Ajith Kumar's Valimai to have Tamil television premiere on THIS date, channel

Valimai, directed by H Vinoth, hit the screens on February 24, this year, to mixed reviews. The Ajith Kumar-starrer will have its world television premiere on May 28 on Zee Cinema at 8 pm.

In an interview with The Hindu, director Vinoth said, “As the subject features bikes prominently, we started researching and stumbled upon the story of how late CM Jayalalithaa directly appointed a racer as a policeman. We tried scouting for him to hear his life story, but we couldn’t track him down. We have taken that one incident as a small inspiration for Valimai."

Produced by Boney Kapoor, Valimai also stars Bollywood actors Huma Qureshi, Karthikeya, Bani, Sumithra, Achyunth Kumar, Yogi Babu, Raj Ayyappa, Pugazh and others.

Apparently, Vinoth narrated a one-liner of the story to Ajith. "He was impressed that it was socially responsible and was sure that it would turn out to be a film that would entertain all audiences," Vinoth told the Hindu.

With Valimai, Boney Kapoor says, he wanted to create something that entertains and at the same time thrills the audience. While talking about the storyline of the movie, he tells Cinema Express, "The police-thief genre is always something that audiences have enjoyed in the past. Valimai brings that genre back but with layers of robust action and a message."

About her experience, Huma shares that action sequences are often loved by the audience. She tells Cinema Express, "Action as a genre is rapidly growing in audiences. And now, with top-class action entertainers like Valimai, there are a million more reasons why the genre has become even more exciting.”

Films like Valimai, Huma adds, push the envelope with a hatke storyline accommodating cutting-edge action sequences and along with the hero, even strong female characters taking on the enemies

Valimai was made on a budget of Rs 150 crore, and it is said to have grossed over Rs 100 crore, in Tamil Nadu alone. The film (streams on Zee5) was released simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi.