Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir

To us, all towns are one, and all people are our kin) is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Venkata Krishna Roghanth in his directorial debut.

[1] The film stars Vijay Sethupathi and Megha Akash with Magizh Thirumeni, Vivek, Ragu Aditya, Mathura, Kaniha, Riythvika, Mohan Raja, Karu Palaniappan, Chinni Jayanth, Vidya Pradeep and Imman Annachi in supporting roles.

[3] The story revolves around Kirubanadhi, also known as Punithan (Vijay Sethupathi), who arrives at Father Xavier’s church in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu along with Jesse (Mathura), a musician from the United Kingdom.

However, just as he was about to leave the island, the Sri Lankan army shot the people escorting him and threw him into a juvenile prison.

After being released from prison years later, a series of unfortunate events forced him to flee the country.

However, Punithan faced a major obstacle: he needed a passport to go to the UK but couldn’t get one as a refugee.

In June 2019, the film was tentatively titled VSP 33, and the crew announced that the female lead would be Amala Paul.

[18][19] Logesh Balachandran of The Times of India gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 and wrote, "Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir harbours a relevant and significant message, but falls short in execution.

"[26] A critic from Maalai Malar gave the film a rating of 2.75/5, stating, "The director's effort to show the pain and life of refugees must be appreciated.