Vella Raja (2018)

Original title

வெள்ள ராஜா

Genre

drama

Country

India

Length

1 season, 10 episodes

Rated

AP

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man returns to his old neighborhood in Chennai after a long absence. He gets pulled into a dangerous conflict with a powerful local crime figure.

tensegrittyfast-pacedurbandarkintensesuspensefulserious

What happens

Vella Raja (transl. The white king) is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language television series, produced as an Original for Amazon Prime Video. The series is directed by Guhan Senniappan of Nalaya Iyakunar and Sawaari fame, produced by S. R. Prabhu under the production banner Dream Warrior Pictures. It is the first Amazon Original in Tamil which was dubbed in both Hindi and Telugu languages. The series was released on Prime Video on 7 December 2018 and received positive reviews from the audience and critics for its making and the screenplay, It stars Bobby Simha, Parvati Nair and Gayathrie in their streaming series debut, while Kaali Venkat plays a pivotal role in the series. Media outlets speculated that the series is inspired by the 2018 Hindi-language Netflix series Sacred Games. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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