Vikram Vedha (2017) User Reviews

Tamil film industry's answer to the Neo Noir film making - Rock solid and sure not to be missed

[SivakumarBalachandran · 8/10 · 22 July 2017]

Pushkar Gayatri the husband wife duo directors hits the right chord to present an engaging, entertaining, gripping thriller. This is a Neo Noir movie which happens rarely in Tamil.

Story is simple straight forward police and gangster cat and mouse or I could say hide seek game.

The wow factor is the screenplay which is well crafted and characterisations are well etched. The perfect pace stands out first kept the audience thrilled and guessing till the end. Dialogues are sharp as knife and powerful as the gun shots in the movie. The BGM was rock solid which had added the feel to the play.

Coming to the performances Madhavan as Vikram the protagonist a perfect police maintains his grip and emotes intensive emotions particularly when he feels he was used. Vijay Sethupathy on the other hand essays antagonist Vedha a most wanted leader of local gang pulling it off effortlessly seriously effortlessly like so much of assaultness the way he carries himself stands out unique particularly. Loved the in between short stories he threw. Both Madhavan and VJS with their exposed grey carried on their roles picture perfect. They present raw psychological thriller duo. All the other support characters were picked perfect. Varalakshmi's plays an extended cameo but stands out as well the new face lady who plays the lawyer and wife of Vikram.

Subtle messages on guilt - revenge - emotions of gangster or the police were the special catch.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this Neo-Noir flick.

Verdict : Don't miss it. Hats off to the team Vikram Vedha. Easy 8.5 on 10

Vikram Vedha is one of the best movies of 2017 with mind blowing performances and direction.A Must Watch.

[shobanchittuprolu · 9/10 · 15 August 2017]

Vikram Vedha (2017): Adapting an ancient story into film with the present world characters is not new to Indian cinema. Mani Ratnam's Thalapathy, Raavanan and Anurag Kashyap's Dev D are loosely based on Mahabharatham, Ramayana and Devdas respectively.Following the formula of these films, Pushkar Gayathri duo has made Vikram Vedha loosely based on the Vikramadityan-Bethala tale. In the original story, Bethala teaches a moral story to King Vikramadityan in each episode whenever he gets caught. Similarly gangster Vedha (Vijay Sethupathi) cleverly unmasks the real wrongdoers to the upright cop Vikram (Madhavan).

Plot: A team lead by Vikram (R Madhavan), a ruthless, no-nonsense encounter cop, is on the hunt to capture/kill a dreaded gangster Vedha (Vijay Sethupathi). In this battle of good versus evil, as audiences we are left to pick a side but everything you see is not what you believe. There's always another side to everything in life and Vikram Vedha, in the most entertaining fashion, makes its viewers understand this philosophy.

My Review: You know the story. We have all grown up with these characters. But how you present the same story is the question. We've had filmmakers who have tried several forms of storytelling. But re-telling a story with the same effect is perhaps the reason why Vikram Vedha stands out. Pushkar-Gayatri's version of Vikram Vedha is one such smartly-written thriller, which has a texture, well-developed character arcs and filmmaking gimmickry.

Vikram Vedha is not just an ordinary adaptation but a perfect portrayal of morality conflicts.The film keeps pushing us to judge its characters, judge someone by their actions, judge someone by their upbringing and in the process proves how wrong we could be in our assumptions. The confrontation scenes between Madhavan and Vijay are easily the film's best moments as they end in fireworks.

It's highly difficult not to love Vedha's character, thanks to his wisdom and never-say-die attitude.Vedha is one of the most fascinating characters written in Tamil cinema. He's smart, intelligent and extremely funny. While Vikram is naive and sort of represents the general public that easily judges one's character without knowing the entire story.Madhavan and Vijay have competed with each other in delivering intense and convincing performances but it is Vijay Sethupathi who deserves a award for sure.

Cinematography by P.S.Vinod gave the movie a neo-noir look and BGM by Sam C.S. is terrific.

