Vedi Review

Vishal is back to square one. The 'Sandakozhi', 'Malaikottai' and 'Thimiru' actor tries his hands at a mass masala venture once again, after a serious outing in Bala's 'Avan Ivan'.

It seems to be a safe bet to redo a Telugu hit and with Prabhudeva at the helm of affairs, all seems to have gone well for Vishal, as far as 'Vedi' is concerned.

In other words, 'Vedi' is a run-of-the-mill-stuff. The sequences may be new but the storyline too is predictable. However, the way it has been handled by the director makes some difference.

The film is a remake of Telugu hit 'Souryam' and Prabhudeva gives it enough richness and polish. Apparently drawing inferences from his earlier outing 'Pokiri', Prabhudeva ensures that the movie is totally hero-driven with mass elements at right places.

Prabhakaran (Vishal) travels all the way from Tamilnadu to Kolkata for a purpose. He takes up a job in a college and meets Aishwarya (Poonam Kaur). He also comes across Paro (Sameera Reddy) in Kolkata and obviously its romance between them.

Meanwhile, there is a group in the look out for Prabhakaran at the behest of Eswara Pandian (Shayaji Shinde) and his son. Sequence of events results in Prabhakaran revealing his true face through a flashback and there begins the twists and turns.  There is a sibling story with underworld background.

Vishal is back in his familiar zone. He romances, dances and bashes goons. He seems to be enjoying such roles. His onscreen chemistry with Sameera Reddy is good.

Sameera fits the role of a bubbly girl. But looks out-of-sorts in traditional outfits. Poonam Kaur is impressive while the comedy track by Vivek tries to tickle the funny bone in vain. Shayaji Shinde is there to play the negative role. Poonam Kaur tries her best to gel with the character.

Music by Vijay Antony is as usual loud and racy. A couple of songs are good to listen to. He seems to have mastered the art of scoring music for commercial ventures.

Produced by Vishal's home banner G K Film Corporation and presented by Sun Pictures, the movie directed by Prabhudeva progresses at brisk pace. The interesting factor is Prabhudeva has used Kolkata as the backdrop to narrate an action flick. And it should also be mentioned that a sense of deja vu prevails and the lengthy second half mars the show at many places.