Vikram Vedha (2017)

Original title

விக்ரம் வேதா

Directed by

Gowtham Selvaraj, Pushkar, Gayatri

Genre

action film, crime film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 27m

Rated

UA

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 231 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A tough police inspector hunts a notorious gangster in Chennai. When the gangster surrenders, he tells three stories that blur the line between good and evil.

tensemind-bendingcerebralmorally complexstylishsuspensefulslow-burndarkly atmospheric

What happens

Vikram Vedha is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Pushkar–Gayathri and produced by YNOT Studios. The film, which is inspired by the Indian folktale Baital Pachisi, stars R. Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi as the title characters, alongside Shraddha Srinath, Kathir, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Prem, Achyuth Kumar, Hareesh Peradi and Vivek Prasanna. In the film, Inspector Vikram sets out to track down and kill Vedha, a gangster. After voluntarily surrendering himself, Vedha tells Vikram three stories which change his perceptions of good and evil. In January 2015, Sashikanth revealed that he would be producing a film directed by Pushkar–Gayathri. Following development of the script throughout 2015, Madhavan and Sethupathi were selected to play the lead roles in February 2016. Principal photography began in November of the same year and was completed by January 2017. The film was shot mainly in North Chennai, with the area being used as its backdrop. Sam C. S. composed the soundtrack and score, while P. S. Vinod and A. Richard Kevin handled the cinematography and editing respectively. Vikram Vedha was released on 21 July 2017 to critical acclaim with critics praising its major technical aspects, music, script, cinematography, action sequences and cast performances (particularly Madhavan and Sethupathi). Made on a budget of ₹11 crores (about US$1,661,631 in 2017), the film performed well at the box office, grossing ₹60 crores (about US$9,063,444 in 2017) worldwide despite experiencing difficulties due to the changes resulting from the implementation of the GST. Vikram Vedha won four Filmfare, Vijay and Norway Tamil Film Festival awards each. Additionally, it received three Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, two Techofes Awards and an Edison Award. In 2022, the film was remade in Hindi under the same title by the same director duo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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