So,Vikram Vedha is one of the best movies of 2017 with mind blowing performances and direction.A Must Watch.

My rating 9/10

Good vs Bad! Jesus vs Satan!

[gganesh-93114 · 8/10 · 22 July 2017]

There is a theological belief that says Jesus was not of flesh. Gnosticism tries to substantiate that belief and says; since Jesus was not of flesh, he didn't die in the cross. It was indeed Simon of the cyrene who got crucified for Jesus. I am not an advocate of any of these beliefs but what is enthralling is all these stories gives you questions which shakes you. If you are questioned "If Gandhi's father was Gandhi? Or Is Godse's son a Godse?", then you are in the never ending tale of Good vs Bad or God vs Devil. This goes on from Generation to generation. From childhood, we might have heard a lot of stories on moral values and principles. One of the intriguing things in listening all those stories is; how to attain the wisdom to decide between good vs bad. Some of the stories end with a verdict so you need not really bother about the process of deciding the evil. The ambulimama stories of Vikramadhithan-Vedaal never end with a verdict. They always question you. So, the process of judging\comprehending\concluding is left to you. Vikram-vedha gives you the same experience in big screen; of questioning yourself with few tales and lot of questions. Most importantly, you enjoy it a lot like all the granny stories. The canvas is big and you could see lot of colors. The story tellers or the grannies are enamoring and very wise to make you think. Vikram-vedha has the x-factor in it because the art of story-telling is at its finesse. Surprisingly, it is both deductive and detective. If it is an investigative story where you are searching something , it is not the object that gets found or the result you achieve it is all about the ride. It is the hermeneutics that gives you the satisfaction. There are stories that cancel themselves. A good example would be Yuvan's "Naankavuthu Kanavu" (Fourth dream) in Tamil. One common thing about such stories is that they switch back and forth between time. They create a world in your mind and bring you back to your senses. They question you how that world was. Then they will tell you another tale and then ask questions. Sometimes it will be tales within tales. The idea is just to engross you and present you the alternate realism. Then they will connect the dots within all these tales slowly revealing the canvass. The devil will be in the details. Exactly, what Vikram-Vedha does to you.

Madhavan plays the role of Vikram. The straight as an arrow, who considers himself having the wisdom of seeing right and wrong. Its zero or one for him and so he is in peace. Enters, Vijay Sethupathi, Vedha@Vedaal, who questions Vikram's wisdom. Vikram slowly realizes that its not always black or white and truth gets hidden somewhere in between. Vijay Sethupathi scores easily. Madhavan is good but somehow reminds me of a grown-up Anbarasu of Anbe Sivam times. He is spontaneous, charming, good and straight. In many aspects, we as audience are in the world of Vikram. We associate ourselves to his character. Vedha gets him into a ride. Vedha knows the truth. He asks you tough questions. Slowly, you acknowledge that Vedha has a superior intellect. You stick out to him. You listen to him. He mocks you, burdens you sitting at your back. He bedevils you with ease and poise. Vijay Sethupathy scores easily because of his usual cool, calm way of living the character. Vijay Sethupathy easily strikes a chord because he had arrived and mastered the art of matching the traits of a character with dialogue delivery, looks and walk. Simple copybook approach. In the world of tamil cinema, where the likes of Kamalahasan doing a lot at the age of 60+ to live a character, Vijay Sethpuathy does it with real ease. May be the ease is what stands apart!

Metaphors and images from folklore and mythologies are spread over the film including the title. There is this character called Simon, who just lives as gnostics' belief. He has a son named Alex. He was made to carry the cross. He is confused, he can't bear it and he can't refuse it. He just falls back to the lord. A bullet abandoned by Vikram's father, gets the much need chain sprocket from Vedha just like the clues. Vedha has a brother whom Vedha protects a lot and thus loses him. He is the crux of the story and nicknamed as pulli. A money minded kid Chandra grows up exactly as she was earlier. Vikram's wife is another tool in the tale. She plays an advocate. Advocate and cop inside same house creates lot of dilemmas in the personal and professional front.

