Right from the days of MGR, Kollywood had witnessed the story of a family with twin children losing one. Vel too opens with the same knot
which later dwells on whether the family reunites or not. However, director Hari makes the film a cracker of its kind with a racy screenplay, with no scene can be singled out as boring or redundant.

For Surya, who tested waters with different roles and getups in Ghajini and Perazhagan, Vel is a routine one. However, his understanding of characters and differentiation between both the roles (Vel and Vasu) once again tells us that he is one of the best
performers of this part of the tinsel world.

Well, the story unfolds with a husband and wife (Saranraj and Saranya)
losing one of their twin children in a moving train. The child they
missed (Vel) grows in a wealthy family in Dindigul while the one grows
with them (Vasu) becomes an officer in a detective agency in Chennai.

Though years had passed, the mother is unable to forget her lost son.
However, Vasu is helpless, as he has no clue about his brother.
Meanwhile, his lover (Asin), who is a television anchor, finds Vel
when she is in a tour. The story takes an interesting route when Vasu
immediately leaves for the village and asks his brother to come to the
city.

However, he finds that it is hard to separate Vasu from the family,
which brought him up. He also finds that his brother is in a mission
to save the villagers from a baddie (Kalabhavan Mani). In this
prevailing situation, Vasu asks Vel to go to city in his disguise to
see his mother.

With the twins interchanging, Vasu jumps in the fray to eliminate the
villain. However, his ways are different. While his brother used
muscle power to finish the baddie off, he uses his brain and detective
abilties. This was followed by an interesting climax, which tells us
how the brothers emerge triumphant.

Though the story is rusted one, Hari makes it interesting with his
script. Asin, the sizzling beauty comes out with an intelligent
performance. As Kalabhavan Mani fits well to the role of the villain.

The sad part of the movie is the music of Yuvan Shankar Raja, with
each of his tune reminds us some old song. One such example is
Kovakkara Kiliye, which is a straight lift of Veppankulathu Kiliye of
the same Hari's film Kovil.

Vel- Fireworks