Production: Sun Pictures, GK Film Corporation
Direction: Prabhu Deva
Star-casts: Vishal, Sameera Reddy, Vivek, Poonam Kaur and others
Music: Vijay Anthony
A remake of super-hit Telugu movie ‘Souryam’ starring Gopichand and Anushka in lead roles. The film was directed by cinematographer-turned-filmmaker Siva, who made his debut directorial in Tamil film industry with the film ‘Siruthai’. The film has Vishal enacting the role of a cop for the second time and this is Sameera Reddy‘s fourth film in Kollywood. Vivek after making huge waves of comedy show in ‘Mapillai’ is back here with Vedi. Shayaji Shinde performs the negative role. Vijay Anthony has scored music for the film.
The story of Vedi is so simple with some twists in the tale. Prabhakaran travels all the way from Tuticorin to Kolkata for a specific reason. Over there, he joins a college as sports instructor and gets into the company of Aishwarya (Poonam Kaur of ‘Nenjirukkum Varai’ and ‘Payanam’ fame) and develops friendship with Sameera Reddy. Meanwhile, there is a group of roughnecks looking out for Prabhakaran, who are lead by the son of Eswara Pandian (Shayaji Shinde). During a criticial juncture, when Aishwarya is attacked by those goons, Prabhakaran smashes them down and a big secret is revealed with a flashback.
What does an actor require while performing the role of a police officer? A tough look, gigantic body mannerism, etc, etc… Vishal had possessed the same looks while he played the police officer role in Sathyam. But it didn’t work out well and now we are surprised to see him getting the same role done with excellence. It must be because of the hard work and lots of training underwent with director Bala. Sameera Reddy looks beautiful in the film, but doesn’t suit well to the traditional costume for the song ‘Ichu Ichu’.
Vivek and his comedy tracks offer good treat for the audiences. The film is taken by a lengthy duration during second half due to big flashbacks and other scenes are some little minuses. But it is trivialized by the entertainment quotients.
Vijay Anthony has given some good songs. The opening song ‘Kadhalikkum Pen’ is a peppy number while the item track ‘Naan Bombay Ponnu’ is a tremendous treat for the frontbenchers.
On the whole, ‘Vedi’ is a movie that is entertaining in parts and it will surely gain the interests of audiences and will make through good collections.
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Vedi Kadi!!!
Vedi was never going to be a blast, knew the audience, after seeing films as Villu and Engeyum Kadhal which came from the Prabhu Deva stable. The film expectedly bombed at the box office, since it was the same confronting-a-politician story.
The unanimous comment from the audience was that Prabhu Deva could go back to what he did best – choreography. Prabhu Deva is not much of a director as much as he is a choreographer. His outdated scripts can no longer become blockbuster hits.
With what Prabhu Deva is paid as a director for his honeymoon, an ambitious newbie director can make a film out of it. Prabhu Deva is not any least affected by this flop feature of his but it is Vishal who has had to bear the brunt of it.
Vishal’s next film is Samaran for which he has slashed about one and a half crore of his remuneration. If Vedi were a hit, he could have hiked his salary. But after Avan Ivan, which won him critical acclaim, Vedi proved to be a disaster for Vishal.
Velayutham Censors and Intense Promotions by Next Week…
Velayutham was thought to miss out this Diwali which left many disappointed over it. With 7aum Arivu securing a large number of theaters and with some more of Velayutham’s work still left incomplete, it was thought Velayudham would not be released this Dewali.
The censor board still hasn’t viewed the film and they will see the film on October 17 or 18, 2011. After the censor board certification, there has to be enough of promotion before the film will hit the theaters. So, the trade seem to think that Velayutham would take time for the promotions and then would release late by November.
Even a few days before, it looked like Velayudham would not release for Diwali. It could well be released in the first or second week of November, said sources in the trade. Yet, Vijay fans expected Velayudham to be a Dewali release but even Director Jayam Raja did not seem to want to release the film any sooner.
But the collective expectations of Vijay’s fans had paid off and the film found its way into enough number of theaters. Now, Vijay fans rejoice over the release of Velayutham which would go head on with Surya’s and AR Murugadoss’s 7am Arivu. The celebration begins for all Vijay fans come Dewali!