Ganesh and his sister try to settle down in Kolkata where she has enrolled for a course to hone her artistic skills. Kolkata is also the operating base of a high profile international criminal syndicate run by three brothers. When Ganesh tips off the police about the syndicate, they are hell bent on destroying him until they realize the beast they have run into is no coincidence, but sheer destiny.
Language:
Tamil
Running Time:
152 min
Rating:
U
Release date:
10 November 2015
Directed by:
Sivakumar Jayakumar
Produced by:
A. M. Rathnam
S. Aishwarya
Written by:
Sivakumar Jayakumar
Starring:
Ajith Kumar
Shruti Haasan
Lakshmi Menon
Soori
Thambi Ramaiah
Kabir Duhan Singh
Raghava Lawrence
Rahul Dev
Rahul Dev
Vidyullekha Raman
Music by:
Anirudh Ravichander
Shot by:
Vetri
Editing by:
Antony L Ruben

What’s Hot

  • Ajith has never before looked so menacing and so admirable in the same movie. His charismatic smile and uber cool acting can put that instant smile on the audience and the beast mode he unveils in the stunts, especially the boat sequence where the transformation is witnessed for the first time – a killer combination indeed.
  • With a couple of well-tailored commercial fast paced songs and a pleasing pathos number in his armoury, Anirudh outdoes himself with the background scores that multiply the effect that the stunts and montages have on the movie experience. ‘Aaluma Doluma…’ is one for the masses – repeat mode for fans, made more special with some groovy moves as well!
  • Siva’s story has a quite a few moments of brilliance like taking pains to ensure Ajith maintains a concealed alternate life right up to the very end which additionally provides scope for some terrific acting. Another noteworthy mention would be the etching of Ganesh’s alternate character and his first interactions with family values and affection.
  • Be it the super cool accessorised avatar of Ajith or the chick and traditional variations showcased for the Shruti Hassan and Lakshmi Menon, the costumes are definite head-turners not just in the judicially used glamorized song sequences but in the more casual talkie portions as well.

What’s Not

  • Siva has opted for a formulaic approach with villains who don’t sync with their Tamil dialogues, a pre-interval spike to start the second half with a flashback narration which features an overdose of dramatic sentiment. Apart from partially eating into the movie’s good work done in the first half, it fails to provide those wow moments we look for.
  • The comedy content infused in the screenplay does not really keep the audience in splits for reasons simple as average choice of cast. Soori, chosen to lead the comedy crew needs to bring his A-game to such a big occasion and he looks totally out of place and over dependent on his cheesy modulations of English words that are not even tolerable.

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Verdict

Verdict Stamp

Vedhalam starts out with harmless sparks with feel good performances from the lead cast, but a flurry of supercharged acting from Ajith sets the tone for a good entertaining experience that overshadows the superfluous content to lay out a sparkling feast this festive season!