Dialogues are crisp and sharp. There are notoriously comical dialogues in Orampo. Pushkar and Gayathri the director couple are really good at dialogues. My urge to watch the film is mainly due to the dialogues of Orampo. A cop with pride says that his to be brother-in-law is an engineer. Vikram responds "What is the pride being an engineer?". His wife confronts him that "in lawyer's world cops are wrong!". Vedha says we have to cease the opportunity. For him, a cop gets a name by being a cop, but he has to do something to be a hero. He says its nauseating to have blood stains and so buys pistols. His policy is not to worry about losing an egg but to make an omelet out of it. The punch soundtrack is too good. Music at times is very loud. Screenplay stands apart and the neatly woven details gives you the embroidered image in the climax. Vikram-vedha a must watch!

Lessons to be learnt from the movie "Vikram Vedha"

[Rubendhrah · 10/10 · 26 July 2017]

11 lessons to be learnt from the crime thriller movie "Vikram Vedha".

1) What you do is always not right. Killed Puli without knowing whether he is a criminal or not, but rewarded him as criminal, who is actually an innocent soul.

2) Don't guess things without knowing what exactly happened. Vikram guessed Simon was killed by Vedha because under Simon's order the encounter took place where Puli was shot by him.

3) Don't trust anyone who is with you. Vedha and Vedha's brother was targeted to be killed by Ravi. Simon was killed by his own cop brothers. Vikram too was about to be killed by his great cop mates.

4) Police are always not right. Criminals are not always wrong.

5) You can't guess anyone by seeing their eyes. Vikram didn't believe when Vedha said Simon worked for Ravi. Vikram can't find out his own team mates killed Simon.

6) Don't see a thing from one point of view all the time. Vikram had an imagination that Simon was killed by Chandra. But he never had a thought that even his cop friends could have done that for the sake of money.

7) Not everyone who helps you is true to you. Vikram's encounter team was helping him to accomplish the task of encountering Vedha. But Vikram never knew they wanted to do this task just for money.

8) A person can even act as if he is innocent just to make his job done. The new member of the team acted as if he is innocent to Vikram. In the climax when Vikram asked him to give cover, he pulled off the innocent mask and aimed the gun at Vikram itself.

9) Business/work and friendship can't co-exist peacefully. Chetta ordered to kill Chandra because she tried to escape with his money. Ravi wanted to kill Vedha even while working for him.

10) Don't relate your personal life with your work. Priya never helped Vikram, when he asked, he wanted to know the place of Vedha. Profession can't be compromised for personal things.

11) Criminal/Police have a human heart. Vikram was keen to find Vedha and kill him in an encounter. If not in an encounter, he will escape. But, in the climax the great gangster Vedha helped the true police by saving his life. Vikram shot all his team mates in hands and legs so that they will be alive, but killed the unit head who turned all his friends to work for him.

A movie which shows the class of South Indian Cinema

[nirbhaysingh-86 · 10/10 · 30 March 2018]

First , I got to know about the movie from IMDB , which showed some posters for highest rated current Indian movies. Since, I got too late to the party I did not get to see the movie in theaters and after looking long and hard found the movie with eng subtitle which was great. (because I can only understand hindi and eng).

About the movie, amazing acting by Madhvan as always but the 'Betaal' (Vedha) of the move is awesome. His acting is so natural, he is the highlight of the movie. Though movie never tries to give any actor/character more time or importance but the guy just shins like a diamond. I must admit, I did not know anything about the actor before this movie and after writing this I will have to look him up..Also, his character's aging process in flashbacks are awesome as well (i don't know who to praise for that).

I got hooked from the first shot of the movie about Vikram & Betaal story , which i loved as a child by the way, and after 15 min in the movie you get the reason for the name.

I have seen few South Indian movies before which shows the real standing of this industry compare to Hindi cinema. If Hindi cinema is to copy trends from there, I believe it should be movies like this not the ninja fighting sequence where people hit villains like hulk and they fly for 10 meters.

