Velai ( ) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by J. Suresh and written by Balakumaran, starring Vignesh, Indraja and Nassar. It was released on 26 February 1998.
Velai is the debut for director Suresh and cinematographer Vijayasri.
The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Popular Tamil actor Vijay had sung one of the songs along with Premji Amaran though he did not act in the film, lending his voice to Vignesh while Nassar who acted in this film was introduced as playback singer.
D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "Apart from direction, it is the story and screenplay that makes or breaks a movie. J. V. Films' ``Velai<nowiki></nowiki> suffers from inadequacy in all these aspects, its publicity slogan `relax - no tension' aptly fitting the movie".