Vela Ramamoorthy is an Indian writer and actor who has appeared in Tamil language films.
Before coming to the film industry, he worked as a district coordinator for Arivoli Iyakkam, a government special program for giving education and knowledge to the Tamil community for several years.
Ramamoorthy has written acclaimed Tamil novels including Kuttra Parambarai, Kuruthi Aattam, Pattathu Yaanai and is considered one of the leading Tamil story writers of his time.
He was also involved in the dispute regarding the rights of making a film out of Kuttra Parambarai.
[2] He has also written the book Vela Ramamoorthy Kathaikal which is a compilation of short stories.