Finally, this movie is a must watch for people who appreciate good cinema but beware "Hero do not fly in this movie and are not as powerful as Bahubali".

Oru katha sollatta...?!

[nragul · 10/10 · 23 July 2017]

What will happen when two star actors, who tend to give priority to stories more than their respective roles, join together in a movie...? Vikram Vedha happens...!

A usual cop-criminal story, which is presented with a unique screenplay inspired by Vikramadithan-Vedhalam stories of folklore, where Vedhalam (Vijay Sethupathi) asks a tough riddle to Vikramadithan (Madhavan) to evade encounter. The movie starts with a huge difference between the characters, with Vikram - as an honest cop; and Vedha - as a ruthless gangster. The differences fades away as the movie progresses and goes through a complete karmic cycle, from evil vengeance to redemption, with the support of riddled flashback stories narrated by Vedha. The idea remotely resembles Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction in a rather simpler manner. But this movie is a masterpiece of unique kind.

When you find enough ingredients in the plot, setup and pace of the movie, the unexpected thrilling element that changes the entire course of the movie, at regular interval, will take you by surprise. The pace keeps you hooked and does not give you time to anticipate a twist. That's what have made this movie enjoyable to watch.

No one can fit into the role of Vikram Vedha better than Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi. Especially the comical arrogance of Vijay Sethupathi have created wonders on screen. Even a small character in the movie have owned the role to perfection providing a flawless performances from all sides.

Yaanji song and BGM does the work it was expected to do.

The movie is a rich mixture of class and entertaining elements with astonishing story and narration. In all, this movie is a treat to watch and worth sparing some extra bucks post GST.

An must watch Tamil movie !!!

[rahuljayaram · 10/10 · 22 July 2017]

Simply it is a movie which tells the story of an COP & GANGSTER with there own aspects in it,the great ending ,were the entire plot of the story turns and give the audience to give an buzz inside the head thinking of the story even after times of hour watching it.Should say its rare it Indian movies with such drastic twist in the climax which is seen in Hollywood movies.The performance of the two artist R.MADHAVAN & VIJAY SETHUPATHI naming as the title VIKRAM VEDHA is also an great impact to watch as the Tamil movies are best of making mass movies.

Tired of western cinema? Check out Indian movies

[mitkobozov · 10/10 · 2 February 2019]

As a westerner I have grown extremely unsatisfied with the plot and charachter development in western cinema. I have been watching Indian movies and Vikram Vedha strikes a cord that misses in western cinema. It asks questions vital to our urge to rationalize the world arounf us. What is ethical and what is not? The screenwriter leaves the question to each of us in the ending standoff scene, so that it is up to us to decide on what is right and wrong. The cast is wonderful giving their best. There are no unrealistic action scenes and the cinematography is on a high level. The only thing that would make the movie better is some better music, the choice of songs was pretty poor.

Smartly written, beautifully executed and superbly acted, A Must watch

[sauravjoshi85 · 10/10 · 13 March 2021]

Vikram Vedha is a neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Pushkar-Gayathri and stars R. Madhavan, Vijay Sethupathi, Shraddha Srinath, Kathir and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar.

I am thrilled and excited to know that now Indian cinema specially south Indian cinema is trying their hands in some different plots and subjects to make movie of and are tasting success. The movie 'Vikram Vedha' based on Indian folktale Baital Pachisi, the movie is been not only been executed beautifully but also acted superbly. The movie has all the elements to be termed as one of the greatest movie ever made.

The plot of the movie is good and as mentioned earlier the execution is superb, screenplay of the movie is gripping. The movie is filled with lots of intelligently crafted scenes which i don't want to mention here to avoid spoilers.

Acting is the one of the most strongest aspect of the movie, R. Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi were the two most shining stars of the movie with their superb acting and i would on my personal opinion would rate Vijay Sethupathi slightly better then Madhavan although Madhavan was also superb.

