Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie
Genre	Mystery Crime thriller
Written by	Andrew Louis
Directed by	Andrew Louis
Starring	S. J. Suryah Sanjana Krishnamoorthy Laila Nassar Vivek Prasanna
Music by	Simon K. King
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Gowtham Selvaraj
Producer	Pushkar–Gayathri
Cinematography	Saravanan Ramasamy
Editor	Richard Kevin
Running time	40-50 minutes
Original release
Network	Amazon Prime Video
Release	2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)

Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie (transl. Rumour: The Fable of Velonie) is a 2022 Indian-Tamil-languagemysterycrime thriller television series created by Andrew Louis, ofLeelai andKolaigaran fame,^[1][2] forAmazon Prime Video.^[3][4] It was directed and written by Andrew Louis. The principal cast of the series includesS. J. Suryah,^[5]Sanjana Krishnamoorthy,Laila,Nassar,Smruthi Venkat,Vivek Prasanna, Kumaran Thangarajan, Vaibhav Murugesan, Vikky Aadithya andHareesh Peradi. It premiered on 2 December 2022^[6][7][8] and consists of eight episodes.

It was later renewed for another season & was wrapped in mid-september.

The series isPushkar–Gayathri`s second collaboration withAmazon Prime Video.^[9][10] Earlier, the filmmaker duo had created the investigative thriller,Suzhal: The Vortex, for the streaming giant.^[11] The series is directed by Andrew Louis.^[12][13]

The Series was Renewed for another season & began filming withM. Sasikumar in the lead role & the entire shooting was wrapped 27 September 2025.

Tamil film director and actor,S. J. Suryah^[14] was cast as police officer Vivek. This is his debut role in a limited series.^[15][16][17]Sanjana Krishnamoorthy was cast as Velonie,^[18] actressLaila^[19] was cast as Ruby, making their debut with the series. BesidesNassar,Sanjana Krishnamoorthy,Smruthi Venkat,Vivek Prasanna, Kumaran Thangarajan, Vaibhav Murugesan, Vikky Aadithya andHareesh Peradi were cast then.^{[citation needed]}

It was announced on Thursday 17 November that the series will be released in Tamil and dubbed inTelugu,^[20]Hindi,^[21][22]Malayalam^[23] andKannada and will make itsstreaming debut on 2 December,^[24] onAmazon Prime Video.^[25] And also was Release the first look poster, The poster features a visibly shocked S. J. Suryah looking at a person lying dead in a field. The series was highly inspired by the American TV Series The Killing. The Murder mystery of Rosie Larson.^{[26][27][28][29]}

The satellite rights was purchased byKalaignar TV and aired the web series as a special movie presentation on January 13, 14 and 15, 2026.^[30]

Upon release, the story and performances of SJ Suryah & Sanjana Krishnamoorthy were appreciated but the pacing was criticized. Haricharan Pudipeddi ofHindustan Times "The small-town set up helps in making the narrative quite interesting as the story presents us with multiple suspects and this naturally piques the excitement of a viewer."^[31]

• Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie atIMDb

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