. Since 2000, he has acted as a comedian in various Tamil films. During his career, Vadivelu has won several Filmfare Awards and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards...

 in a modern day vigilante story.

Synopsis

A lawyer, who defends criminals, wages vigilante justice against them in private. A stranger visits him and describes the murder of a girl who was ragged and brutally murdered by her classmates. The stranger is the girl’s parent. The lawyer agrees to defend the classmates from probable life sentences.

Production

Ellam Avan Seyal is the remake of Suresh Gopi

Suresh Gopi

Suresh Gopinathan Nair , often credited as Suresh Gopi , is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema; he is famous for his roles in police dramas. He is noted for his leading roles as much as his character roles...

 starring Chinthamani Kolacase

Chinthamani Kolacase

Chinthamani Kolacase is a Malayalam movie loosely based on an English short story called The Veteran...

, also directed by Shaji Kailas. The film was also remade as Telugu with Sri Mahalakshmi

Sri Mahalakshmi

Sri Mahalakshmi is a 2007 suspense thriller film directed by Fightmaster Vijayan starring Srihari and Shamna. The film is a remake of Malayalam film Chinthamani Kolacase starring Suresh Gopi and Bhavana while second remake in Tamil as Ellam Avan Seyal the...

and Sri Hari playing the role of Suresh Gopi. The Malayalam and Tamil versions were successful, but the Telugu version did poorly. The Telugu version had a different director.

Cast

• R.K.- Advocate Laxman Krishna aka LK
• Roja Selvamani
• Sukanya
• Bhama- Chintamani
• Ashish Vidyarthi
• Nasser
• Manivannan
• Raghuvaran
• Visu
• Manoj K Jayan- Principal Williams
• Vadivelu- Vandu Murugan