<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> ₹ 61crore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> est . ₹ 125.7 crore </Td> </Tr> <P> Vedalam (English: Phantom) is a 2015 Indian Tamil action - masala film written and directed by Siva, and produced by Aishwarya . Ajith Kumar and Shruti Haasan play the lead roles, with Lakshmi Menon, Ashwin Kakumanu, and Kabir Duhan Singh among others, appearing in supporting roles . Anirudh Ravichander composed the film's music and background score, while Vetri and Ruben were the film's cinematographer and editor respectively . The film began production in April 2015 and was released on 10 November 2015, coinciding with Diwali . The film was later dubbed in Hindi under the same name by Goldmines Telefilms in 2016 . </P> <P> Ganesh (Ajith Kumar) and his sister Thamizh (Lakshmi Menon) come to settle down in Kolkata where she has enrolled for a course to hone her artistic skills . Ganesh is an extremely peace loving soft - hearted person who makes even rowdies like Kolkata Kaali (Rajendran) like him in one instant . Kolkata is also the operating base of a high - profile international criminal syndicate run by three brothers Rahul (Rahul Dev), Abhinay (Kabir Duhan Singh) and Aniket (Aniket Chauhan). Ganesh advised by his new house owner (Mayilswamy) starts working under Laxmidas (Soori) who owns a Taxi company . </P>

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