Veetla Vishesham

Ilango, a 26 years old man who is working as a biology teacher in a senior secondary school, is also in stable relationship with Sowmya, his schoolmate and the only daughter of the school owner. Her mother likes him and approves of their relationship. His father, Unnikrishnan ‘Unni’, is a middle-aged man working as a TTE in Southern railways. His mother, Krishnaveni, is a typical housewife. His younger brother, Anirudh ‘Ani’, is a higher secondary student of same school. His family resides in the railway quarters, adjacent to Coimbatore Junction train station. Ilango’s grandmother always quarrels with Krishnaveni and dominates over her son, Unni. One day, she taunts Krishnaveni, who gets hurt by her comments. Unni consoles his wife and they get intimate.

17 weeks later, Krishnaveni realises she is pregnant after visiting the doctor. She decides not to abort the child. So Unni announces Krishnaveni’s third pregnancy to the family. The two sons are embarrassed and start to avoid their parents, friends, and society out of fear of being ridiculed. Unni also tells his mother about Krishnaveni's pregnancy, and his mother responds that they must deal with whatever God's desires are. The next day, Unni's mother makes a big scene and asks Krishnaveni to do some tedious work because she was not wearing her hearing aids the night before when Unni broke the news to her. While Ilango confesses this to Sowmya, she accepts this in a sportive way and consoles Ilango to accept his parents decision.

The news of the pregnancy goes viral, and they are made fun of by family, friends, relatives, and society. Unni and Krishnaveni ask Ilango and Anirudh to accompany them to Kerala for their cousin’s wedding. Both of them refuse by making excuses feared of ridicules. This makes Unni angry at them, and he leaves them with Krishnaveni and his mother. Meanwhile, Sowmya offers a room date to cheer Ilango up. But he is unable to get intimate with her as it reminds him of his mum’s pregnancy. Sowmya’s mother learns about Krishnaveni’s pregnancy from Sowmya. She is shocked and speaks badly about Ilango’s family. Ilango eavesdrops on their conversation and talks harshly with Sowmya’s mum, and breaks up with Sowmya.

At home, Anirudh reveals to Ilango that some boys made fun of him at school, and when he responded to them, one of the boys hit him on the face. Ilango and Anirudh then realise their love for their mum and dad. While in Kerala, Unni’s elder sister-in-law and sister tease Krishnaveni for her late pregnancy. For the first time, Unni’s mother defends her daughter-in-law for her dutifulness and makes them realise their selfishness and harsh attitude towards her.

Ilango then reconciles with his parents after their return and begins to fulfil his duties as a son. Krishnaveni realises that Ilango has broken up with Sowmya, and she tells him to apologise to Sowmya’s mother. Ilango reluctantly agrees, for his mother’s sake, and visits mum and tells her that he misses Sowmya and that the reason he accepted his mum’s pregnancy was because of Sowmya.

After the baby shower, Krishnaveni experiences labour pain and is immediately taken to the hospital, where Chief Minister LKG is also admitted due to heart pain. Sowmya’s mother tells her daughter about Ilango’s visit and apology, as well as saying that she has forgiven Ilango. Sowmya visits Ilango at the hospital. After the comical/strenuous delivery, the doctor announces the birth of a baby girl.

The family is delighted at the announcement. Later, the family gathers around Krishnaveni in joy and takes a group selfie with the baby girl.

The project, a remake of the Hindi film Badhaai Ho, was first reported in March 2021 under the title Veetla Visheshanga.^[1] Principal photography began in August 2021 at Coimbatore,^[2] and wrapped the following month after 40 working days.^[3] The actual title Veetla Vishesham was announced on 18 March 2022.^[4]

The soundtrack was composed by Girishh Gopalakrishnan with lyrics written by Pa. Vijay.^[5]

The cast members RJ Balaji and Aparna Balamurali appeared as a guests in the Zee Tamil series Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal for promoting the film.^[6] The film was released in theatres on 17 June 2022.^[4] It began streaming on ZEE5 from 15 July 2022.^[7][8]