Background music of the movie is superb and gives finishing touch to the crisp screenplay, Climax is another strongest part of the movie and will leave you spell-bounded. A Must watch.

Interesting Movie but not Exceptional.

[yasiru1991 · 6/10 · 13 December 2019]

Vikram Vedha is a story happens between a criminal and a cop who is trying with his all might to catch him.

The story line or script from just outset looks ordinary. But it certainly have some twists and turns with some degree of unpredictability. So the story is not really boring. People might be able to guess what is happening in the middle of the film but the granular revealings will keep the audience with suspense.

Film has a 8+ ratings but it is not worth that . When we compare with different genre of 8+ films in Hollywood and Bollywood this film is overrated in that front. Because this does not bring that additional uniqueness in the story as well as acting. Majority of the Kollywood might like this spicy formula of hero and villain hence this will surely have a higher rating by the same audience.

Madhavan is a good actor but Vijay Sethupathi who plays the criminal clearly out score Madhavan. Villain is doing the hard yards in this story and he has to keep a right balance between not becoming the Madhavan type hero but becoming a hero in his own right. He has done a fantastic job with his character.

This film is suitable when you are ready for a action but not too 'action' bored movie.

Beautiful script and direction. Hats off ..!

[sarathudaya-01098 · 9/10 · 16 August 2017]

One of the best thing happened to Kollywood after Thani Oruvan. Same punch but a great plot. Vikram and Vedha were absolutely phenomenal and casting was super cool. The main talking point of this movie is the direction. You can see some minute directorial brilliance through out the movie. Some of them were really cool.

1) When Vedha approached the police station to surrender . While walking he threw some snacks to the police dog out there. That scene was so cool which proclaims the Vedha's intention "Yeah. I am gonna give you some thing to boost up your little mind Police dog". That's exactly what he did to Madhavan on the following scenes.

2) We can notice Madhavan's Mentaility through his T shirts. Which was white on the beginning and became grey later.

There are many simple scenes throughout this movie.

That's what so cool about this movie. It will make you re watch the movie again and again.

My rating : 9/10

Extremely well developed plot, but film does not take itself seriously.

[Kdosda_Hegen · 6/10 · 11 November 2020]

I loved the storyline of The Departed, but this beats it. The plot is full of twists of all kinds, but the storytelling is great, so it's not confusing at all. The problem is that it's way too comedic. In the last action scene it felt more like The Naked Gun than a serious crime drama.

Overrated!!

[unrivaledraj · 4/10 · 10 May 2020]

It's an okay movie. Even going by the Indian cinema standards this is hardly a 7 and nowhere close to being a 8.5 rating, such high ratings to a mediocre movie is an insult to the ones that actually deserve it. The story is unnecessarily stretched out, and many of the sub plots of the movie actually make no sense and doesn't have any effect on the outcome. Like the banter with the Vikram and his wife, has absolutely no effect to the main plot. And whole team is corrupted and accepting bribes and spending lakhs openly, but no one is even raising the question as to how they are getting the money and head of the team who is supposedly smart is absolutely clueless about this happening right in front of him. And Vedha is like, why are the cops only killing my gang members, I don't understand but I'll get arrested and tell the cop who killed my innocent brother a story. Not to forget who easily this movie wants the viewers to sympathise with criminals and gangsters, oh my dear innocent brother was shot, he was no gangster, he just did Hawala, converted black to white. Such poor innocent soul. My as*, this movie tried to be smart but fails on so many things and for anyone with an IQ in triple digits and has seen a bunch of good TV and cinema can easily deduce the plot. This is just below average.

Really What The Indian Film Industry Needs...!

[binnyraj · 10/10 · 25 July 2017]

After a very long time This effort is a Bench Mark. Superbly crafted and Presented.Hats off to the Team behind this Amazing Master creation.

Classic touches are Screen Play,Casting,Art Direction , Costume, Camera ,Lights....And BG Score.

The Team has thoroughly worked on all the possible areas to make this Film a Master creation.

