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R Madhavan and Shraddha Srinath in Vikram Vedha (Tamil, 2017)

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My take on ‘Vikram Vedha..’..

The trailer was as powerful as it can get. It was a perfect set up for what was to unravel as a masterpiece in recent times, with the benefit of hindsight now. Pushkar & Gayathri made a comeback after almost a decade.

And we did really expect this movie and waited in anticipation , not for them, but because it had two of the most loved actors in Tamil Cinema. They are probably the only two actors who do not have an opposing fan base and have successfully managed to carve out a clear, niche field for them.

Madhavan(Vikram) & Vijay Sethupathi(Vedha).

Vikram has a very cool entry scene, with cheeky dialogues and an unusually casual attitude for a cop. He is mocking his peers for wearing uniform to work. He is funny. He turns cold when it’s needed. He is romantic with his wife, but a bit cunning too. He has set goals, rules and ideals in life that he follows, but does not shy away from changing when he encounters a learning phase. Personally, Vikram is my favourite character as the writers have done a brilliant job in actually creating a character arc that develops over time. You empathise with him. You sympathise with him. And you celebrate him.

On the other end, Vedha is the one who you fall in love with. He perhaps has the best entry scene that Tamil cinema has managed to crack in a very long time. He is the idealist with a fine balance. The one who knocks out the conscience in the other characters. And selfish and cunning with an unconditional love that’s reserved for a few. He is the one you would want to be.

Both Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi have done utmost justice to what the writers wanted. Perhaps, sometimes you tend to think the writing was enhanced when they actually shot them both in scenes and as the characters developed. They were absolutely natural and fit in so perfectly that you live with them. They leave you searching for adjectives to appreciate their performance.

Priya(Shraddha Srinath) forced to tread a fine line with the love for her Husband and her love for an aspiring career is the one you see in admiration. The clarity that she has in such a predicament is another testimony to how the writer duo had dealt their characters. Strong, loving and the powerful interjection for the two leading men in the story. And Shraddha Srinath pulls that off with yet another wonderful performance that I have seen in U turn and Ivan thanthiran.

When you have loaded yourself with the Burden of writing such powerful characters, How do you use them?! What do you make them do?! What’s the story?! And when you ask those questions, and then you realise that the Writers are the ones who gave you Oram Po, you know, you are in for a treat. It’s the typical good vs Evil story loosely based on the Vetala stories written in the 11th Century or is there any good and evil at all that we should define. And that must have been the one line that the duo would have told.

The narrative is a simple non-linear screenplay typically seen in a neo-noir style of films. The frames are moving fast. The dialogues make you laugh and keep you hooked. Though, you tend to guess bits of what’s coming next, the twists and turns that writers have managed to aptly place in, makes you sit at the edge of the seat.

Coupled with this is the Background score. It’s dark. It’s loaded. It’s powerful. It thrills you. It mesmerises you. And leaves you hanging in there, in the narrative as if you are a part of it. The music rings in you, like its forever and long after you have left the Cinema Hall. You are going to hum it the whole day.

On a whole, It’s a fantastically written movie with a perfect execution by the actors. It’s an experience; you realise the impact only after you walk out of the hall and when you discuss with your friends. An experience that will make you want more of it.

This will go down as one of the greatest movies in Tamil Cinema that will be talked about even after decades, like we talk about a Nayagan or a Thalapathy!.

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