Vikram Vedha (2017)

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.

Fmovies: 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 judgingcomprehendingconcluding 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 style of movie which i was expecting for a long long time in the indian film industry... The mindgame of the highest range explored in the pakkaa local style.. The amazing narration with the background of Vikram Vetal Stories is very interesting, Madhavan's acting is very matured and Vijay Setupathy took his acting to the next level by his film... In some extent - Race 3 and this film are of same type. But in race 3. the twists are without even 1 paisa logic and this film - outstanding twists with overoutstanding logics and stories !!!!

The best action and thriller movie i have seen till date....

Vikram Vedha fmovies. 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.

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.

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