The Direction Team (Gayathri ,Pushkar) The first was a KO punch with "Oram Po!" and later "Va Quarter Cutting" I would say this is a new way to handle Indian Cinema with Intelligence and Logics. Worth the money and a real Action packed thrill ride ...!Its so nice to see a Lead cast with Nose Ring Bold and Beautiful.

Provocative Indian gangster drama

[classicsoncall · 8/10 · 28 December 2020]

Director Pushkar Gayatri crafts a compelling gangster drama with "Vikram Vedha", a non linear story full of plot twists that involves a cat and mouse game between the legal authorities led by Vikram (Madhavan), and his worthwhile adversary, the smuggler and murderer Vedha (Vijay Sethupathi). The picture blurs the line between good and bad, as both sides are ruthless in their determination, thereby challenging traditional morality and the distinction between right and wrong, good and bad. It's a story that will keep you guessing as to it's outcome, and even then when it's over, one remains on the fence as to motivations and methods employed. It's always a welcome surprise when a foreign made film can be just as provocative, or even more so, than an American made gangster drama.

Oru katha sollatta, Sir...?

[aashishbhattad · 10/10 · 30 July 2017]

Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi- what a combo. This is my 1st review, and why not..because its worth it.

Pros- Story, Acting, BGM.

Cons- .......

Usually after a movie we feel a scene or 2 were unnecessary or could have been cut. Phew! when would the intermission come. But, this one is an exception. I did not want the movie to end. I was ready for a back- to-back show.

Not revealing much, the name has it and so does the movie.

No one can play this movie better than them. Go for it, its worth every penny.

No Mention!! :D

Vikram Vedha or Vikram betaal

[njoy_dj_joy · 9/10 · 1 February 2019]

If anyone remembers Vikram betaal... will easily understand and relate to it.... perfect direction acting and the best is editing .. movie is totally depended on editing ...

Reviews more than ratings.

[sudhakaranakhilan · 8/10 · 12 January 2018]

No wonder how it gets rated 8.9 here I'm just astonished with the locked screenplay and disciplined direction from Pushkar & Gayathri. The film is about the matter of 'Darma" whether it can be assigned for a good or bad person. Somehow, the creator's just handled the well planned plot into a stylish Cop Vs Criminal perspective and reveals who is the real culprit. Such a brilliant way of handling by both the superb actors Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi through the portrayal of Vikram and Vedha respectively. I'm not interested in the concept of ratings and marking of films as I do it in this site already rather I'm more concerning about the reviews and points about the movies. Anyway I'm rating this movie 8 but I want to add that complete star here.

Best con-cop Ever!

[chellyanu9 · 9/10 · 22 July 2017]

You'll be amazed at how the story proceeds every minute.I started watching the movie for the cast.But, it was a total package.Tried picking a side and changed my decision as the movie proceeded further. A total go-to for any cine buff. Best con-cop in Tamil ever. Keeps you engaged.Cheers!

Entertaining

[grantss · 6/10 · 1 February 2021]

A special police squad, lead by Vikram, is after a crime lord, Vedha, and aren't above using illegal methods themselves in their pursuit. Then out of the blue Vedha turns himself in. Things get more complicated when it turns out that Vikram's wife is Vedha's lawyer.

Reasonably entertaining. Decent plot and direction that keeps the movie flowing quite well despite the long duration. Quite intriguing at times and some good action scenes. Good performance by Vijay Sethupathi as Vedha: quite funny due to the snappy wise-cracks.

On the downside, plot seems to consist of twists just for twists' sake, especially towards the end. Performances, especially by the cops, are a bit over the top and hung ho at times. As with any Indian movie, there's random musical interludes, and these don't help the credibility, engagement or momentum of the film.

Overall, okay but not great.

This has to be the best movie of 2017!

[kunal_0019 · 9/10 · 26 March 2018]

Bollywood! Take notes PLEASE

This is by far the best INDIAN movie I have seen in 2017! The story line, screenplay, direction, cinematography was amazing! The actors were beyond great. We need more movies like this instead of CGI crap! It can be a popcorn flick and at the same time a very intriguing movie. I would recommend audiences and movie-snobs from all over the word to watch this title! Trust me, you won't be disappointed.

