few Telugu films before and would make their Tamil film debut through Veppam. The film was also supposed to be Nithya Menen's debut Tamil film. However, due to the long delay in production, it would become her second Tamil release after 180. Nani and Nithya had starred together in the Telugu super hit Ala Modalaindi (2011), which prompted the makers to dub and release the film in Telugu as well. Anjana had initially signed up with another producer, but since the project failed to take off, director Gautham Vasudev Menon, under whom she had worked as an assistant director, stepped in and took over the production. Produced for approximately US$550,000, the film's domestic theatrical rights were sold for US$600,000, while the television rights, international theatrical rights and the rights to the Telugu dubbed version had been sold for a total of US$270,000. Soundtrack The film's music was composed by Joshua Sridhar. The soundtrack, which features seven tracks, was released by Suhasini Maniratnam on 31 December 2010. Release Veppam opened to mixed responses. Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff gave 2.5 out of 5 citing that "a tauter screenplay, more logic in the sequences and realistic dialogues would have made Veppam an eminently enjoyable film". IBNLive described that "the movie has some positives in terms of looks and narrative style, but it lacks the punch." A critic from Sify wrote that "Veppam has everything to hold the audiences interest- romance, drama, violence and slick packaging. It is certainly worth a look." The Times of India wrote, "Swear words and swagger do not , something director Anjana failed to factor in while working on the movie. So while we have some fearsome looking gangsters in well-shot frames, they fail to strike a chord and end up looking like caricatures." Supergoodmovies rated it 2.5/5 and called it "A rich movie, Veppam will be here to stay for some time." Indiaglitz stated the movie as "Watch this racy story for its worth your money." KollyInsider.com rated the movie with 2.5 stars out of 5, stated good fun from starting to end. The Telugu version Sega failed at the box office. Veppam emerged as an average grosser. References External links 2010s Tamil-language films 2011 crime action films 2011 directorial debut films 2011 films Films about organised crime in India Films set in Chennai Films shot in Chennai Films shot in Kodaikanal Films shot in Puducherry Indian crime