Kannayya employs a manager Ramgopal Sharma (M.S Bhaskar) changes his name to Dilipkanth and gets groomed to be an actor. So they reluctantly make him the hero of the film. Initially they plead with him to cast a saleable hero, but Kannayya insists that if his script has to be used, he has to be the hero. The producer takes him to a top director (Pratap Pothen). One day, in his frustration, Kannayya steals Saravanan's script, makes a Xerox, registers it in his name and approaches a leading producer (Sarath Babu). Kannayya also pleads with Saravanan to cast him as the hero in his debut film, but Saravanan says: 'with his ugly face and overacting it would be a foolish move'.

Enter Kannayya ( Prakash Raj) a sleaze ball who gatecrashes into Saravanan's flat and requests him to provide a place to stay for a few days, as he was thrown out of his previous accommodation. He completes the script of his maiden film which he considers 'to be a masterpiece'. He is honest, hard-working, disciplined and a do-gooder to friends and struggling junior artists. Saravanan( Pritviraj) is a struggling script writer and has been an assistant to big directors in the industry. The characterization of the three main protagonists here is weak, and Viji's script lacks humour and Prakash's character is made darker and made to look like a filmy villain! Viji and Prakash Raj also studiously avoids taking potshots at the larger than life superstars, and plays it safe, something which dilutes the film. Vellithira lacks the punch of the original Malayalam Udayananu Tharam, a light-hearted comedy which took a satirical look at the tinsel town. The film depicts the struggles of a script writer aspiring to make it big but is thwarted in his attempts by a scheming friend who steals his script to become a superstar! It's showtime, folks! The moribund Tamil cinema has come alive with Vellithirai one of the better films in recent times and marks the directorial debut of Viji, the script writer.

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