Molecule Review: Vikram Vedha

[nairtejas · 6/10 · 20 April 2018]

There's a hint of purposeful suspense in the proceedings that lead to some of the most amusing scenes in Vikram Vedha. Yet the overlong, plotholes-ridden screenplay wreaks havoc to what would have been an otherwise tight watch. This neo-noir thriller about righteousness has two people at the center of its conflict - a hard cop and a similarly hard gangster - both of whom believe that what they have done (killed people) and are doing (killing more people) is justified. It is when their philosophies chafe against each other that they realize that they may not be actually right. Watching Vikram Vedha unfold as the gangster (Vijay Sethupathi) takes his adversary (Madhavan) back to his life through three stories is highly engaging, but somewhere in the middle in an attempt to look intelligent it slips and falls on the ground flat. The convoluted story then gasps for breath so as to further surprise its expecting audience - one twist after another. The huge number of characters - who dance in the screen thanks to the non-linear narrative - help Vikram Vedha don the hat of a master thriller, but when you disassemble it down to the nail, it ends up looking like those cop-gangster stories that you have seen countless times in Tamil and Malayalam cinema. What it does differently is talk about ethics and legitimacy in the fields of law breaking and enforcement. Vikram Vedha scores more points because of the fantastic performances by Sethupathi and Medhavan, but as a film, it's just about one notch higher than average. TN.

Unecessary drag of story.

[maddyrohan-bhardwaj586 · 1/10 · 29 May 2021]

Unecessary drag of story, very slow & unecessary comedy in climax.

Story was good but director ruined this story. There was one scene where Madhavan (Vikram) search for killer and closed his eyes to find the killer which was illogical. I just want to ask how he get to the conclusion that the guy is the killer?

*Best con and cop movie*

[srivathsandhoni-80728 · 10/10 · 22 November 2017]

First I would like to thank pushkar and Gayathri for putting together madhavan and Vjs in this movie. It is the apt choice for this stupendous movie. The script was so compactly framed such that unnecessary elements cannot be fixed. Madhavan and Vjs didn't act in the movie they actually lived the character. Madhavan's look made to believe that he was a real cop. His attitude as a police officer, the way he holds the gun are so impressive for that vikram character. Vjs style of walk, his different looks at different stages of his life, especially the white beard, and his sarcastic behavior made the vedha character more gripping. The heroines shraddha srinath and vara Lakshmi played their characters beautifully and neatly. The songs are placed in right place and those songs played a major role in the film. The beauty of the film is even the last junior artist was very indispensable to the story. The background score given by Sam C.S is simply astonishing. The same back ground score is used in a slight lenient way for early stages of vedha and the ambiance of the background score perfectly blends with the different life stages of vedha's life. It added separate grandeur to the movie. The camera is toned low which shows the reality of the scenario. Crisp editing made the film racy. Even though, The cat and mouse game is used in many movies the application of that concept here makes the movie somewhat distinctive. Overall it is not a movie it is an experience and lesson.

vikram vedha-class+mass

[tharun-46439 · 10/10 · 7 August 2017]

I used to see all movies of Vijay Sethupathi but this one is his greatest performance ever.His body language and swag that he maintained in this movie is his best ever.coming to Madhavan he plays a serious cop who thinks he does justice by killing the bad ones and slowly loses his confidence and understands there is no good or bad and everyone has there own justification for their act.His performance too is one of his best performance ever.He lets the intense in the story grow on you.

BGM score of newcomer Sam CS is just terrific the modulation in the theme songs he gives to each scene perfectly suits the movie.

Direction:director duo Pushkar and Gayathri has worked very much on the script to make it entertaining at the same time showing brilliance in the story telling,the connection of folktale vikramadhityan vedalam with the cop,gangster story with morals is just awesome. surely a must watch and worth the time