Jayam
Ravi,
who
is
directing
his
first
movie
outside
his
home
banner,
has
clarified
the
rumours,
which
claimed
that
his
Velayudham
is
a
rip-off
of
Telugu
blockbuster
Azad.
The
filmmaker
has
said
that
the
upcoming
Tamil
movie
is
not
a
remake
of
the
Tollywood
film.
The
director
says
that
he
was
somewhat
inspired
by
Azad
but
he
penned
the
original
script
for
Velayudham
on
his
own.
He
took
only
a
small
portion
of
the
Telugu
film
and
rest
other
story
was
written
by
him.
Jayam
Raja
further
explains
that
the
director
of
the
original
film,
Tirupathi
Swamy
was
his
friend
and
he
narrated
the
story
to
him
before
approaching
Nagarjuna.
Jayam
Raja
says
that
he
just
took
a
thread
of
it
and
etched
the
complete
story.
Hence,
he
believes
that
Velayudham
is
not
a
remake.
However,
to
be
on
the
safer
side,
he
purchased
the
remake
rights
of
Azad,
concludes
the
filmmaker.
Velayudham
starring
Vijay,
Genelia
D"Souza
and
Hansika
Motwani
is
a
superhero
movie,
which
is
hitting
the
screens
for
Diwali.