Vikram Vedha (2017): Adapting an ancient story into film with the present world characters is not new to Indian cinema. Mani Ratnam's Thalapathy, Raavanan and Anurag Kashyap's Dev D are loosely based on Mahabharatham, Ramayana and Devdas respectively.Following the formula of these films, Pushkar Gayathri duo has made Vikram Vedha loosely based on the Vikramadityan-Bethala tale. In the original story, Bethala teaches a moral story to King Vikramadityan in each episode whenever he gets caught. Similarly gangster Vedha (Vijay Sethupathi) cleverly unmasks the real wrongdoers to the upright cop Vikram (Madhavan).

Plot: A team lead by Vikram (R Madhavan),a ruthless, no-nonsense encounter cop, is on the hunt to capture/kill a dreaded gangster Vedha (Vijay Sethupathi). In this battle of good versus evil, as audiences we are left to pick a side but everything you see is not what you believe. There's always another side to everything in life and Vikram Vedha, in the most entertaining fashion, makes its viewers understand this philosophy.

My Review: You know the story. We have all grown up with these characters. But how you present the same story is the question. We've had filmmakers who have tried several forms of storytelling. But re-telling a story with the same effect is perhaps the reason why Vikram Vedha stands out. Pushkar-Gayatri's version of Vikram Vedha is one such smartly-written thriller, which has a texture, well-developed character arcs and filmmaking gimmickry.

Vikram Vedha is not just an ordinary adaptation but a perfect portrayal of morality conflicts.The film keeps pushing us to judge its characters, judge someone by their actions, judge someone by their upbringing and in the process proves how wrong we could be in our assumptions. The confrontation scenes between Madhavan and Vijay are easily the film's best moments as they end in fireworks.

It's highly difficult not to love Vedha's character, thanks to his wisdom and never-say-die attitude.Vedha is one of the most fascinating characters written in Tamil cinema. He's smart, intelligent and extremely funny. While Vikram is naive and sort of represents the general public that easily judges one's character without knowing the entire story.Madhavan and Vijay have competed with each other in delivering intense and convincing performances but it is Vijay Sethupathi who deserves a award for sure.

Cinematography by P.S.Vinod gave the movie a neo-noir look and BGM by Sam C.S. is terrific.

So,Vikram Vedha is one of the best movies of 2017 with mind blowing performances and direction.A Must Watch.

My rating 9/10

"Vikram Vedha" is an Action - Crime movie in which we watch a police officer and his partner trying to capture a notorious murderer. After some time the criminal trying to change the life of the police officer, something that creates conflicts and many other problems.

I have to admit that I did not have high expectations from this movie but I found it interesting because it had plenty of suspense and some plot twists that I did not predict. The interpretations of both Madhavan who played as Vikram and Vijay Sethupathi who played as Vedha were very good and I believe that they did an excellent job because we could easily relate with both of them. Finally, I have to say that "Vikram Vedha" is a nice movie with a touch of Pushkar and Gayatri on the direction, something that makes it even better.

Director Pushkar Gayatri crafts a compelling gangster drama with "Vikram Vedha", a non linear story full of plot twists that involves a cat and mouse game between the legal authorities led by Vikram (Madhavan),and his worthwhile adversary, the smuggler and murderer Vedha (Vijay Sethupathi). The picture blurs the line between good and bad, as both sides are ruthless in their determination, thereby challenging traditional morality and the distinction between right and wrong, good and bad. It's a story that will keep you guessing as to it's outcome, and even then when it's over, one remains on the fence as to motivations and methods employed. It's always a welcome surprise when a foreign made film can be just as provocative, or even more so, than an American made gangster drama.